Camps Sharpen Young Writers’ Skills
Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761
ORONO, Maine — Some of the state’s top writing teachers will help students develop composition skills and polish their prose during the University of Maine’s annual Young Authors’ day camps, held in three locations.
Camps will be offered July 12-16 at UMaine, Orono, and at Benton Elementary School; and Aug. 9-13 at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. The UMaine and Bar Harbor are open to students in grades 3-12, and the Benton camp welcomes students in grades 1-12. 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 exemplary teachers who have completed the rigorous requirements of the Maine Writing Project at UMaine, 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.
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.