YOUNG WRITERS AT WORK
Contact: Kay Hyatt, (207) 581-2761
ORONO, Maine — More than 50 aspiring writers are tapping their creativity and penning their thoughts at the annual Young Authors’ Camp taking place July 11-15 at the University of Maine. The students in grades 3-10 are from schools throughout the Greater Bangor area and from Wiscasset to Houlton.
The day camp, sponsored by the UMaine College of Education and Human Development and the Maine Writing Project (MWP), is led by MWP teacher-consultants. The MWP is an affiliate of the National Writing Project, a federally funded professional development program dedicated to the teaching and learning of writing across the curriculum in the nation’s schools.
Media are welcome to attend any of the camp sessions, which run from 8:30 a.m. to noon in Shibles Hall. UMaine Young Authors’ Camps are also offered at Benton Elementary School (July 11-15) and at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor (Aug. 1-5).
The agenda and instructors for the Young Authors’ Camp in Orono are:
Daily Agenda
8:30-10:15 a.m. — Writing workshops
10:15-10:30 a.m. — Break
10:30-11:15 a.m. — Writing workshops
11:45 a.m.-noon — Sharing and closing sessions
Instructors and Room Locations
Grades 3-4 — Mary Moreau, 203 Shibles
Grade 5 — Sheila Cochrane, 159 Shibles
Grades 6-7 — Susan Morse, 202 Shibles
Grades 8-10 — Marla Gerber, 204 Shibles
Jean Plummer, English teacher at Washington Academy in East Machias, is director of the Young Authors’ Camps.