Young Author's Day Assembly

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

The 'Young Authors Day' assembly program was provided by the HPAE Home and School Association in support of the creative writing curriculum. The day began with an all school student assembly, designed to introduce the students to the "Art of Silence". Many students had never seen a mime and thought it was a game of charades, so they tried to guess the story out loud.

As the assembly continued, Robert showed the students how a mime can tell a story 'silently' and that a creative story for the stage needs four characteristics. 1)Place,  2) Person/s,  3) Problem, 4) Solution (usually funny). The other advice Robert gave the students was KISS (Keep It Super Simple).

Following the morning assembly, the students returned to their rooms to write their creative stories. Robert stopped by to visit many classrooms without his makeup and stage attire to see how the writing process was going. During lunch, the stories were read and several were selected to be performed in the afternoon assemblies. How exciting to have your creative story performed in front of  the school.

Below are several pictures from the day. select. Facial expression and body language are a big part of telling the "Art of Silence". See if you can guess, what Robert what talking about in the pictures below. Click on a picture for a larger image, then select the back button to return to this page.