Junior to Intermediate Presentations

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Junior to Intermediate Presentations

Rukhsana is pleased to announce she has joined the highly acclaimed roster of Prologue for the Performing Arts, a booking agency that has been serving the educational community in Canada for over 35 years.

As of September 2004, in Ontario certain presentations will only be available through Prologue for the Performing Arts. If you are a school or organization in Ontario and wish to book her for these presentations, please contact:

Prologue for the Performing Arts

Phone: 1-888-591-9092

Fax: 1-416-591-2023

Email: info@prologue.org

Web: www.prologue.org

For all other bookings please email Rukhsana.

Teachers, please see the accompanying teacher's guides in order to get a better understanding of how these presentations can enrich your students' educational experience. Included in the teacher's guides are pre and post presentation discussion topics and activities.

Presentations:

The Roses in My Carpets Presentation (grades 3 - 8)

Go behind the scenes and meet the inspiration for an international award-winning story. Take a visual tour of an Afghan refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan. Rukhsana uses warmth and humour to tackle such serious subjects as child poverty and war in this popular presentation for children and adults.

From ESL to Author Junior Presentation (grades 3-5)

This presentation focuses on literacy and the immigrant experience, highlighting the importance of taking advantage of all learning opportunities available.

From ESL to Author Senior Presentation (grades 6-8)

Rukhsana relates her experiences growing up as an immigrant in a small town and how she coped with discrimination. Then focusing on peer pressure, she reveals how an incident in her youth became the climactic scene of her award-winning novel, Dahling, If You Luv Me, Would You Please, Please Smile.

Work in Progress Presentation (grades 6-8)

This presentation offers a dynamic look at the process of story creation. Rukhsana shares everyday challenges and demonstrates the steps towards publishing with emphasis on editing and revision.

Creative Writing Workshop

Using her own stories as examples, Rukhsana explores how structure applies to story. She gets students writing with a variety of creativity exercises followed by tips on editing.