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Cinnamongirl Writing Workshops

Four Wednesday workshops Jan.-April 2006!

January 25
Words, Words, Words: the building blocks of writing

In this workshop we will play word games in order to explore the importance of developing a strong vocabulary. After 20-25 minutes of playing we will have a short discussion.

February 22
Analyzing hip hop lyrics: exploring, rhyme, rhythm and flow

In this workshop we will analyze a hip hop song in order to explore how words are strung together to make poetry. After a short discussion, the girls will be split up into groups to transcribe and analyze a song. One member of each group will present the group’s findings.

March 29
Curtain’s Up: writing and theater

In this workshop we will read a short play together. The girls will be divided into groups and will have to stage an act of the play based on their reading and interpretation.

April 26
Writing and revising a story

In this workshop we will write a story collectively. Each participant will write one sentence and pass the text on to the next. The next person will read the previous sentence and write her own. We will read the story out loud, split up into groups and edit the story. Each group should come up with something different based on the discussion. The only rule is that no sentence can be omitted, though any sentence can be changed. When we reconvene, a representative of each smaller group will read the different stories.

To introduce the Cinnamongirls to writing as a form of communication beginning with its most basic building blocks. Through the experience of analyzing and interpreting other people’s writing, the girls should come to understand its power and its different forms. Finally, by collectively creating and editing a story of their own, the Cinnamongirls will learn that the process of writing can be fun and rewarding.