PAST AUTHOR VISITS
Spring, 2010
February
2, 9 -CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 5, Alex Simmons, Archie World Tour
5, 12 – PS 116 William C. Hughley School, Jamaica, Queens
Grade 3, Susanna Pitzer, Not Afraid of Dogs
Writing workshop focused on fears
5 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 5, Alex Simmons, Archie World Tour
Field trip to the Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art
24 – PS 165 Robert E. Simon School, Upper West Side
Grade 7, Mike Winerip, Adam Canfield of the Slash
Newspaper Writing Workshop
25– PS 376A Felicitia Rincon De Gautier School, Bushwick
Grade 2, Marc Tauss, Superhero
Superhero writing workshop
March
3, 17– Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 12, Isamu Fukui, Truancy
4, 11– PS 376 Felicitia Rincon De Gautier School, Bushwick
Grade 2, Marc Tauss, Superhero
Superhero writing workshop
9, 16 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 5, Javaka Steptoe, Jones Family Express
10, 24– PS 165 Robert E. Simon School, Upper West Side
Grade 7, Mike Winerip, Adam Canfield of the Slash
Newspaper Writing Workshop
10, 17, 24 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 5, Doreen Rappaport, Nobody Gonna Turn Me ‘Round
Historical Fiction Workshop
19 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 4, Field Trip to Random House
20, 27 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 4, Shadra Strickland, Bird
Poetry Writing & Illustration Workshop
24, 25 – PS 116, William C. Hughley School, Jamaica, Queens
Grade 1, Marthe Jocelyn (Ms. Denis’class)
Collage workshop
24, 25 – PS 116, William C. Hughley School, Jamaica, Queens
Grade 1, Marthe Jocelyn (Ms. Deruisseaux’s class)
Collage workshop
APRIL
14 – PS 165 Robert E. Simon School, Upper West Side
Grade 7, Mike Winerip, Adam Canfield of the Slash
Newspaper Writing Workshop
22, 29– Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 11, Patricia McCormick, Purple Heart
23, 30 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 4, Andrea Pinkney, Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down
MAY
5, 12, 19 – PS 376A Felicitia Rincon De Gautier School, Bushwick
Grade 3, Kam Mak, My Chinatown
7, 14 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 4, Andrea Pickney, Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down
Illustration workshop with teaching artist
13 – Harvey Milk High School, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Gr. 11 & 12, Nick Burd, Vast Fields of Ordinary
JUNE
1– Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 11 & 12, Staceyann Chin, The Other Side of Paradise
Fall, 2009
October
15 – DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Joshua Ferris, Then We Came to the End
Literary Criticism class
21 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 6, Journal Making Workshop
21 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 8, Journal Making Workshop
22 – DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Elizabeth Royte, Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash
WITT Seminar
29 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 6, Journal Making Workshop
November
6, 13 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 1, Susanna Pitzer, Not Afraid of Dogs
Writing workshop focused on fears
10 – DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Novella Carpenter, Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
WITT Seminar
18, 24 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 6, Zetta Elliot, Bird
Poetry Writing Workshop
18 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 6, Tony Medina, Love to Langston
Poetry Writing Workshop
16, 23 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 2, Tony Medina, Christmas Makes Me Think
19 – Harvey Milk High School, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Gr. 11 & 12, Malinda Lo, Ash
December
2 – DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Russell Banks, Rule of the Bone
Literary Criticism Seminar
4, 11 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 8, Rita Williams-Garcia, Jumped
7 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 2, Tony Medina, Christmas Makes Me Think
8 – DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Marion Nestle, Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
WITT Seminar
8 – Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 9, Coe Booth, Tyrell
11, 18 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 8, Matt De La Pena, We Were Here
14 – DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Grant Writing Workshop
WITT Seminar
15 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 6, Zetta Elliot, Bird
Book Binding workshop in conjunction with Zetta Elliot visit
January
12 – DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Margo Jefferson, On Michael Jackson
12, 26 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 5, Alex Simmons, Archie World Tour
29 – PS 116 William C. Hughley School, Jamaica, Queens
Grade 3, Susanna Pitzer, Not Afraid of Dogs
Writing workshop focused on fears
SPRING 2009
February
2, 6 – PS116, William C. Hughley School, Jamaica,Queens, ELSI*
Grade 1, Marthe Jocelyn, Hannah’s Collections & Time Is When
