POW! Power Of Words – Literary

9 – 14+
Part 1: Tuesday April 26, 2:30 – 3:45 pm
Part 2: Tuesday May 3, 2:30 – 3:45 pm

Participants will have the chance to explore why superhero stories are so powerful and fascinating. They will have the opportunity to create their own superhero and share their origin story. During Part 1, they will find a superhero that they love or admire and identify their origin story. We will use images to display a few examples. Participants will elaborate on their origin story by identifying how their character got their powers. For example, was it by accident? Genetic or evolution? Chosen or mutation, augmented or modified? They will also craft their superheroes’ regular everyday civilian identity and their superhero character. During Part 2, participants will use the shared prompts such as “I Am” “I Feel” “I Wonder” or “I Wish”, and expand on their chosen or created superheroes stories using these prompts of what they believe their “Hero” may be thinking or feeling.

Materials: Paper, pen or pencil

QEP Competencies

ELA: (ELEM) To write self-expressive, narrative and information-based texts; To represent literacy in different media; To use language to communicate and learn; (HS) Uses language/talk to communicate and to learn; Represents her/his literacy in different media; Reads and listens to written, spoken and media texts; Writes a variety of genres for personal and social purposes

CCC: Uses information, Solves problems, Uses creativity, Uses information and communications technologies, Communicates appropriately

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