BEYOND the BOOKS
on the set with Football greats In November, Brunswick Upper School freshmen visited the set of “NFl Today,” capturing an opportunity to meet and talk with CBS analysts and former NFl stars. From left to right: James Brown, Jack Powers ’17 and his dad Jeff Powers, Dan Marino, Thomas Napolitano ’17, Bill Cowher, James Simone ’17, will Powers ’17, Boomer esiason, and Shannon Sharpe.
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When the Choice Shouldn’t Be ‘Nice’
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REATIVE WRITIng
as “garbage” words that have no
consultant Donato D’Albis
power — words like “nice” or “good”
is waging a word war of
or “went.”
sorts: The battle came to
“He really knows how to pull
Brunswick last fall in a series of writ-
the best writing out of boys,” said
ing workshops for lower School boys.
3rd-grade teacher Susan Smith. “He
In this case, the firepower is in the
doesn’t settle for common, everyday
words themselves, whether they be
words.”
“gloomy,” “cheerful,” or even “droll.”
Smith first met D’Albis when he
Just so long as they aren’t “nice.”
visited Brunswick a few years ago, and
A Yale educated dramaturge,
she still uses the “word storm” word
D’Albis returned to Brunswick to serve as writer-in-residence during a week of workshops with 3rd- and 4th-grade boys. one goal was to get the boys to look beyond what D’Albis described
list he introduced her to then. “It might include 30 different words for red,” she noted. The week culminated with an assembly during which D’Albis talked about the writing process and students shared their work. “mr. D has come before, but it had been many years. So, we were thrilled to have him visit again,” said lower School Head Katie Signer. “He’s a dynamic personality who really inspires the boys.”
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