10, 11 – Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning & Social Change, Harlem
Grade 10, The Anne Frank Center, Diary of Anne Frank (field trip)
10 - JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 6, Shadra Strickland, Bird
Poetry Writing Workshop
13 – Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 11, Kevin Powell, Some Day We’ll All Be Free
Rhetoric and Oratory Workshop
26, March 4 – Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning & Social Change, Harlem
Grade 10, Francine Prose, Diary of Anne Frank discussion
Journal writing
March
6, 13 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 4, Zetta Elliott, Bird
Poetry Writing & Illustration Workshop
10, 17, 24 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 5, Doreen Rappaport, Nobody Gonna Turn Me ‘Round
Historical Fiction Workshop
20, 27 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 4, Shadra Strickland, Bird
Poetry Writing & Illustration Workshop
25, April 6, May 8, 20, June 3 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Joan Elizabeth Goodman, Beyond the Sea of Ice: The Voyages of Henry Hudson
*Elementary School Initiative — an inter-disciplinary study of the Hudson River; ecological, historical, and the future
April
1, 22 – PS116, William C. Hughley School, Jamaica, Queens, ELSI*
Grade 5, Gail Carson Levine, Dave At Night
Historical Fiction Writing Workshop
1 - JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 8, Trip to Museum of the Moving Image
In conjunction with Brian Selznick visit
2 - JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 8, Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
2 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 4, Random House Field Trip
In conjunction with Zetta Elliott & Shadra Strickland visits
23 – Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning & Social Change, Harlem
Grade 9, Patricia McCormick, Sold
Nonfiction Writing Workshop
24, May 1 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 4, Tony Medina, I and I Bob Marley
Poetry Writing Workshop
28 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Grade 9, George Packer, Betrayed
Writing and Activism Seminar
29, May 20 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 3, Kam Mak, My Chinatown
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
Students will tour Chinatown with Kam Mak on May 6th.
29, May 5 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Tony Medina, I and I Bob Marley
Poetry Writing Workshop
May
1 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Joan Elizabeth Goodman, Beyond the Sea of Ice: The Voyages of Henry Hudson
Field trip to Hudson River
4 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 8, Tony Medina, I and I Bob Marley
5 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 6, Trish Marx, Steel Drumming At the Apollo: The Road to Super Top Dog
Students will tour the Apollo Theatre on May 15th.
5 – Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 11, Erin Patton, Under the Influence: Tracing the Hip-Hop Generation's Impact on Brands, Sports, & Pop Culture
6 – Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning & Social Change, Harlem
Grade 10, Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Part of the Anne Frank project and nonfiction Writing Workshop
7 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Grade 5, Random House Field Trip
7 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 8, Tony Medina, I and I Bob Marley
7 – Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning & Social Change, Harlem
Grade 9, Patricia McCormick, Sold
7, 14 – PS116, William C. Hughley School, Jamaica, Queens, ELSI*
Grade 5, Trish Marx, Dave at Night
15 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 6, Tour of The Apollo Theatre
In conjunction with Trish Marx visit
15 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 4, Kai Jackson Issa, Howard Thurman’s Great Hope
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to research project about the civil rights movement.
19 – PS116, William C. Hughley School, Jamaica, Queens, ELSI*
Grade 5, Andrea Kantrowitz (Teaching Artist)
In conjunction with Trish Marx’s visits
27 – Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 11, Alissa Quart, Branded: The Buying And Selling of Teenagers
A study of propaganda aimed at teens
27 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant ELSI*
Grade 4, Andrea Kantrowitz (Teaching Artist)
In conjunction with Tony Medina visit
28 - JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 8, Greg Neri & Jesse Joshua Watson, Chess Rumble
Poetry Writing and illustration Workshop
29 – Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning & Social Change, Harlem
Grade 9, Sharon Draper, The Battle of Jericho
Fiction Writing Workshop
June
2 – DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12
WITT Seminar Conference; A semester-long study of the intersection between writing and activism
10 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 5, Kai Jackson Issa, Howard Thurman’s Great Hope
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to research project about the civil rights movement.
