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Classes & Workshops For Youth
Creative Writing Day Camps & Workshops
for Children & Teens
For details about SummerWrite 2002, including registration fees, see the SummerWrite 2002 General Information Page.
Week 7: August 12–16
Ages: 6–8
Rhyming, Rhythm and Movement
- Instructor: Reenah Golden [ bio ]
- Ages: 6–8
- August 12–16, Mornings, 9 a.m.–Noon
Younger participants will experiment with poetry, music and creative movement as an introduction to performance art and the spoken word. Some techniques they will use in this workshop will be: urban rhyming games with movement, writing poetry to music, acting out poems and children's rhymes, and sharing and teaching their own rhymes.
- Instructor: Donna M. Marbach [ bio ]
- Ages: 6–8
- August 12–16, Afternoons, 1–4 p.m.
"Books may well be the only true magic."—Alice Hoffman
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!
Ages 9–12
Book Arts and Beyond (All Day)
- Instructors:
- Patricia No [ bio ]
- Todd Smith [ bio ]
- August 12–16, Full Day: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
- Ages 9–12
- Note: Additional supply fee: $5
Books are wonderful vehicles for time travel! Since ancient times, the book has developed various forms. We will look at examples, then make our own scrolls, posters, postcards, hand-bound books, and pop-up books with hidden surprises. We will fill our pages with epic stories, poetry, and other forms of creative writing, as well as art and photos. An active imagination is the only tool you'll need to turn plain pages into magnificent creations.
On the final day of the workshop we will display an exhibit of our work for friends and family to enjoy.
Ages: 10–15
- Instructors:
- Camy Sorbello [ bio ]
- Geoffrey Hale [ bio ]
- Guest Writer: Miriam Grace Monfredo [ bio ]
- Ages: 10–15
- Full Day: 9 a.m.–4 p.m, two weeks, August 12–16 & August 19–23
- $390 General Public / $360 Writers & Books or Strong Museum members
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 Strong Museum's collections and resources, will go behind the scenes at Strong Museum, the Susan B. Anthony House and other walking tours of local historical sites to connect learning about history and historical artifacts to creative writing. The workshop 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.
Strong Museum 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 period 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 students on developing characters, setting and plot. All students will read North Star Conspiracy by Miriam Grace Monfredo and have an opportunity to ask her questions about her techniques. Biographers will also give guest appearances. Enrolled students will receive a list of other suggested readings prior to the workshop. We will collect scenes from each story for a book published at the end.
And, oh yeah… we will horse around a bit at the Strong Museum!
Ages: 13–18
Teen Writers
- Instructor: M.J. Iuppa [ bio ]
- Ages: 13–18
- Mornings, 9 a.m.–Noon, August 12–16
Whether you write poetry or prose, here is a chance to experiment; deepen your understanding of how your creative writing works and what can make it more powerful.
Share your work for appreciation and helpful comments. Open yourself up to what your peers are writing, and try new forms and techniques.
No previous experience is required, and all types of writing are respected.
Pillow Talk: Girls Only
- Instructor: Lisa Johnson [ bio ]
- Ages: 13–18
- Mornings, 9 a.m.–Noon, August 12–16
Spend a half-day, but not the night; we'll have girl-talk and pillow fights! There are a few things you will need, don't ask questions, just continue to read:
- one yard of your favorite material,
- pillow stuffing,
- scissors, and
- a needle and thread.
We'll make a round pillow, square or heart-shaped too, sewing is fun even if you don't have a clue. We'll talk, dance, sing and write; during intermission we'll have a pillow fight. Don't be surprised if words start to fly, cross your t's and dot your i's.
No boys allowed!
A Novel Idea
- Instructor: T. Lucien (Tim) Wright [ bio ]
- Ages: 13–18
- Afternoons, 1–4 p.m., August 12–16
You read: SciFi, Fantasy, Historical Novels, and Autobiographies. You know you could write a novel if you just had a little help with the process.
- How do you go about getting started?
- What elements make for compelling characters and situations in a first chapter?
- Once you have it started,
- how do you keep it going,
- work through your character and plot complexities,
- and finish it?
Together, you and your classmates will examine methods that work for writing your own book with chapters.
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