Drawing On Artists ; Visitors Whetthe Palettesof Studentsto Perform
The Washington Times › November 28, 2005
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Most of the third-graders in Room 222 at Ashlawn Elementary School had their hands up on a recent Thursday, eagerly waving their fingers to be picked next.
Sandford "Sandy" Lyne had asked them to read the poems they had spent the previous half-hour writing. He helped the students write poems around four or five key words with the assistance of their teacher, Diane Davis. Mr. Lyne used fishing as a metaphor, encouraging them to be quiet to find the poem and to use the word groups as bait.See the full content of this document
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Drawing On Artists ; Visitors Whetthe Palettesof Studentsto Perform
"There's no wrong way or right way. It can be not rhyming or rhyming. It's great," says 9-year-old Trevor Mahoney.
Mr. Lyne, a visiting poet at the school, is among the hundreds of artists involved in metro-area artist-in-residence programs that pair visual, performing and literary artists with schools for hands- on art lessons. ...See the full content of this document
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