Summer 2003 Youth Programs

Creative Writing Day Camps & Workshops for Children & Teens

For details about SummerWrite 2003, including registration fees, see the SummerWrite 2003 General Information Page.

Week 3: July 15-19

Rendez-vous avec Français
Rendezvous with French

• JY3-M1A3
• Ages: 6–8
• Instructor: Odetta Norton [ bio ]
• Mornings, 9–11:45 a.m.
• Limit: 10

Learn French songs, make puppets and eat French snacks in an introduction to French language and culture. Open your heart and mind to another way of being in the world—through a different language! French games, conversational role play, dance and poetry for young children.

No previous knowledge of French required. Children with previous experience speaking French are also welcome. On Friday, we will present some of our French for our family and friends, and serve them French goodies!

A Banquet of Books

• JY3-M1B3
• Ages: 6–8
• Instructor: Donna M. Marbach [ bio ]
• Afternoons, 12:15–3 p.m.
• Limit: 10

This workshop will offer beginning readers and writers a feast of literary activities in an effort to initiate a lifelong love of books and creative expression.

By hearing their favorite stories read aloud, participants will get a taste of different writing styles. Together, the children will savor the fun of language through playing games, creating art projects, doing skits or puppet shows, and writing their own poems and stories. They will also learn specific writing skills (“show, don’t tell”).

For our banquet’s dessert, each child will work on revising and “decorating” a piece or two for publication. Reading this small anthology to friends and family will be our “icing on the cake.” Consider taking next week’s “Books for Dessert” as well!

WWAB–AM: Our Own Radio Show
Second of Two Weeks

• JY3-D2B2
• Ages: 8–12
• Instructor: Maria Gillard
• Two weeks: July 7–11 & July 14–18
  Mornings, 9 a.m.–Noon
• See July 7–11 for course description

Nature Speaks
Second of Two Weeks

• JY3-M2C2
• Ages: 8–12
• Instructor: Annette Ramos
• Two weeks: July 7–11 & July 14–18
  Afternoons, 1–4 p.m.
• See July 7–11 for course description

Write Yourself Into History
First of Two Weeks, All Day Session

• JY3-F4C3
• Ages: 11–15
• Instructors: Camy Sorbello [ bio ], Kathy Taddeo [ bio ] & Guests
• Two Weeks: July 14–18 & July 21–25
  Full Day, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
• $390 General Public; 10% discount for W&B Members
• Note: Additional supply and admissions fee: $12

You have read yourself into history by reading and identifying with novels about young people involved in the great and small moments in history. Here is a chance to WRITE yourself into history!

This two-week workshop based on Rochester’s historical collections and resources will go behind the scenes at Strong Museum, Rochester Museum and Science Center, the Local History Archives of the Public Library, Susan B. Anthony House and other landmark buildings. Take tours of other local historical sites to connect learning about history and historical artifacts to creative writing.

We will focus on Rochester in the period between 1850 and the outbreak of the Civil War: a booming local economy and culture, the women’s rights movement, abolition and the underground railroad, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass.

A summary and lists of suggested readings sent prior to the workshop will help you get the flavor of the era and of good historical fiction. Artifacts such as household items, toys music and artwork will be used to evoke the time period and give some indication of how people lived, while letters and diaries will help you better understand the historical time periods through the eyes of the people who actually experienced them. You will also role play through historical scenes to get their flavor.

Fiction writer Camy Sorbello will work with you on developing characters, setting and plot. Guest appearances will be scheduled with historical writers and re-enacters. You will also receive a list of other suggested readings. We will collect scenes from each story for a collection published at the end.

Writing for College
Second of Three Weeks

• JY3-M6A2
• High School: Grades 10–12
• Instructors: Alec Sutherland, Kathleen Wakefield & Ken Wilson
• Three Weeks: July 7–11, July14–18, & July 21–25
  Mornings, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
• See July 7–11 for course description

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