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Elementary- Register
APPLESEED KIDS’ WRITING CAMP (for
elementary students)
Open
to students who are entering grades 3, 4, 5 or 6 in the fall of 2011. The camp will be limited to the first 24 enrollees.
Students will write using a variety of genres, including poetry,
story writing and narratives and will be guided through the process by
engaging in researched- based writing strategies that are fun, educational
and age appropriate. Writing will be done at various sites on campus and
each session will be filled with exciting reasons to write. Guests
will include fictional characters from the readings, teachers of art and
music, and some special guests who will delight the participants. Each
writer will emerge with a better understanding of the writing process and
how to use that understanding in a variety of reading contexts. The camp
will culminate with an open house/reading event where students will present
their writings to the public.
June 20-July 1 (10 meetings total)
Monday-Friday, 9:30
a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
IPFW Campus, Clubhouse
Taught by Appleseed Writing Project
Teacher Consultants; $75
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Middle School - Register
APPLESEED YOUTH
WRITING CAMP (for middle school students)
Open to students entering grades 7, 8 or 9 in the fall of 2011. The camp will be limited to the first 24
enrollees.
This camp is designed for
students who enjoy the experience of writing in a non-competitive,
non-judgmental environment where they will be able to allow their pens to
follow their hearts. The environment will provide a learning place where
students will improve their writing skills under the tutelage of teachers,
without the concern of earning a grade. The camp will provide an
introduction to three genres: poetry, short fiction and drama. Students
will learn how to critique, revise and publish their finished products. The
camp will culminate with an open house/reading event where students will
present their writing to the public.
June 20–July 1 (10 meetings
total)
Monday-Friday, 1:00-5:00 p.m.
IPFW Campus, Clubhouse
Taught by Appleseed Writing
Project Teacher Consultants; $75
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High
School - Register
Writing for
Social Justice Youth Camp (for high school students)
Open to students entering grades 9, 10, 11 or 12 in
the fall of 2010. The camp will be limited to the first 24 enrollees.
This camp is designed for students who want to
change the world, or a part of it. Each day, students will explore the
intersections of creative writing and social justice, examining issues like
poverty, homelessness, racism and genocide through the reading of poetry,
short fiction and creative non-fiction of those who have experienced it.
Students will read, reflect and write, creating a “plan” to
help diminish the assault of one of these injustices. Guest speakers, who
will offer suggestions for these individual plans, will be people who have
lived these realities or are involved in helping eradicate them. AWP will
offer additional meetings to support these “social action”
student campers during the 2011-2012 year as they continue with their
projects.
July 5-July 15 (9
meetings total)
Monday-Friday, 1:00-5:00 p.m.
IPFW Campus, Clubhouse
Taught by Appleseed Writing
Project Teacher Consultants; $75
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To
register for any of the camps, fill out the above registration
forms. For more information, contact Cookye
Rutledge, Appleseed’s Youth Writing Camp
Coordinator,
at jcookye.rutledge@fwcs.k12.in.us
or 260-467-2962.
Middle school camp students will need a
teacher’s signature/recommendation for the camps. See the
registration form available on the AWP website. All camps take place on the
IPFW campus.
No previous creative writing experience is
necessary for any of the writing camps; only a desire to write and a
willingness to participate in the daily activities. Students must be
able to behave in an appropriate manner at all times.
TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM CAMPUS MUST BE
PROVIDED BY PARENTS OR CAREGIVERS. Students who utilize public
transportation will be walked to their buses after each afternoon session
by adult camp leaders.
 "Writing changes everything."
Joyce Carol Oates
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