Author Adventures --Bethlehem

We wrote about an important event or activitiy. Sean wrote about visiting Japan. We enjoyed a creative writing activity -- "What I saw out my bedroom window this morning." Graeme saw "it was raining pennies and I collected a trillion of them in a huge pot...but it was imaginary." Way to go, campers!

Creative Composers -- Bethlehem

We enjoyed going outside and taking the perspective of something small, such as a bird, ant, or flower. Kaitlyn was an ant, quite tiny against people and water falling. We also played charades, took guesses at what was being acted out, and then wrote about that. Great work, writers!

2nd Day of Writing Camps, 8/4 -- Bethlehem

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TUESDAY

Campers enjoyed many activities at our second day of writing camps. Read the tangerine-tinted posts for today's tantalizing highlights!

Digital Storytelling -- Bethlehem

Today we continued to write our own stories. We printed them out to look at the order of the story and how it unfolded for the reader. Some of us began searching for images that are labeled for reuse. Also, we each journaled about a trip that we have taken or a place that we would like to go.

Reader's Theatre -- Bethlehem

We explored alliteration as a way to warm up our vocal chords --
Dede devoured dozens of delicious donuts.

We also performed a vocalization puzzle -- Docked Hearse Whose (Say that a few times. Do you hear it?).

There were plenty of other theatre games to play today, such as Good Gossip and Shake-up. We also enjoyed working in the computer lab, continuing our monologues and beginning scripts!

Creative Composers -- Bethlehem

Today we continued writing stories about "shoes" and it was a lot of fun! We went outside to list things we saw, such as car, flowers, trees, and rocks. We added describing words, such as

• red
• little
• tiny
• "perfect size for me"

and many more. These kind of words strengthen our writing. Then, we did even more writing!

Author Adventures -- Bethlehem

Today we wrote a letter using someone that we included in our journal. In the computer lab, we performed a quick write using a fairytale of our choice, such as Jack and the Beanstalk or Goldilocks and the Three Bears. In our free writing time, we chose what we would write about. Devin created a superhero called "Masterhand." We are looking forward to tomorrow when we can write more!