FALL 2008
September
25 - JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 7, Greg Neri, Chess Rumble
Poetry Writing Workshop
October
10, 23 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, ELSI*
Grade 2, Paul DuBois Jacobs & Jennifer Swender, My Subway Ride
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create a book
20, Nov 6 – Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 9, Coe Booth, Tyrell
Fiction Writing Workshop
23 – DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Sarah Schulman, Rat Bohemia
WITT Seminar
30 – Harvey Milk High School, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Gr. 11 & 12- Collaboration with The Moth – a storytelling organization
Intro Session
November
3 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Colum McCann, This Side of Brightness
Literary Criticism Seminar (2 classes)
5 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Kindergarten, Irene Smalls, My Nana and Me
5, 12, 19, 26 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 2, Marc Tauss, Superhero
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create a book about superheroes.
6, 18 – Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning & Social Change, Harlem
Grade 9, Rita Williams-Garcia, Like Sisters on the Homefront
Fiction Writing Workshop
12, 13, 20, 25, 26 – Harvey Milk High School, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Gr. 11 & 12- Collaboration with The Moth – a storytelling organization
12 – DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Suheir Hammad, Breaking Poems
WITT Seminar
21 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 8, Charles Smith, Jr. Chameleon
Narrative Writing Workshop
December
2, 18 – Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 9, Rita Williams-Garcia, Like Sisters on the Homefront
Fiction Writing Workshop
3, 4, 5, 16 – Harvey Milk High School, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Gr. 11 & 12- Collaboration with The Moth – a storytelling organization
4, 11, 18 – PS116, William C. Hughley School, Jamaica, Queens, ELSI*
Grade 2, Marc Tauss, Superhero
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create a book about superheroes.
4 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Andre Aciman, False Papers
Literary Criticism Seminar (2 classes)
10 – Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 11, Kevin Powell, Some Day We’ll All Be Free
Rhetoric and Oratory Workshop (Jo)
11 – Harvey Milk High School, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Gr. 11 & 12, Martha Southgate, Third Girl From the Left
Literary Criticism Seminar & culmination of collaboration with The Moth
11, 18 - JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 7, Todd Strasser, Boot Camp
Narrative Writing Workshop
17 – Harvey Milk High School, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Gr. 11 & 12– Performance at Jimmy’s 43
January
16, 23, 30 – PS116, William C. Hughley School, Jamaica, Queens, ELSI*
Grade 2, Susanna Pitzer, Not Afraid of Dogs
Writing workshop focusing on fears
22 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Martha Southgate, Third Girl From the Left
Literary Criticism Seminar (2 classes)
28 - JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 6, Zetta Elliot, Bird (Chris)
Poetry Writing Workshop
SPRING 2008
January 2008
17 – DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx (Literary Criticism)
Gr. 11 & 12, Martha Southgate, Third Girl From The Left
18 – PS 116, William C. Hughley School, Jamaica, Queens, ELSI*
Grade 4, Colin Bootman, Grandmama’s Pride & Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
Celebration
February 2008
27 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Family Literacy Night, Colin Bootman, Don’t Say Ain’t, Dad, Jackie, and Me, Grandmama’s Pride, and In My Momma’s Kitchen
All school parent and student evening to promote reading at home
March 2008
7 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
All School Book Day, Tony Medina, Love to Langston and DeShawn Days
All classes will conduct an author study and art project in celebration of Love to Langston.
Tony will visit with six classes throughout the day and be available for questions after school.
