Kendall Haven
ProgramsSchool Programs & Fees At-A-Glance STORY PERFORMANCES 1. SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES Award-winning master storyteller and author Kendall Haven delivers high-energy, riveting performances of his mesmerizing, knee-slapping original stories. Storytelling Assemblies: • Model effective oral language. • Demonstrate powerful and effective story structure. • Provide high-energy entertainment. 2. FAMILY EVENING PERFORMANCES Delightful, enchanting fun for all laced with valuable information for parents to use when helping their school-age children. Family Evening Performances: • Demonstrate the power and potential of stories to parents. • Create a positive, enthusiastic family experience of a curriculum-based activity. • Present the key concepts of storytelling and story-writing to parents. • Provide high-quality, positive entertainment. EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS 1. WRITE RIGHT—Student Writing Workshops A proven, breakthrough system for teaching students to push past their personal stumbling blocks and master the structure of a story and the process of creative and expository writing, Write Right Workshops: • Teach students vastly improved and more consistent writing skills. • Provide a step-by-step system for creating the Eight Essential Elements of a story. • Builds student enthusiasm and confidence for narrative writing. 2. Write Right—Faculty-In-Service This fast-paced workshop details Kendall Haven’s revolutionary Write Right system for teaching creative writing. Learn to recognize and circumvent the common pitfalls of student writing and to guide them to consistently successful story creation. Both Write Right Workshops are based on Haven's new books Get It Write! and Write Right! Creative Writing Using Storytelling Techniques, "Highly Recommended," by Book Report and Library Talk, November/ Write Right Workshops: • Arm teachers with a powerful, proven set of writing strategies, activities and techniques to help master the creation of effective narrative. • Teach teachers to recognize and avoid common student writing pitfalls. • Show teachers how to constructively direct, critique and edit student stories. 3. Super Simple Storytelling—Faculty In-Service This engaging, “hands-on” workshop teaches participants exactly how to use Kendall Haven’s unique system to successfully bring Super Simple Storytelling into their classroom. Based on Haven's new book Super Simple Storytelling, published by Libraries Unlimited, Spring 2000. Super Simple Storytelling Workshops: • Provide a time efficient, do-able, “super simple” storytelling system for every teacher and classroom. • Teach participants how to effectively and efficiently use storytelling to teach. • Provide a step-by-step system to confidently and comfortably learn to tell any story. HALF DAY $550 Two half-school assemblies (45-55 minutes each) or a combination of student performance and/ ENTIRE STUDENT SCHOOL DAY $850 Any combination of performances and student workshops (most commonly 2 performances and four, 40-45 minute workshops). WHOLE DAY $975 Any combination of student performances and workshops, faculty in-service, and evening family performance or parent workshop. SPECIAL SCHOOL EVENTS -Half-Day In-Service $500 -Whole-Day In-Service $750 -Evening Family performance only $350 ONE-WEEK RESIDENCY $4,000 ____________________________________ Storytelling Assemblies DO TELL! A Riveting Storytelling Performance The Performance: Award-winning master storyteller and author Kendall Haven delivers high-energy, animated, riveting performances of his mesmerizing, sidesplitting, knee-slapping original stories and the endearing family of story characters he has created. Named “best teller in the west” by print and television media in a dozen western cities, Haven has presented his thoughtful, engrossing, and delightful stories to over two-million children in over 1,500 schools in 42 states. All performances come with a money back guarantee: if you're not satisfied, it's free! Storytelling assemblies may be incorporated into Author Day visits featuring student and faculty writing workshops. The Power of Storytelling for Education: Research emphasizes the benefits of storytelling to all aspects of language arts programs and for cross-curriculum learning. Storytelling Performances: • Actively develop all four major language arts skills and are the most effective single activity for developing listening skills. • Demonstrate effective oral language. (Research shows that 93% of adult workers depend more on their ability to communicate orally than in writing). • Create more vivid, detailed, and powerful imagery than any other means of presenting a story. • Demonstrate the power and vitality of stories and literature. • Powerfully convey the elements of effective story structure. • Excite students and enhances student motivation to learn language and literature. • Develop the critical skills of creativity and imagination. Audience: Performances are tailored to the grade level and length of the available period. Programs are available from primary through high school. Length: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES: 40 to 60 minutes each. Performances may be scheduled as 1/ MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCES: One period or longer for performance or performance / Applause: “The best assembly we ever had!” say schools in nine states including Fanning School, Brea, CA; Green Holly School, Lexington Park, MD; Will Beckley School, Las Vegas, NV; and Samsula Elementary School, New Smyrna Beach, FL. “My students loved your performance. Three said it was the most valuable hour of their entire year!” Linda Wren, high school librarian, Dundalk, MD. “The top West Coast storyteller,” GRIT national magazine. “You’re tops on our list! My students still talk about your visit a year after.” Rita Coleman, librarian, Henderson, NV. “I learned more about storytelling from one hour of watching you than from two previous all-day workshops,” Bill Block, language arts teacher, Boise, ID. “A must see. A delight for adults and children alike. Definitely one of America’s best tellers,” TV Station KPNX-TV, Phoenix, AZ. Venues: 7,000 school performances at 1,800 schools in 42 states to 2,000,000 students during 20 years of storytelling. ____________________________________ Student Writing Workships WRITE RIGHT! "One hour that will change your student's writing forever" A Proven, Breakthrough System To Dramatically Jump-Start Your Student's Writing Performance What's Your Creative Writing IQ? 1. It is important to start a story or expository essay by deciding what is going to happen. (T/ 2. Story plot is more important than story characters. (T/ 3. The goal of good writing is to get it right the first time. (T/ If you answered “True” to any of these questions, you and your students need Write Right! What is Write Right? The