"On the Street Where You Live:
Exploring Identity through Poetry and Prose"
Summer Writing Camp
Here is our preliminary framework for the Writing Camp curriculum. We will have a more traditional breakdown available soon, so please check back with our site.
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Camp Title |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
NOTES for Camp |
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8:30-9:00 |
Introductions |
DRAMA |
DRAMA |
DRAMA |
DRAMA |
Reflective journey piece from drama writings (palimpsest) |
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9:05-10:00 |
Reading My Place (possibly Annie Dillard readings) Activity: Reader Response |
Reading Seedfolks Vignettes Activity:
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Reading
“Chicago” “Theme for English B” “Digging” “Sweet Home Alabama” “NewYork State of Mind” “Martian Sends Postcard Home” |
Reading Cisneros – “My Name” Jhumpa Lihiri |
Rehearsal/ Revising for Reading Script-Scoring Reading and re-telling each others’ works
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10:05- 11:00 |
Writing Activity: Map of Neighborhood Place |
Writing Activity: Compose a Vignette |
Writing Activity: “I am from” |
Writing Activity: Writing Triptych (memoir writing – three stories) |
Writing Activity: “My journey as a writer” - visual roadmap of growth Personal and Camp Evaluation |
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Break 11:00- 11:30 |
Guest Speaker/Games/ |
Rex Kienel and Mimi Dyer |
Man Martin |
Scott Smoot |
Refreshments and Family presentations |
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11:35- 12:30 |
Technology Blog Intro. |
Technology (Revisions) |
Technology (Revisions) |
Performance (Tech as necessary) |
Presentations cont’d (Disk presentations) |
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