Last year, I spent a day a week from November to December working with a class at Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary to help the kids contemplate, design, and illustrate heroes, setting them up for a project to write a story starring those characters.
I returned to the school last week to see the “Hero Gallery” that was put on display throughout the school. Each display consisted of a poster board that showed the process of creation and some of the different elements that went into creating the characters. I loved the fact that the project celebrated the process—not just the polished, finished work, but the messy sketches and brainstorming. In addition, it was great to see the swatch of a hero’s cape or the key that a brazen character might use to unlock the door to adventure.
It was so much fun to see the kids, who all leapt from their seats and came flooding over to see me. I felt very much missed (and loved).
I took countless photos of the exhibit, but here’s just a smattering . . .
Between the Cracks of Here and There 
Reblogged this on The CWILL BC Society blog.
How wonderful! This is what makes all the hard work of writing worth it! This was similar to what the kids at Tomsett Elementary in Richmond did for me.
https://darlenefoster.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/storyboards-for-amanda-in-arabia/