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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Why Nike is Right!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Yup. There is really no reason why not to “Just do it.” Actually, there are plenty: I don’t have time. I might not be good at it. I have other priorities. That dream can wait. I’ll start that next year.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Teaching teachers of English in Bahrain for the US Embassy about arts integration strategies using puppetry required the trust that this could be the universally useful tool I had experienced at home. I was invited back there twice, so that cliff was worth jumping off.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Why Nike is Right!</image:title>
      <image:caption>From second iteration of The Talking Eggs, with hand puppets.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - 5 Back-to-School Activities With a 5 Minute Puppet!</image:title>
      <image:caption>I’ll be sharing more of these, so PLEASE SUBSCRIBE BELOW so you won’t miss any! AND - I would love to see any other ideas you come up with for using these: PLEASE SHARE in the comments!</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://karenkonnerth.com/backstage-blog/shadow-puppet-magic-part-2</loc>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 2 - Explain opaque (light cannot pass through), transparent (all light passes through, like a glass window), and translucent (some light passes through) and demonstrate with shadow screen and light. If lighting allows, experiment with students’ own shadows on the screen, defining and recognizing a profile (side view). Explain that the puppet they will make should be a PROFILE view of the character.</image:title>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 2 - INTRODUCTION MATERIALS: cardboard (opaque) wax paper (translucent, as is shadow screen clear plastic packaging or page protector (transparent) also lace, plastic grocery bag, netting, colored cellophane etc.</image:title>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 2</image:title>
      <image:caption>Black construction paper (for non-jointed puppets), poster board, or cardstock (best), Bendable straws OR bamboo skewers (for grades 3 and up), Masking tape TOOLS: Scissors, Round Hole Punches, Pencils (erasers optional). OPTIONAL: Decorative Hole Punches , “Silly Scissors” (crafting scissors that cut decorative lines), Colored Clear Plastic (report covers, cellophane wrapping paper, or theatrical lighting gels available at music supply stores for band lighting – ask for sample booklets) Paper Doilies, Netting, Feathers</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 2 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 2 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 2 - Demonstrate that only what is cut, not drawn, shows in the final shape. Allow no more than 5 minutes to draw character on black paper to avoid complex drawings that cannot be cut out. Remember pledge.</image:title>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 2</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bringing the Puppets to Life Working as individuals, in pairs, or small groups, each puppet is held firmly against the screen from behind. Puppet movement expresses story action. For an interesting presentation, the more focused action the better – SHOW, DON’T TELL! Puppets should enter and exit stage area when the story requires. All movements have PURPOSE – to help show the events of the story. When a character is speaking, it should move a little, and when speaking stops, the movement should also stop, to make clear to audience who is speaking.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 1</image:title>
      <image:caption>Of course, there are many options in puppetry, but today I’m going to talk about shadow puppets - a simple yet magical technique for all ages. The photo shows some of my students (teachers) in South Africa, focused on strategies in the use of puppetry to improve literacy.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 1</image:title>
      <image:caption>Traditionally, the shows may go on all night, with one single dalang. I took the photo to the left in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in a large car garage (note vehicle in background), where private practice, including a gamelon orchestra, was going on. This young dalang appeared to be a teenager.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 1</image:title>
      <image:caption>In this formal setting, note the dalang, with his back to the audience, the full gamelon orchestra with singers he conducts to accompany his dialogue, AND the numerous puppets he manages lined up on each side of the screen.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 1</image:title>
      <image:caption>Villages exist where the puppets are made of water buffalo hide, using horn or bone as the support and manipulation rods. In Indonesia, since the audience sits behind the dalang, seeing their back and the actual puppets placed against a lit screen, the puppets are very colorful and also have intricate punched designs. This is Semar, one of the beloved clown characters. He has three sons. He is a teacher who uses humor to engage his students.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 1</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shadow puppetry in most other parts of the world involves the audience sitting on the opposite side of the screen from the puppeteer. The puppeteer uses rods to manipulate flat, opaque or translucent shapes, often with articulated parts, against a translucent screen, generally lit from the side where the puppeteer works so the audience can watch the shadows on the other side of the screen. The photo is of Richard Bradshaw, and well known shadow puppeteer from Australia. His work uses little dialogue, simple black images, and is very funny.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 1</image:title>
      <image:caption>There are variations using projections, mirrors, and multiple image sources, giving an almost cinematic effect. These are teachers in one of my workshops in Indonesia, using the overhead projector. The overhead projector is a fantastic and versatile tool for shadow puppets. They used to be common in schools, but now, sadly, are hard to find. If you find a dusty one back in a closet, don’t throw it away!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 1</image:title>
      <image:caption>THE SHADOW SCREEN FRAME A sturdy frame is necessary to fasten the light weight screen material to: Corrugated cardboard box or project board: Stretch screen material over cut hole and attach with wide packing tape Canvas stretchers from art supply store: Attach foot on each end with “L” bracket and 1”x 2” wood segment to stand frame on a table.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 1</image:title>
      <image:caption>THE SHADOW SCREEN Shadow screen material options: • budget quality white plastic shower curtain (important that this is budget quality - if too heavy, the screen is too opaque) • white muslin • medium weight paper (for small screens)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - Shadow Puppet Magic Part 1</image:title>
      <image:caption>NEXT post will be on the construction of the puppets! Please subscribe to the BACKSTAGE Blog and you won’t miss anything!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - How to Strengthen Children’s Writing Skills Through Collaborative Story Making</image:title>
