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Denman school students take part in poetry workshops

Children at Denman Community School worked on character, dialogue and poetry during two days of workshops led by writer Sara Cassidy last month.[^1]

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Denman Community School students took part in two days of writing workshops led by children’s-book writer Sara Cassidy last month, as an auxiliary event for the Readers and Writers Festival.^[1]

The workshops explored character and dialogue, with exercises adapted for different age groups, according to Cassidy’s account published in the Grapevine.^[1]

Students also wrote poems from the perspective of everyday objects, and worked together to create a story using two characters.^[1]

Cassidy and school staff are eager for a third set of workshops next year, the article says.^[1]

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