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It's Time for Camp!


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Camp Experiences
Each camp is designed and taught by certified National Writing Project Fellows

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Morning Camp Experiences

Author Adventures
– Come on a real adventure! Read, write, and learn about your favorite authors. You’ll create your own book and become an author, too.
Students entering grades 2-3

Creative Composers Creativity is the name of the game at this camp! Use your imagination to enter a world of fantastic fictional fun. You’ll learn that your ideas and ingenuity are virtually endless.
Students entering grades 4-6

   

Drama Writers – Do you love to act out and play around with words? Do you like to make up characters and pretend you are someone else living in a different place or even a different time? Join us as we write creative scripts and then perform them onstage for fellow campers and friends.
Students entering grades 4–8

Wanna-Be Writers Wanna be a writer? No, you are gonna be a writer! Explore a wide range of writing styles and discover the author inside you. Mystery, Fantasy, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction—you decide!
Students entering grades 7–9

College Bound – Sharpen your skills to prepare for college. Write in a variety of forms, including memoir, personal, and expository. Extra attention will be paid to developing writing skills for college application essays and SATs.
Students entering grades 10–12

 

   

Afternoon Camp Experiences

Reader's Theatre
– Join us as we bring to life some of our favorite stories in a dramatic and interesting way! Participate in an array of collaborative script-writing activities in which you can entertain and “be” entertained by fellow creative authors.
Students entering grades 2–6

Science Writer – Silly putty, sunblock, and short stories! Become a summer scientist while creating essays, poems, and songs about chemical reactions, pH levels, and fun chemistry experiments!
Students entering grades 4 –6

Digital Storytelling – Use a variety of technologies to publish stories that include images and sound. Compose your own stories with dimensions of personal voice and music. Incorporate your own digital pictures/video and spend time capturing footage… all leading up to a technological masterpiece!
Students entering grades 7–12

Afternoon Extended Care Option
Available at the Foglesville camp site!

Click to see samples of curriculum used

 

Each camp is designed and taught by certified National Writing Project Fellows

For more information, contact:
Lehigh Valley Writing Project Co-Director
Kristy Weidner-Gonzalez | 610-285-5231 | kmw14@psu.edu

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