Camp+Schedules+Weekly+Overviews+and+Daily

What does your weekly camp schedule look like and your daily schedule? (Include the date, location and grade levels of your camp)

July 2010 Grades 3-5 Plymouth State University Writing as a Treasure Hunt: Creative Adventures

Monday 9:00 Registration 9:15 Nametags, name game (toss hacky sack around circle, how could we make this faster?) 9:30-9:45 writing prompt Imagine your life is now a book. In 100 words or less, write a blurb (summary) for the book. 9:45-10:15 Modpodge journals 10:15 snack 10:30-11:30 outside Memory Walk: Draw a map of a place you know really well, where you live or have spent time. Pick one of these map memories and tell the story of that memory. 11:30-12:00 model conferencing using teachers writing, pass out conference paper (see attachment in forms section)

Tuesday 9:00 writing prompt Where do you go when you want to get away and be by yourself? Write about that place. 9:30 guest naturalist Barry Draper: using senses to observe snake and other NH wildlife 10:00 walk to Fox Park 10:15 snack 10:30 create an Event Map at Fox Park 11:30 return to classroom revisit a previous piece of writing

Wednesday 9:00 writing prompt Are you more like an ant or a butterfly? generate writing prompts to use with PWP fellows tomorrow 9:20 Phone book character sketch: index cards with first and last names from local phone book, use three artifacts that students brought in to include in story 10:15 snack 10:30 Extreme Close Up using tubes, read Zoom book by Istvan Banyai,, scientific vs. poetic writing watercolor paintings of something close up 11:30 model conferencing, peer conferencing Author's Notes: what was the inspiration

Thursday 9:00 meet at Lamson, student generated writing prompt with fellows 9:30 final revisions/conferencing 10:00 type stories in computer lab, parent volunteer 11:00 outside writing time: object left behind, what story does it have to tell after being left behind for 50 years generate group poem teachers stay late to print and bind anthologies

Friday 9:00 writing prompt 9:20 pass out anthologies practice group poem and individual pieces sign anthologies 10:30 set up for sharing create writing prompts for families to do when they arrive 11:00 practice reading in auditorium 11:15 writing celebration

July 2010 Grades 6-8 Plymouth State University Adventure Writing: Journeys into Landscapes

Monday 9:00 Registration 9:15 names on index card tents, partner interview 9:30 writing prompt: Explain what a writing prompt is and why/purpose. If you had to wear one outfit for the rest of your life what would it be and why? share with neighbor, group share? 9:45-10:15 Modpodge journals 10:15 Snack 10:30 Where I'm From poems, read poem by George Ella Lyon [|George Ella Lyon webpage] use I Am From Information Collection worksheet (pages 3 & 4 of this document) Teacher reads through each list, give them 2 minutes to brainstorm reread Lyon's poem write poems, share, create a group poem using one line from each person's poem 11:15 fiction story, subject/verb cards, last sentence of story

Tuesday 9:00 writing prompt Where do you go when you want to get away and be by yourself? Write about that place. 9:30 guest naturalist Barry Draper: using senses to observe snake and other NH wildlife, break into groups for small group observations 10:00 walk to Fox Park 10:15 snack 10:30 create an Event Map at Fox Park 11:30 return to classroom revisit a previous piece of writing

Wednesday 9:00 Write directions for how to do something real or ridiculous (make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, annoy your mother, walk the dog on the ceiling) Be as specific as possible. 9:25 Persona Writing: I, You, Me in the Cafeteria from an exercise by Clyde Edgarton (will scan handout soon) three related writing prompts of about 5-8 minutes each 10:00 Snack 10:15 Outside using song lyrics brought from home Using //The 1st// poem by Lucille Clifton work in groups of three to create line breaks for the poem Each group reads the line breaks aloud, discuss similarities and differences <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Take your favorite lyrics from your song and create a poem <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">11:00 model peer conferencing using handout, break students into groups of three, take turns workshopping each person's piece <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">11:30 work on revisions, continue with previous pieces

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thursday <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">9:00 meet at Lamson, student generated writing prompt with fellows <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">9:30 final revisions/conferencing <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Author's Notes: go over how to write about your inspiration <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">10:00 type stories in computer lab, practice group poem <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">11:00 outside writing time: object left behind, what story does it have to tell after being left behind for 50 years <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">generate group poem <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">teachers stay late to print and bind anthologies

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Friday <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">9:00 writing prompt <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">9:20 pass out anthologies <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">practice group poem and individual pieces <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">sign anthologies <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">10:30 set up for sharing <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">create writing prompts for families to do when they arrive <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">11:00 practice reading in auditorium <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">11:15 writing celebration