TCWP Camps for Young Writers
The summer 2009 TCWP Camps for
Young Writers take place during June 15-26 (Monday-Friday) The camps
are designed
to give talented and enthusiastic elementary and middle school writers
a chance to develop their writing in a supportive
and
collegial environment.
For 2009, we will have two simultaneously occurring camps:
- Oh, my Odes! (ages 8-10) Have you
ever wondered what it is about a beautifully written picture book that
seems to capture you? Writers will explore their ideas from new
perspectives, play with grammar, language and wording, all while
writing and illustrating their own picture book.
- Grammar Schmammar (ages 11 - 13)
Come explore grammar in the context of writing as we identify some
elements of grammar in its natural habitat, and then experiment with
grammar in our own writing.
- The Writer’s Choices (ages 14 - 17)
A camp for future professional writers to explore the rhetorical ways
writing is used to achieve a specific goal. Campers will work with the
kinds of decisions professional writers make and then compose their own
work.
Our camp is facilitated by
experienced
teachers of writing and involves coaching from WMU students. It
culminates
in a public reading of writing with parents, friends, and others in
attendance.
For more information on the
summer camp
for young writers, Dr. Jonathan Bush at jbush@wmich.edu.
You may also call WMU English Department at 269-387-2572 to get more
information.
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