Cynthia Chin-Lee getting ready to inspire kids with her presentation...
Performing a fun rap... (is that really her?!)
So many questions! How exciting!
Participation = cool postcards
From left to right: Rea Inglesis (5th grade teacher), Karen Klein (former Chair of Synergy's Library Committee), Cynthia Chin-Lee and Sandy Barra (4th grade teacher).
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Introduced by PaperTigers, author Cynthia Chin-Lee (A is for Asia and Almond Cookies and Dragon Well Tea), talked to 4th- and 5th-grade students at Synergy School, in San Francisco about her most recent books, Amelia to Zora and Akira To Zolt��n, the A-Z cameo biographies of men and women who changed the world.
Starting with a story about how her family got the last name Chin-Lee, she talked a little about the Chinese Exclusion Act, then went on to highlight interesting details of the featured men and women's childhoods (many of them peacemakers), which the students could immediately relate to.
After talking about her path to becoming a published author and about the writer's craft, she performed an original rap about the importance of believing in your dreams and your worth, and ended on a sweet note by distributing almond cookies to all - a reference to her book Almond Cookies and Dragon Well Tea.
When Q&A time came, dozens of hands went up in the air and postcards with inspiring artwork and quotations were given out.
Read the feedback from the students and teachers, and take a glance at what these kids do/plan to do to have a positive impact on the world.
What else could we wish for, if not inspired, hands-on youth, whose dreams can and will change the world?
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More on PaperTigers:
Review of Amelia to Zora and Akira to Zolt��n
Interview with the author (from Nov. 2006)
More on the web:
Teachers' guide for Amelia to Zora
Author's page on Charlesbridge website
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