14 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Andrea Davis Pinkney, Ella Fitzgerald
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
28 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Andrea Davis Pinkney, Ella Fitzgerald
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
31 – Thurgood Marshall Academy, Central Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 9, Geoffrey Canada, Fist Stick Knife Gun
Memoir Writing Workshop
April 2008
3 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Grade 5, Random House Tour
8 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 7, John Grandits, Technically It’s Not My Fault: Concrete Poems
Concrete Poetry Writing Workshop
9 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Brian Pinkney, Duke Ellington and Piggony Po
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
11 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, ELSI*
Grade 4, Tony Medina, Love to Langston and DeShawn Days
Concrete Poetry Writing Workshop
11– CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 5, Tony Medina, Love to Langston
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
11 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, ELSI*
Grade 5, John Grandits, Technically It’s Not My Fault: Concrete Poems
Concrete Poetry Writing Workshop
15 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Brian Pinkney, Duke Ellington and Piggony Po
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
17– JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 6, Trish Marx, Steel Drumming At the Apollo: The Road to Super Top Dog
18 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, ELSI*
Grade 5, John Grandits, Technically It’s Not My Fault: Concrete Poems
Concrete Poetry Writing Workshop
18 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Tony Medina, Love to Langston and DeShawn Days
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
29 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Brian Pinkney, Duke Ellington and Piggony Po
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
29 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 8, Jesus Papoleto Melendez, A “Papolito” Reader: Excerpts from Chronicles of a Nuyorican Poet
Poetry Writing Workshop
29 – JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 7, Patricia McCormick, Cut
Fiction Writing Workshop
30 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Gr. 3, Kam Mak, My Chinatown
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
May 2008
2– JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 6, Trish Marx, Steel Drumming At the Apollo: The Road to Super Top Dog
Students will tour The Apollo Theatre
2 – CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Sean Qualls, Phyllis’ Big Test
5 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Gr. 3, Kam Mak, My Chinatown
Students will tour Chinatown with Kam Mak
6 – Harvey Milk High School, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Gr. 11 & 12, Sarah Schulman, The Child
7 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Gr. 4, Michelle Knudsen, Library Lion
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
9– CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, ELSI*
Grade 5, John Grandits, Technically It’s Not My Fault: Concrete Poems
Concrete Poetry Writing Workshop
12 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Gr. 3, Kam Mak My Chinatown
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
14 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Gr. 4, Michelle Knudsen, Library Lion
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
15 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Gr. 5, Jill Santopolo, Alec Flint Super Sleuth
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
19– JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, East Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 6, Jacqueline Woodson, After Tupac and D Foster
Fiction Writing Workshop
20 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4
Students will tour the Grand Army Plaza branch of the Brooklyn Public Library
to strengthen research skills
21 – PS116, William C. Hughley School, Jamaica,Queens, ELSI*
Grade 2, Marc Tauss, Superhero
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create a book about superheroes.
22 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 5, Jill Santopolo, Alec Flint Super Sleuth
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
23 – DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Denise Bell, Amnesty International Expert on Darfur
WITT Seminar Conference
A semester-long study of the intersection between writing and activism
28 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Gr. 4, Colin Bootman, Dad, Jackie, and Me and Papa’s Mark
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
28 – PS116, William C. Hughley School, Jamaica,Queens, ELSI*
Grade 2, Marc Tauss, Superhero
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create a book about superheroes.
29 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Gr. 5, Colin Bootman, Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
30 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4
Students will go to the DeKalb branch of the Brooklyn Public Library to conduct research
June 2008
4 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Gr. 4, Colin Bootman, Dad, Jackie, and Me and Papa’s Mark
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books
4 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Gr. 5, Colin Bootman, Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated
4 – PS116, William C. Hughley School, Jamaica,Queens, ELSI*
Grade 2, Marc Tauss, Superhero
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create a book about superheroes.
11 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Gr. 4, Colin Bootman, Dad, Jackie, and Me and Papa’s Mark
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated
11 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Gr. 5, Colin Bootman, Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative — a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated
20 – PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Gr. 4, Colin Bootman, Dad, Jackie, and Me and Papa’s Mark
Celebration
FALL 2007
October 2007
1- CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Grade 1, Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny
2 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Grade 1, Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny
10- Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Grade 9, Rita Williams-Garcia, Like Sisters on the Homefront
17- Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Grade 9, Rita Williams-Garcia, Like Sisters on the Homefront
17 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Francine Prose, A Changed Man
Literary Criticism
18 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Joanna Lipper, Growing Up Fast
WITT Seminar
23- Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning,
Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 7, Mike Winerip, Adam Canfield of The Slash
25 - Harvey Milk High School, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Gr. 11 & 12, Marina Budhos, Ask Me No Questions
November 2007
1 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Grade 1, Sharon Dennis Wyeth, Something Beautiful
5 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Toure, Never Drank the Kool-Aid
WITT Seminar
7- Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning,
Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 7, Mike Winerip, Adam Canfield of The Slash
8 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Grade 1, Sharon Dennis Wyeth, Something Beautiful
9 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx (Literary Criticism)
Gr. 11 & 12, Adam Mansbach, Angry Black White Boy
13 - Harvey Milk High School, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Gr. 11 & 12, Coe Booth, Tyrell
20 - Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning,
Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 7, Mike Winerip, Adam Canfield of The Slash
December 2007
5 - Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning,
Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 7, Mike Winerip, Adam Canfield of The Slash
6 - Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 10, Ernesto Quinoñez
SPRING 2007
January 2007
5 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 3, Colin Bootman, Fish For the Grand Lady & Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
5 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Colin Bootman, Fish For the Grand Lady & Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
February 2007
26 - Harvey Milk High School, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Gr. 9-12, Martha Southgate, Third Girl From the Left
Mixed-grade class
March 2007
12 - JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, Spanish Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 8 Eric Walters, Orca Soundings Hi-Lo Series Writing presentation featuring Orca Soundings books.
