Contact for Speaking Visits
Would you like to hear about my adventures, travels or my middle grade novel? Are you interested in having me speak at your school (classroom, assembly, lunch discussion, or via internet), book club or your community? I'd love to join you !
My interactive programs for elementary and middle school are tailored to meet the specific needs of each school, and take students on journeys of discovery that deal with:
Exploring the process of writing and researching a novel
Environmental topics (endangered animals, conservation and climate change.)
Developing globally-mindedness.
Some interactive programs she has given include:
Searching for Endangered Animals - The Adventure of Writing an Adventure. the experiences travelling to India, Russia, Israel, and the Brazilian Amazon to look for endangered animals while researching Armando and the Amazing Animal Race (cobras, Siberian tiger, desert leopard, pied tamarin monkey) (elementary)
Finding Courage: The adventure of hunting for cobras in the wild in south India with the Irula tribe. (elementary)
Searching for the Elusive Pied Tamarin Monkey in the Amazon Rainforest. explores various issues related to the Amazon: Amazonian Indian culture, environmental issues, the eco-system and biodiversity in the Amazon. (elementary)
A Race Against Time: Searching for the Arabian Desert Leopard in the Judean Desert, Israel. (elementary)
Searching for Endangered Animals: The Adventure of Writing an Adventure: the experiences traveling to India, Russia, Israel, and the Brazilian Amazon to look for endangered animals (cobras/snakes, Siberian tiger, desert leopard, pied tamarin monkey (elementary)
Finding Courage: The adventure of hunting for cobras in the wild in south India with the Irula tribe. (elementary)
Sources of Inspiration: Where the ideas came from for Armando and the Amazing Animal Race. (elementary - middle school)
An Example of a Passion Project: The Learning Adventure of Writing an Eco-Adventure Novel: with accompanying student worksheet on characteristics and attitudes) (middle school)
Tracing “The Hero’s Journey: : reviewing the steps in a story that follow “the hero’s journey” using Armando and the Amazing Animal Race as an illustrative example. (with accompanying student worksheet on the stages) (middle school)
Biodiversity – Case study of the Ein Gedi and the Judean Desert, Israel: Students construct the food web in the Ein Gedi and explore the cascading impact on the eco-system when there is an external shock. (middle school)
Living in North Korea as a Global Citizen” or “Applying the Learner Profile in North Korea (2014-2016)”: experiences of daily life and interactions with North Koreans based on living there for two years. (middle school - high school)
Further details on all topics are available on request.
Please contact me at dianaschaffter@gmail.com to arrange a school visit.