key to writing expository essays and stories is to understand and master the Eight Essential Elements that form the foundation of all narrative writing. Student writers fail most often not because they can’t write, but because they haven’t learned to create these Eight Essential Elements before they begin to write. The revolutionary Write Right! system uses techniques developed for storytelling to bridge the gap between narrative creation and narrative writing. Write Right! will dramatically improve your students’ creative and expository writing performance, will serve as standardized writing assessment preparation, and will improve literature comprehension—all in one workshop! Student Write Right! workshops are fun, highly interactive and participatory, and immensely powerful. Students will learn how to skate past the major writing pot holes and to focus their efforts on creating the Eight Essential Elements that control interest, excitement, suspense, and success in their writing. A nationally recognized expert on story structure, Haven presents years of road-tested experience in Write Right! Creative Writing Using Storytelling Techniques—“Highly Recommended,” by Book Report and Library Talk, Nov./ Write Right! Workshop Topics Include: • Expository writing to inform and to persuade • Story (Creative) writing • Personal Narratives • Literature Comprehension • Writing Assessment Prep Write Right! Workshop Students Will Learn: • The Eight Essential Elements of every successful narrative. • How to create compelling, interesting characters. • The core of every successful narrative and how to efficiently create it. • Detail Verses Description—the one way to make student writing seem real. • Plot Versus Character—breaking the most destructive myth of all. Audience: 2nd grade through high school, for groups up to 75. Length: 30 minutes to whole day. Applause: “This was the most valuable workshop my students have ever had,” Linda Young, 4th grade teacher, Las Vegas, NV. “Kendall Haven’s workshop has finally shown my students how to approach a story. All students should learn to write this way!” Kris Watkins, elementary school teacher, Eagle, ID. “The feedback on your workshops was tremendous. We have always loved your books; now we understand the magic behind them,” Millie Lee, Author Chairperson, California Reading Association. “My students loved your workshop. Three said it was the most valuable hour of their entire year!” Linda Wren, high school librarian, Dundalk, MD. “Your workshop was like magic for my son. It has made all the difference in the world for his willingness to write. And now he writes good stories!” Anita Bergman, parent of a 3rd grade student, Jacksonville, FL. Venues Student Write Right! workshops, with their money-back guarantee, have been held at over 750 elementary, middle and high schools in 34 states to over 70,000 students including: 48 High Schools 76 Middle Schools 80 Private and Catholic Schools 100 schools in California 75 schools each in South Carolina and Nevada 50 schools each in Idaho, Florida and Maryland 30 schools each in Pennsylvania and Utah ____________________________________ One-Week Writing Residency....Guaranteed! WRITE RIGHT! Residency Based on Haven's award-winning, internationally acclaimed book, Write Right! and on his Write right! series of instructional writing videos produced by the Sonoma County Office of Education (CA). Goals of a Writing Residency: Designed to meet state and federal language arts standards and to prepare students for narrative writing assessments, Kendall Haven writing residencies have been successfully tested with over 70,000 students nationwide and strengthen student writing skills in four key areas: • Creative (story) creation and writing • Expository writing to inform • Expository writing to persuade • Story and literature comprehension What is A Write Right! Writing Residency?: A writing residency is a one-week intensive series of progressive student writing workshops exploring each of those core areas that create successful narrative writing. Kendall Haven’s revolutionary Write Right! system teaches students effective narrative writing in a way that all school-aged students can easily understand and master. Haven’s writing residencies, which can be customized to meet the specific needs and goals of each school, are organized around four central elements: • Storytelling Performances (Assemblies) • Student Writing Workshops (the core of the residency) • Faculty Professional Development Workshops • Family (Parent) Evening Performances and Workshops Kendall Haven workshops are proven and student-tested. They are interactive, fast-paced, hands-on, and fun. Moreover, they are all guaranteed. If you’re not satisfied, you don’t pay! Grade Levels: Residency workshops are available for 2nd and up through high school. Initial workshops may be held with larger groups, but later workshops are most effective in groups of under 50. Length: Individual workshops last from 45 to 60 minutes depending on grade and content area. Residencies may be scheduled from three days and up to meet the needs and goals of the school. Write Right Residency Workshop Topics Include: Residencies are built around selected core workshops. Workshop themes include: 1. The Core of the Story: The key elements that create a successful narrative. 2. Wanted: A Few Good Details: Effective details create story reality. 3. Writing with Character: Narratives depend on interesting characters. 4. “Struggling” to Develop a Plot: The real purpose of plot and how to create it. 5. Using Story Secrets for Expository Writing: Writing to inform and to persuade use the same CORE elements and strategies as stories. 6. Dialog: Easier Said than Done: Writing dialog is like learning a third language. 7. Story Editing: Making Lemonade from Lemons: No ones first draft comes out right. Good writers use effective editing techniques to finally get it right. Applause: “Kendall Haven makes the complex subject of writing seem easy and fun. My students loved it and now love to write.” Donna Barber, Principal, Elise Wolf Elementary School, Henderson, NV. “The best set of writing workshops we’ve ever had. It definitely shows in our students’ writing and in their test scores.” Dixie Bradshaw, Principal, Caughlin Ranch Elementary School, Reno, NV. “It was wonderful. Haven inspired our entire school and turned us into a school of skilled and knowledgeable writers!” Shree Ansley, Reading Specialist, Pine Street School, Spartanburg, SC. “Finally an approach to writing that makes sense to our students. Our students and teachers learned a tremendous amount and are using it every day in their writing.” Nancy Miles, Librarian, Dexter Elementary School, Dexter, NM. Venues: Student Write Right workshops have been held at over 800 elementary, middle and high schools in 28 states to over 70,000 students. |
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