15 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12 Nelly Rosario, El Canto del Agua: Una Novela (Song of the Water Saints )
Mixed-grade Spanish literature class: conducted entirely in Spanish.
16 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
ELSI* Grade 3 Amy Hest, Jamaica Louise James & When Jessie Came Across the Sea
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
19 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
ELSI* Grade 4, Lissette Norman, My Feet Are Laughing
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
21 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
ELSI* Grade 3, Amy Hest, Jamaica Louise James & When Jessie Came Across the Sea
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
27 - Beach Channel High School, Far Rockaway, Queens
Grade 9, Paul Volponi, Black and White
28 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
ELSI* Grade 5, Mike Winerip, Adam Canfield of The Slash
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create a school newspaper.
30 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
ELSI*Grade 4, Lissette Norman, My Feet Are Laughing
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
April 2007
13 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
ELSI* Grade 3, Colin Bootman, In My Mamma's Kitchen & Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
18 - JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, Spanish Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 6, Jacqueline Woodson, If She Comes Softly
18 - JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, Spanish Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 7, Patricia McCormick, My Brother's Keeper
19 - IS 347, School of Humanities, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Grade 8, Rita Williams-Garcia, Like Sisters on the Homefront
Writing Workshop
19 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
ELSI* Grade 5, Mike Winerip, Adam Canfield of The Slash
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create a school newspaper.
20 - IS 347, School of Humanities, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Grade 8, Rita Williams-Garcia, Like Sisters on the Homefront
Writing Workshop
20 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
ELSI*Grade 4, Colin Bootman, Don't Say Ain't & Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
24 - Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 9, Coe Booth, Tyrell
Fiction Writing Workshop
26 - JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, Spanish Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 8, Alex Simmons, The Raven League: Sherlock Holmes is Missing!
Writing Workshop.
26 - IS 347, School of Humanities, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Grade 8, Rita Williams-Garcia, Like Sisters on the Homefront
Writing Workshop
27 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
ELSI*Grade 3, Colin Bootman, In My Mamma's Kitchen & Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
30 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
ELSI* Special Education Grades 4 & 5, Katherine Leiner, Mama Does the Mambo
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
May 2007
2 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
ELSI* Grade 3, Kam Mak, My Chinatown
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
4 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
ELSI*Grade 4, Colin Bootman, Don't Say Ain't & Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
7 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grades 4 & 5, Katherine Leiner, Mama Does the Mambo
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
7 - Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 9, Coe Booth, Tyrell
Fiction Writing Workshop
7 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brookly
ELSI* Grade 3, Kam Mak, My Chinatown
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
Field trip to Children's Museum of Art with Kam Mak to see his exhibition of illustrations from My Chinatown
9 - JHS 13, Central Park East Middle School, Spanish Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 8, Alex Simmons, The Raven League: Sherlock Holmes is Missing!
Writing Workshop.
10 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Grade 1, Mo Willems, Today I Will Fly!
10 - IS 347, School of Humanities, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Grade 6, Agnes Martinez, Poe Park
Writing Workshop
An Inclusion class: one of students with varying learning abilities.
