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The Young Writers Academy is a weeklong enrichment program for young writers interested in exploring a variety of writing genres. The program seeks serious and curious writers from grades 4 through 12 who are interested in publishing their work. Sponsored by the Capital Area Writing Project, this year’s academy will take place from 9 a.m. until noon, Monday through Friday during the week of June 22-26, 2009, on the Penn State Harrisburg campus in Middletown.
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Younger writers will discover that their own stories are actually the most exciting in Truth Is Stranger than Fiction as they write personal narratives. If science fiction and fantasy intrigue them, students can read, dissect, and write those genres in Science Fiction & Fantasy – It’s out of this World intended for grades 4 through 6. In Who I Am: Identifying Yourself through Poetry, I-Search, and Stories, middle-schoolers will investigate the origins and meanings of their names and then write poetry and stories that contain their names. Everyone has a story to tell, and writers in grades 6 through 8 can develop compelling personal narratives in My Story. Students entering grades 9 through 12 can examine the complex medium of graphic novels and comic books in The Graphic Novel: Narrative and Visual Rhetoric and then create animation for telling a story; or they can add passion, spark and style to their writing in Multi-Genre Writing where they will explore various genres from want ads to one-act plays. All students will be able to work with guest author Rich Wallace on Wednesday, June 24. Having received American Library Association awards for Wrestling Sturbridge and Playing without a Ball, Wallace writes about high school and middle school students as they experience life through sports and attempt to find their identity in a small, dead-end Pennsylvania town. His other works include Shots on Goal, Losing Is Not an Option, Restless: A Ghost’s Story, and various works in the Winning Season series. Reviewers praise Wallace for his narrative style, play-by-play sports action, depiction of real adolescent emotion, and messages of perseverance and potential that engage both boy and girl readers. The tuition for this enrichment program is $150.00 per student. Interested participants MUST register in advance before Friday, June 15, 2009. A $10 discount is available to those students who register by June 1. More information as well as registration forms for the Young Writers Academy can be found on the Capital Area Writing Project’s website http://citl.hbg.psu.edu/cawp/. Each participant will receive a writing journal and one of Rich Wallace’s
books. Each session is designed and taught by National Writing Project Fellows. Dr. Shanetia P. Clark, Site Director, 717-948-6657
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