      <image:caption>I present here a versatile, introductory project I have done countless times with students in second grade, through adults, generally in preparation for making puppets to tell the story they have created. The project involves groups of 3 - 5 students collaborating to write a simple story sequence, using the Story Planning Page. I find using the Story Planning Page (download at bottom of page) to be highly effective for students to organize their thoughts, work together, and have a written record of the story to be adhered to. (photo of teachers creating a story at the Tennessee Arts Academy)</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2021-07-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - 30 Creative Skills Every Educator Has (A sadly incomplete list) - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>photo credit Judy Boyce</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - 7 Reasons Why Arts Integrated Teaching Through Puppetry Works! - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BackstageBlog - 6 STEPS TO ENGAGING VIRTUAL TEACHING FOR CHILDREN: Hey, Artists! - I encourage anyone who cares to share their work as an artist in any media, to do so now. Start with just one simple lesson: something only you can teach because of your unique skills and experience. We artists, workers with our hands, imaginative observers of the world, playful users of words, bearers of culture - need to make our unique vision available to children. The commercial media is such a powerful force, I would like to see more of us getting our vision to a broader audience! Going directly to teachers and children is one way to try. This post offers a first step plan in assembling a lesson format. Past posts offer a little more detail on steps I have taken so far.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Puppets made from boxes and magazines.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I live in New Orleans, Louisiana, with my musician husband, and where our two children have returned with their families.  I have explored and shared in my community and globally for decades as a professional puppeteer and teaching artist, now evolved into visual storyteller as writer and illustrator for children, and collage artist for all.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I have always written or adapted stories, built all puppets and staging, and have traveled extensively. Presenting in Spanish on numerous tours in Central and South America, I was particularly affected by the strong cultural respect for children and passionate belief in the necessity of making this art form accessible to all, despite income or size of the community.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>When my performance work led to requests for hands-on workshops for children, I did a lot of study, collaborated with classroom teachers, and gradually developed a repertoire of formats.  All were built around project based, active learning, requiring creative thinking as children adapted familiar stories, researched for school curriculum areas, and came to understand strong story structure.  I insist on use of the most accessible and simple materials, so children can easily. experience the expression of their own thoughts and ideas</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As I saw literacy skills as well as learning around science, social studies, and S.T.E.A.M goals strengthen, I was ready with classroom developed projects to share when invited by the U.S. Embassy English Language Specialist program on teaching tours for educators in Costa Rica, Indonesia, Brunei, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and South Africa, as I continued school residency and workshop work at home.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Of course the pandemic certainly changed everything as I remained in my studio without access to travel, live classes, or audiences. But I had been working for years on writing picture books, without the necessary time, and finally I had this luxury!  I am presently enjoying studio time to write and illustrate - mainly in hand painted and textured paper collage. I love school author visits to inspire children to write and illustrate their own story ideas, as well as select professional development workshops for educators. And I am having so much fun creating tiny, one image story scraps as collages for all!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Connects to Language Arts and Social Studies Core Content! Inspired by Calliope Kate and the Voice of the River After a reading and discussion of Calliope Kate and the Voice of the River, along with a few historical American tall tale characters, students will observe how the tradition of tall tales connects to geography and culture. Using a creative worksheet, students will create their own tall tale character, including their geographic home, their job, their special abilities, their relationship with the ordinary people around them. Grades 1 and 2 will make a drawing of the character in their native setting for display and to introduce verbally to the class. Grades 3 and 4 will write their own Tall Tale. OPTIONAL THREE SESSION WORKSHOP: Students make shadow puppets to perform their stories! 60 to 75 minute single classes varied for GRADES 1 - 4</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Inspired by The Snowman Waltz This 30 minute presentation includes reading the book, then bringing to life the peaceful conflict resolution theme through the snowmen’s 1 - 2 - 3 waltz rhythm, contrasted with the penguins’ 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 march! Music components tempo and dynamics are also addressed through movement and sound as the class is divided into waltzing snowmen and marching penguins who learn, then share, their steps. An arts integrated, multi-sensory experience, incorporating literacy goals, rhythm making, and movement, engaging learners of all kinds. Connects to Music Education goals to understand: rhythm, tempo, and dynamics. 30 minute single class visit for for GRADES Pre-K, Kindergarten, and First. For large groups or schools, preferable to schedule multiple 30 minute sessions.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Story Building, Sentence by Sentence Karen works with a single class, leading students grades one through four through an effective process for story building with emphasis on sequence, sentence, plot, and staying on topic. Students choose a real life experience - anything from making cookies with Grandma to a trip to the beach. Using as many sticky notes as needed, they write one sentence on each note, building the story in easily rearrangeable sequence, to create a story scroll. Off-topic notes can be saved for another story, and event sequence is easily corrected.  Writing is inspired not only by the opportunity to share individual life experiences, but also as intrigued by the length of each scroll! 75 minute single class visit Grades 1 to 4</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Build an exciting story by giving your main character plenty of problems! This template based story building workshop leads students to create a single main character with a goal they desperately want.  Via the template, the character tries and fails several times before succeeding in achieving their goal. The classroom developed process helps students generate ideas and add complexity and depth to their writing. 75 minute single class visit grades 2 to 4</image:caption>
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