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Documents and Forms as of 6-12-08
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SAORI Worcester FORMS
(click on underlined links for printable version)
SAORI Worcester Class Registration Form
SAORI Worcester DOCUMENTS
Click on underlined links for printable versions of essential documents below:
SAORI Worcester Mission Statement
New 2008 Off-Site Fee Schedule (for programs we conduct away from our Worcester studio)
Loom and Accessory Price List (as of July 1, 2008). With our next order - Sept, 1, 2008 - loom prices will rise slightly to reflect increased shipping and foreign exchange costs. Accessory prices have not changed.
SAORI Worcester Partnership Program document.
This complete revised explanation of this program replaces the former "Saori Pioneer Coaching Site" program. Note to existing sites: you will soon receive information by email about any changes and the reasons for them. Interested potential sites: this document supersedes any previous documents about establishing a SAORI program at your organization or studio.
SAORI Leaders' Committee (SARICO) (information and application in English for the closest thing to an official
"teaching certification" process, administered by the SAORI organization in Japan)
Note: This material is translated with permission from material that is the property of SAORI Japan. Permission is granted to print this material for indiviidual use; however please contact us before reprinting or otherwise reproducing it for wider access, including electronic reproduction. Your link to this webpage is of course welcome.
Tapestries and Tales Curriculum ©2007 by Nathaniel Needle, Ed.D.
SUMMARY
This series of lessons merges the young person's introduction to weaving with his or her creative mastery of language. This happens first through reading and orally re-telling weaving folktales from around the world. Second, students enjoy a hands-on SAORI experience in making "team tapestries". Next, the weaving team collectively creates an original story that they see in their tapestry, then orally shares that story with others. Finally, each member of the team writes his or her own version of that orally shared story, a process not unlike how we might imagine the 4 Gospels to have emerged from shared oral tradition. Each of the following lessons, certain of which extend over more than one session, is accompanied by an evaluation rubric that relates to the holistic social, artistic, and academic goals of the curriculum. The lessons and rubric links are followed by photos of the team weavings surrounded by the individual versions of the team story, as created by the 4th grade class of Lauren Chuk at Goddard School of Science and Technology, a Worcester Public Magnet School (Marion Guerra, Principal). This effort was made possible by a contract with the VSA Arts Community of Practice Project
The author makes these materials available for non-profit educational use at no charge. Any commercial reproduction or publication of this proprietary material requires the author's express permission.
Lesson Plans and Accompanying Evaluation Rubrics
Lesson One Lesson Two Lesson Three Lesson Four
Lesson One Rubric Lesson Two Rubric Lesson Three Rubric Lesson Four Rubric
Student Work Samples - Final Project - Team Weavings with Stories
The 4 Benders The Destruction Day Curse of the Old Woman The Journey The Little Girl The Royal Legend