Theatergroep Kwatta

PARAMOUNT THEATRE APRIL 9-11, 2017 AUSTIN, TEXAS FROM THE PAGE TO THE STAGE ROOM 105

September 13 I don’t want to because boys don’t write poetry. YOUR TAKE Girls do. Review the performance you saw today. What was great about it? What emotions did you feel throughout the show? What THE STORY questions do you still have? ______Jack hates poetry, thinking only girls write it. ______Every time he tries to, his brain feels empty. ______But his teacher, Ms. Stretchberry, won’t stop ______giving her class poetry assignments—and Jack ______can’t avoid them. But then something amazing ______happens. The more he writes, the more he learns Now rate today’s show from 1-5 stars: he does have something to say.

THE AUTHOR Theatergroep Kwatta Theatergroep Kwatta is a is a professional youth theatre company that was established in 2002. South Euclid, Ohio It is based in the Theater Het Badhuis, which is native who grew up located in the Gelderland province in the East in a rowdy family Central part of the Netherlands. Under the with a sister and direction of artistic manager Josee Hussaarts, three brothers and Kwatta creates lighthearted productions with dreamed of being a painter, an ice more poignant undertones. Kwatta’s mission is skater, a singer, a teacher, and a to create room for amazement and admiration reporter, eventually landing on a career by asking simple questions about difficult issues in writing and teaching literature in and difficult questions about things that appear England and Switzerland. She called to be simple. They do this, in part, by making upon her childhood in fictional works no assumptions, always searching for the such as , Walk unknown and the absurd, and by tilting reality Two Moons, , and to create a different perspective. Productions . Her award-winning book by Kwatta often combine text with other forms Love That Dog was inspired by the of theatre such as instrumental music, song, Walter Dean Myers’ poem “Love That puppetry, or film. Boy” which hung on Creech’s bulletin Learn more at board for many years. www.kwatta.info/english ADAPTING STORIES Theatregoep Kwatta chose to turn THE PLAY the book Love that Dog into a play. Love That Dog brings Jack’s free-verse This is called adapting. Which of your poems to the stage in an inventive favorite books would you like to see production that features live action adapted into a play? and music, real-time projections, and ______puppetry. Love That Dog shows how one boy finds his own voice with the help of ______a teacher, a writer, a pencil, some paper, and of course, a dog. ______PAT PAT WH ALWAY O SNIFF S WA ’S SNIFF TC A - HER H G EAT JU IN O S ALL T IC G O INSPIRED POETRY HE T Y WET N, D HI L R NG O G AW HID S! O IRL ES A K DRI ND R I ? P DRI E O N OFT FUR P DR S ADY S G S TO OO AUS E O P L U SHE’S A E , F S T T B AGE P O M VES T A R E FO GOOD GIRL! LO O P W R LL R LA K T S Y A B IZ R M G A Z EA EV E THE DO R A T E IN G W K AR S A R PA B Y R A AR E T T K G H A H K E L ING W B R L A T A Love That Dog R FA IMES GOOD G K VO BEST W B BARK!A R AG R ITES A G W (Inspired by Walter Dean Myers) K! GIRL! GOING ON TRUE LOVE By Jack WALKS FRIEND LOYAL, ALWAYS ARE THE BY MY SIDE

Love that dog, MOST FUN! PAWS like a bird loves to fly FEET HAPPY DANCES SOFT

LET’S GO! I said love that dog SOFT HAPPY GO! like a bird loves to fly LET’S Love to call him in the morning In the play the actors perform the concrete poem, “The Apple” love to call him by S.C Rigg. The shape of this poem is very special. In the “Hey there, Sky!” play Jack is inspired and writes his own poem in the shape of his dog Sky. Can you do this Can you write your own poem inspired by the poem that Jack as well? Choose your favorite reads at the end of the play? It’s important you choose a subject animal and create a concrete close to your heart. Like Sky is important to Jack. You can choose poem of your own! animals, people, places...everything is possible. Fill in the spaces below to complete your inspired poem. CHALLENGE - Use adjectives that describe both the personality and the physical “Emmett’s Ode To His Tennis Ball” look of your animal. by Betsy Franco from the book YOUR INSPIRED POEM A Dazzling Display of Dogs Love That ______(Inspired by Jack) YOUR CONCRETE POEM By ______

