First Day of Writing Camps, 8/3 -- Bethlehem

MONDAY

Today we enjoyed the first day of camps at Bethlehem! Please read the groovy green posts below for today's highlights!

Creative Composers--Bethlehem

On our first day, we got to know one another. We wrote a story -- the character had someone's first name and someone else's last name and then we added a hobby and a place. It was fun mixing up the names! Later, we picked a shoe to write how the shoe feels, smells, looks, etc. It was funny how everyone reacted differently to their shoe! It was also really fun talking and coming up with ideas and learning people's names.

This post was written with help from campers, Haley and Eric.

Author Adventures--Bethlehem

Today we explored bio-poems! We wrote one together about Spongebob before writing our own. Derek enjoyed writing a biopoem about his mom. Devin and Roshan wrote biopoems about themselves. We are looking forward to writing more tomorrow!

Reader's Theatre--Bethlehem

Today we enjoyed learning about one another. We each wrote a one-minute monologue about ourselves and created puppets to look like us. We then shared our monologues in front of our "puppet theatre," which you can see in our room. It was also fun playing theatre games!

Great job sharing your interests, most embarrassing moments, things you are most proud of, and more (like Haley's stage accents and Devin's breakdancing moves)!

Digital Storytelling-Bethlehem

Today we began writing stories! We discussed organization and what makes a good story and storyteller. We're looking forward to tomorrow when we may bring in pictures to match our stories.

Final Day of Writing Camps, Fogelsville, 7/31

We had a wonderful 2 weeks at Penn State Lehigh Valley Writing Camps! Our teachers were wonderful and some of us are planning on coming again next year in Center Valley. Everyone that was at Penn State Lehigh Valley Writing Camps has turned into a young author!

This post was written and posted by me, fellow reader's theatre camper, Lindsey I.

Write on, Lindsey! You and the rest of the campers have brought a great amount of joy to our campus each day! Enjoy the rest of your summer and keep writing! Of course, for those of you who are headed to our Bethlehem camps, we'll see you on Monday!

College-Bound

Today is the day we say good-bye to a great group of high school kids. They really rock! Great writers, one and all. We had fun these past two weeks with good discussions and good food provided by our personal bakers – Gab and Neha.

Have a great rest of the summer and an enjoyable school year, everyone!