Lori Rottenberg's highly interactive workshops focus on helping children to understand, identify, and write figurative language in poetry. She also does workshops on figurative language in pop music lyrics for older children.
She has taught workshops for the following Arlington schools:
She has taught workshops for the following Arlington schools:
- Arlington Science Focus: 1st grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014
- Arlington Traditional School: 1st grade, 3rd grade, 5th grade, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Ashlawn Elementary: 3rd grade, 2009
- Barcroft Elementary: 1st grade, 2008
- Barrett Elementary: 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 5th grade, 2007
- Campbell Elementary School: 3rd grade, 5th grade, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Claremont Elementary School: 2nd, 3rd grade, 5th grade, 2008, 2011, 2012 (Spanish)
- Drew Model School: Montessori 1st-3rd Grades, 2011
- Glebe Elementary: K, 2008
- Hoffman-Boston Elementary: K, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Jamestown Elementary: 1st grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 2007, 2010
- Kenmore Middle School: 7th grade, 8th grade, 2013
- Key Elementary: K, 2017
- Long Branch Elementary: 1st grade, 2009
- McKinley Elementary: K, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012
- Nottingham Elementary: K, 1st grade, 3rd grade, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Oakridge Elementary: K, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 2009, 2018
- Patrick Henry Elementary: 1st grade, 2nd grade, 2010, 2016, 2017
- Randolph Elementary: 3rd grade, 2014
- Stratford Middle School Special Education Program: 2011
- Swanson Middle School: 6th, 7th grade, 8th grade, 2007, 2015
- Taylor Elementary: 3rd grade, 2008
- Thomas Jefferson Middle School: 6th grade, 8th grade, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- Tuckahoe Elementary: K, 1st grade, 3rd grade, 2007, 2008
"We can’t thank you enough for coming to our three ATS third grade classes this week and inspiring our students to write more poetry. They had a great time and enjoyed your visit. The children loved wearing their poetry glasses to see things in a different way! Rex, Jessica, and I hope that you can come back to ATS next year. As one of the students said, “Could you come back again THIS year?” The child who asked if you could return is a reluctant writer, and it was wonderful to see him volunteer to share the poem that he wrote." |
"Thank you again for such a wonderful morning! The kids absolutely loved your lesson and keep talking about how much fun they had. Thanks again!" “Lori Rottenberg did a presentation to my 8th grade special education class. It was excellent and the students wrote some terrific poetry as part of the workshop, which focused on using similes and metaphors. There's a wide |