Description

Similar to the book, I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO SLEEP, containing children's responses to Haring's work, students are encouraged to look at Haring's work, and create their own stories.

Objective

Children will write stories about Keith's pictures.

Resources

Children's responses to Haring's work

I Wish I Didn't Have to Sleep (on-line version)

1815 | I Wish I Did Not Have to Sleep, Hardcover | $14.95
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Materials

Writing paper and pencil or word processor on computer.

Procedure

Have children choose a picture from the Stories section on line.
Children write an imaginative story about the picture.

Extensions

Send work in to the Haring Foundation for review. Your responses can be posted in our Stories section

Feature work on your school website and send the URL address to The Keith Haring Foundation for a link.

Have students draw their own pictures and then trade them with another student to write interpretations of them.