School Visits
School Visits
I confess. These presentations are fun — and I have “hidden” goals. I want to teach the children while entertaining them.
Who & How Many?
I work with students of any age, even though my book is geared to upper elementary and middle school. I am comfortable with any size audience, but find 90 is the upper limit for group size.
How Long?
You can have me for a whole day, a half day, even a week! (It all depends on what programs suit your group’s needs.)
Programs
Pre and post lesson plans are available for all programs.
- Monsters and Water Beasts: Creatures of Fact or Fiction? or Bogeyman 101: A Guide to Bogeymen Around the World
I confess. The presentation is fun, but I have “hidden” goals. I want to teach the children while entertaining them. So, for you fellow teachers, here are the underlying objectives for my programs:
(Critical thinking) How to make informed decisions/choices when faced with opposing data.
(Writing skills) A model, then co-operative session that builds persuasive writing skills.
(Vocabulary) A presentation that employs word origins to recreate the monsters in the book and new, never-seen-before creatures.
- What’s New in Kids’ Books?
For Teacher In-Service and PTO/PTA’s
Book talks for the best of ‘What’s New in Children’s Books and Books-Not-to-be-Forgotten.’
- What Makes a Writer?
Presentation of the writing process: From idea to published work
- How to Use Non-fiction in the Classroom
For Teacher In-Service
Using Monsters and Water Beasts and other non-fiction as models, a workshop showing how to develop critical thinking, research skills and expository and persuasive writing.
- Funding Visits
Schools and libraries use different sources to sponsor author visits, including Title I, grants from local organizations or business groups, district funding, and PTA/PT’s.
For more information and fees contact me by emailing karenemilynmiller@gmail.com
Schools Visited
Karen has visited these schools.
- Illinois
Kennedy Junior High School, Naperville, IL
Mill Street School, Naperville, IL
- Tennessee
George Washington Elementary, Kingsport, TN
Washington Elementary, Kingsport, TN
- North Carolina
Beelog Elementary, Burnsville, NC
Burnsville Elementary School, Burnsville, NC
Clearmont Elementary School, Burnsville, NC
Eastfield Elementary, Marion, NC
Greenlee Elementary, Spruce Pine, NC
Micaville Elementary, Burnsville, NC
North Buncombe Elementary, Weaverville, NC
Sand Hill-Venable Elementary, Asheville, NC
Karen is engaging, humorous, and warm in her presentations.
Karen is engaging, humorous, and warm in her presentations. She is immediately perceived as caring about each child and encourages them to participate in the presentation rather than just sit and listen. She ably blends reading, literature, and Internet safety and effective use that entertains as well as informs.
Burnsville NC