Spring Break Writing Camp for Middle Schoolers

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Spring Break Writing Camp for 6th-9th Graders
Sign up your middle-school writer for a week of writing & literary enrichment during Portland Public’s spring break.

At the Attic Academy...
Kids invent their adventures.

The Attic Academy brings the focus on fundamentals together with the freedom & fun of creative writing.

Writng Camp is a unique collaboration between the Attic Writers' Workshop & Breakerboy Communications, & will be led by writer Dave Jarecki.

When: 
March 22-26, 2010

Times:
(A) Morning Poetry Session: 10am - Noon
(B) Afternoon Creative & Expository Writing Session: 12:45pm - 3pm

For those who want to write all day, you can bring a lunch & take both sessions.

Morning sessions: Writers will focus on poetry with a different guest poet each day. Guest instructors will guide writers through a variety of forms and styles, including haiku, free verse, slam and more, will help writers launch and craft new poems, and will lead them through the process of workshopping and offering meaningful, constructive critiques. Guest poets include San Francisco haiku master Gary Gach, Pamela Steele, Sage Cohen and others.

Afternoon sessions: Writers will explore various fundamentals of creative and expository writing, including narrative structure, character development, dialogue, setting, and place, as they launch new pieces of writing and work on existing ones. Sessions will also include free-writing, tools for beating “writer’s block,” and conversation around craft and story development.

How to register:

Parents can register their students for either or both sessions.

Morning poetry session only: $125 total including deposit.

Afternoon session only: $125 total including deposit.

Morning and afternoon session: $180 total including deposit.

There will be a short break for students enrolled in both sessions, during which time they can eat lunch (brought from home). The Attic will provide paper and pens, and students should bring a folder or their favorite notebook if they like.

Register now by e-mail

Include the following information with your registration:  Name of student, age, grade, school attending, & writing interests. Payment for Writing Camp must be made in full.

Included in the payment is a non-refundable $50 registration deposit.