11 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 3, Colin Bootman, In My Mamma's Kitchen & Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
16 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
ELSI* Grade 3, Kam Mak, My Chinatown
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
16 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
ELSI* Grade 4, Brian Pinkney, Peggony-Po: A Whale of a Tale & TBS
17 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
ELSI* Grades 4 & 5, Edel Rodriguez, Mama Does the Mambo & Float Like A Butterfly
18 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
ELSI* Grade 4, Colin Bootman, Don't Say Ain't & Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
30 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
ELSI* Grade 4, Brian Pinkney, Peggony-Po: A Whale of a Tale & TBS
FALL 2006
October 2006
11 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Francine Prose, A Changed Man
12 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Katha Pollitt, Virginity or Death! And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time
18 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 2, Marc Tauss, Superhero
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create a book about superheroes.
24 - JHS 13 Central Park East Middle School, Spanish Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 7, Willie Perdomo, Where A Nickel Costs A Dime
Poetry Writing Workshop
25 - JHS 13 Central Park East Middle School, Spanish Harlem, Manhattan
Grade 7, Willie Perdomo, Where A Nickel Costs A Dime Poetry Writing Workshop
25 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 2, Marc Tauss, Superhero
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create a book about superheroes.
27 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 5, Mike Winerip, Adam Canfield of The Slash
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create a school newspaper.
30 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 3 - Patricia Lakin, Clarence the Copy Cat & Subway Sonata
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
30 - IS 347, School of Humanities, Bushwick, Brooklyn*
Grade 6 Inclusion Class, Tony Medina, Love To Langston
Students will write & illustrate autobiographical poems.
November 2006
1 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Colson Whitehead, Apex Hides the Hurt: A Novel
2 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 2, Marc Tauss, Superhero
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create a book about superheroes.
6 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Loretta Lopez, The Birthday Swap
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
6 - IS 347, School of Humanities, Bushwick, Brooklyn*
Grade 6 Inclusion Class, Tony Medina, Love To Langston
Students will write & illustrate autobiographical poems.
8 - Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 9, Rita Williams-Garcia, Like Sisters
on the Homefront
Fiction Writing Workshop
9 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 2, Marc Tauss, Superhero
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create a book about superheroes.
10 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 5, Mike Winerip, Adam Canfield of The Slash
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create a school newspaper.
10 - Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 9, Rita Williams-Garcia, Like Sisters
on the Homefront
Fiction Writing Workshop
13 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 3, Patricia Lakin, Clarence the Copy Cat & Albert Einstein
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
14 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 1, Marthe Jocelyn, Hannah's
Collections & Hannah's Seven
Dresses
*Elementary School Initiative -- creating collaborative collage.
16 - Harvey Milk High School, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Gr. 9-12, Martha Southgate, Third Girl From
the Left
Mixed-grade class
20 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 2, Tony Medina, Christmas Makes Me Think
*Elementary School Initiative -- poetry writing workshop combined with a community service project.
20 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Loretta Lopez, The Birthday Swap & Say Hola to Spanish
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
27 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 2, Tony Medina, Christmas Makes Me Think
*Elementary School Initiative -- poetry writing workshop combined with a community service project.
28 - CS 21, Crispus Attucks School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 1, Marthe Jocelyn, Hannah's Collections & Hannah's Seven Dresses
*Elementary School Initiative -- creating collaborative collage.
29 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Marisela Rizik, El Tiempo del
Olvido (Of Forgotten Times)
Mixed-grade Advanced Placement Spanish literature class: conducted entirely in Spanish.
December 2006
13 - DeWitt Clinton High School, Norwood, the Bronx
Gr. 11 & 12, Louis Reyes Rivera, Bum Rush The Page: A Def Poetry Jam
Mixed-grade class
15 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 5, Mike Winerip, Adam Canfield of The Slash
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create a school newspaper.
18 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 3, Colin Bootman, Fish For the Grand Lady & Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
18 - Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 9, Willie Perdomo, Where A Nickel Costs A Dime
Poetry Writing Workshop
19 - Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 9, Willie Perdomo, Where A Nickel Costs A Dime
Poetry Writing Workshop
20 - Brooklyn Community High School of Communications, Arts, & Media, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Grade 9, Willie Perdomo, Where A Nickel Costs A Dime
Poetry Writing Workshop
22 - PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, ELSI*
Grade 4, Colin Bootman, Fish For the Grand Lady & Dad, Jackie, and Me
*Elementary School Initiative -- a series of workshop sessions for children to create illustrated books.
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