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"Bubbling up in our own good time-- online."
| Lorane Elementary School |
Through a grant awarded to Groundwaters in 2010, by the Oregon Country Fair’s Bill
Wooten Endowment Fund, we were given funds and the opportunity to take local authors
and artists into the area’s classrooms. Our objective was to foster, encourage and support
creativity by providing area youngsters the opportunity to express themselves through
writing or art and reward them by allowing them to see their work published outside of the
classroom.
The teachers at Lorane Elementary School invited Nick DeAngelo, a cartoonist whose
comic strip, Just Add Water, appears in each issue of Groundwaters, as their featured
guest. He and Jennifer Chambers of Groundwaters, worked with 45 students from
kindergarten through sixth grade. They began the program with Nick interactively
demonstrating cartoon techniques to the entire group by drawing a cartoon character. He
had the children suggest features that they wanted him to include in the character that they
created together. They then broke into two groups. The K-2 group was led by Jennifer who,
with the help of the primary teachers, Jamie Ledgerwood and Nicole Glenn, worked with the
students to create their own personalized ladybug cartoon characters. Nick and teacher,
Nate Robertson, worked with the students in Grades 3-6 as they designed and drew their
own comic strips. The finished drawings were collected from both groups; the students who
had not completed theirs were given a few more days to do so. Pat Edwards scanned all of
the drawings and created two chapbooks called Cartoon Capers and Ladybug Jamboree.
Enough copies were published for each one of the participating students and their teachers
to have their own personal copy, thereby giving them the opportunity to see their work in
print.
Nick and Jennifer received rave reviews from the teachers at Lorane. It was a fun
experience for all. We thank not only Nick, Jennifer and the Lorane teachers, but the
Oregon Country Fair, as well, for allowing us this rare opportunity to interact with the youth
in the area.Thanks to all who participated! (Fall 2010)
Website address: http://www.cal.k12.or.us/les/index.htm
Index of Groundwaters contributions:
Volume 7 Issue 2 - "Cartoon Capers" and "Ladybug Jamboree" (artwork)
Wooten Endowment Fund, we were given funds and the opportunity to take local authors
and artists into the area’s classrooms. Our objective was to foster, encourage and support
creativity by providing area youngsters the opportunity to express themselves through
writing or art and reward them by allowing them to see their work published outside of the
classroom.
The teachers at Lorane Elementary School invited Nick DeAngelo, a cartoonist whose
comic strip, Just Add Water, appears in each issue of Groundwaters, as their featured
guest. He and Jennifer Chambers of Groundwaters, worked with 45 students from
kindergarten through sixth grade. They began the program with Nick interactively
demonstrating cartoon techniques to the entire group by drawing a cartoon character. He
had the children suggest features that they wanted him to include in the character that they
created together. They then broke into two groups. The K-2 group was led by Jennifer who,
with the help of the primary teachers, Jamie Ledgerwood and Nicole Glenn, worked with the
students to create their own personalized ladybug cartoon characters. Nick and teacher,
Nate Robertson, worked with the students in Grades 3-6 as they designed and drew their
own comic strips. The finished drawings were collected from both groups; the students who
had not completed theirs were given a few more days to do so. Pat Edwards scanned all of
the drawings and created two chapbooks called Cartoon Capers and Ladybug Jamboree.
Enough copies were published for each one of the participating students and their teachers
to have their own personal copy, thereby giving them the opportunity to see their work in
print.
Nick and Jennifer received rave reviews from the teachers at Lorane. It was a fun
experience for all. We thank not only Nick, Jennifer and the Lorane teachers, but the
Oregon Country Fair, as well, for allowing us this rare opportunity to interact with the youth
in the area.Thanks to all who participated! (Fall 2010)
Website address: http://www.cal.k12.or.us/les/index.htm
Index of Groundwaters contributions:
Volume 7 Issue 2 - "Cartoon Capers" and "Ladybug Jamboree" (artwork)
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