Love that ______like a ______loves to ______I said I love that ______like a ______loves to ______Love to ______in the ______Love to ______“Hey there,______!” ACROSTIC POETRY CREATE YOUR In an acrostic poem, the letters in a topic word are used to create the lines of a poem. In the OWN PLAY example below, the letters in the name “JACK” The artists of Theatergroep are used as the first letters of each line to create Kwatta took the story and a poem about Jack. Complete the poem: poems from a book and turned them into a play for the stage. J - J OYFUL Start with the poem you just wrote, or part of a story you A - like, and try to tell it in a different way. Choose one of C - the following forms: K - DIALOGUE Now describe yourself in an acrostic poem below conversation between using the first letters of your name: characters PANTOMIME acting it out without speaking ILLUSTRATION comic or story-book style PUPPETRY create puppets and small sets

SHELTER HELPER Jack and his family adopted Sky from their local animal shelter. Did you know that BINGO adopting shelter pets isn’t the Read a book to a shy “Like” your local only way you can help your Help a friend/ family dog at the shelter who Donate a bag of dog/ animal shelters local animal shelters? Take a member find their isn’t ready for pets cat food to any local on social media, look at the BINGO card for perfect pet at a local and walks, this helps shelter with your parents’ more ideas on how you can get animal shelter them feel safe around permission of course involved. Challenge a friend humans to Shelter Helper BINGO and see who can be the first to Write a letter Organize a donation Spread the word- tell check off enough boxes to yell- thanking the drive- invite people Get crafty and make a your class, sports BINGO! employees of shelters to bring in towels, dog/ cat toy to donate team, or friends about around town for their food, and toys for the to a shelter near you how they can help dedication to animals animals in need Austin animals

To be a shelter helper, Foster a dog or cat Bake up some Help a shelter dog check out any of these while they are waiting homemade dog treats get some exercise by Call 311 if you find a shelters around town: to find their fur-ever and drop them off at a volunteering to walk stray animal in need homes shelter nearby dogs for an afternoon Austin Pets Alive www.austinpetsalive.org Write to your local Adopt a pet of Austin Animal Center legislators encouraging your own! www.austintexas.gov/ Attend an event that Help your local shelter them to keep our department/aac helps raise money for clean the kennels animals’ welfare in local shelters Austin Humane Society mind when passing www.austinhumanesociety.org new laws ADMIRABLE ICONS POETIC VOCABULARY Find the vocabulary words in the word search below, then look up their definitions or write an example:

Walter ALLITERATION

Dean ASSONANCE

Meyers!!!! CONCRETE POETRY

CONSONANCE LETTER TO AN AUTHOR FREE VERSE In the play, Jack’s favorite poet visited his school! If you could invite your favorite author or artist to your school for a IMAGERY visit, who would you invite?

______METAPHOR

On a separate sheet of paper, write them a letter like the one NARRATIVE POETRY Jack wrote to Walter Dean Myers and invite them to visit you and your classmates! ONOMATOPOEIA

PROSE THANK YOU, TEACHER RHYME Miss Stretchberry helped Jack realize his talent and love for poetry. Think of a teacher in your life who helped you discover a hidden talent. RHYTHM ______SIMILE On a separate sheet of paper, write them a Thank You letter. SYMBOL

TEACHABLE POEMS A L L I T E R A T I O N R C N Want to learn more about the poetry that inspired Jack? Head B Y F O H E G S P V Y H O E T to your school’s library to find the following poems that Ms. Stretchberry taught in her class. L R L N U X S R I R G N H Q V

• “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos William Z T M O R M O R E M S X P K U • “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost R E A M F S H G E O I A A W H • “The Tiger” by William Blake • “dog” by Valerie Worth P O R A E I A Y N V R L T M C • “Pasture” by Robert Frost F P H T N M I A V B E U E I Q • “Street Music” by Arnold Adolf • “The Apple” by S.C. Rigg D E B O I A N F V G B E M N U • “Love that Boy” by Walter Dean Myers S T P P F C B C D U X D R T G S E C O E C N A N O S S A F Y Y R T E O P E V I T A R R A N

Also, don’t forget M C G I Y O R H Y T H M N F N to check out Sharon Creech’s sequel B N X A H K L T G I K S A K H , to Love that Dog ! Hate that Cat O O A K Q D J Y L N V B A E B L C E M R A B R E M Y H R S N PARAMOUNT THEATRE DISCOVERY SERIES Entertainment for the entire family

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