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The Summer Creative Writing Workshops offer a supportive environment where children engage in writing stories, poetry, essays, and plays, as well as simply reading for pleasure. Through these activities even the most hesitant child discovers the joy in writing, the intrigue of language, and the confidence of authorship. Students will work with teachers and writers, and the low teacher-student ratios ensure individual attention. Workshops end with culminating events: all publish anthologies; most do performances or readings also.
Registration
Registration is now open! Register your student according to the grade s/he will enter in Fall 2008. If you have any questions or concerns regarding online registration, please contact us at 713-348-5333. Please register online:
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Dates & Times
This year's Summer Creative Writing Workshops will be held in two locations:
The Curriculum
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The Youngest Writers, Grades K-2
A well-rounded program of reading, dictation, journaling, and independent writing helps young children discover what it means to be a real writer. Drama and art also extend their understanding of the written word. Basic skills (such as letter formation and spelling) are addressed in context. As children explore the role of the author, they create short stories and poems for the class anthology. |
The Intermediate Writers, Grades 3-5
Workshops for the intermediate writers expose students to quality writing and assist them in writing stories, essays, poems, and plays. Daily writing exercises teach techniques such as metaphor and simile, extend student's writing vocabulary, and encourage creative expression. Students are also encouraged to write, edit, and revise self-selected pieces. Favorite pieces are "published" through in-class readings, performances, and a class anthology.
The Middle/High School Writers, Grades 6-12
Students will have the opportunity to explore different literary genres (poetry, fiction, nonfiction) in a supportive writing environment. Students will participate in readings and one-on-one conferences and publish anthologies.
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Eligibility
The Summer Creative Writing Workshops are open to all students who will enroll in grades K-12 in Fall 2008. Students are divided into grade-level classes based on the grade that they will enter next fall.
Tuition
Tuition is $460 per student and must be paid in full when registering. Tuition for each additional sibling is $415. There is no prorating of tuition for students who cannot attend the full session.
Field Trips
Students take writing tours of The Menil Collection, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, or another local art space or cultural site. The youngest students have an artist visit their classroom. The written and visual arts nourish one another, and some of the finest writing comes from these tours.
A Collaboration
The Summer Creative Writing Workshop is a collaboration between Writers in the Schools andRice University's School Literacy and Culture Project.
Writers in the Schools (WITS) engages children in the pleasure and power of reading and writing. WITS writers work in year-long residencies at 120 sites each year fostering the development of creative and analytical thinking. Although the focus of our work is with at-risk inner-city students, we also interact with children in art museums, hospitals, community centers, private schools, and juvenile detention centers. WITS is involved in national initiatives, such as mentoring other writers-in-schools programs, serving as a model for multi-disciplinary arts educators, and designing curricula for use in schools. Our writers also lead in-services and writing workshops for teachers.
The School Literacy and Culture Project (SLC) in the Rice University Center for Education is dedicated to helping children realize their potential as readers and writers through the professional development of classroom teachers. SLC promotes effective teaching through rigorous professional educational initiatives that emphasize reading and writing, culture, child development and research. SLC offers teachers in-services, week-long institutes, semester courses and year-long mentoring. School Literacy and Culture Project staff members have worked with teachers in public and private schools and other educational settings in Houston, Atlanta, and New York City.
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