Writing Rules at Young Authors’ Camps
Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761
ORONO, Maine — Aspiring writers can develop composition skills and polish their prose during the University of Maine’s annual Young Authors’ Camp activities. Sponsored by the Maine Writing Project at UMaine, the day camps will be held in Orono, Benton and Bar Harbor.
Camps will be offered July 11-15 at UMaine, Orono, for students in grades 3-12, and at Benton Elementary School for grades 1-12. The camp at the College of the Atlantic site is set for Aug. 1-5 for grades 3-12. Daily sessions run from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
In addition to working on skills, camp participants explore different genres of writing, compose for creativity and to inform, experiment with electronic texts, and publish and share their writing.
Young Authors’ camps are led by teacher-consultants from the Maine Writing Project, the state’s National Writing Project affiliate. The National Writing Project is a federally funded professional development program dedicated to the teaching and learning of writing across the curriculum in the nation’s schools
The $100 camp fee includes workshops, materials and snacks. For more information and registration, contact the UMaine College of Education and Human Development at (207) 581-2438; e-mail bonny.harris@umit.maine.edu.