For our final camp day, we rehearsed The True Story of the Three Little Pigs one LAST time before performing for family members and friends. We are proud of our hard work, including the many plays we wrote.
You can check out our videos in a separate post.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Digital Storytelling -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 10, August 13th
On our last day, we wrote 25-word stories in our journals. Then, we filled out evaluations for the camp and fnished our digital stories. Finally, parents came in to watch our digital stories.
Our digital stories are about:
Kayaking -- Amy
Dance -- Amanda
Educational fitness program -- Kevin
Getting lost in the woods -- Bao
Making eggrolls -- Don
Soccer -- Bell
A scary night -- Shelby
Vietnamese New Year -- Jonathan
Geocaching -- Mrs. Bragg
Look for the digital stories to be posted on the Lehigh Valley Writing Project Camp's website, http://www.lvwp.org.camps/
Thanks, Amy Y., for writing this post.
Our digital stories are about:
Kayaking -- Amy
Dance -- Amanda
Educational fitness program -- Kevin
Getting lost in the woods -- Bao
Making eggrolls -- Don
Soccer -- Bell
A scary night -- Shelby
Vietnamese New Year -- Jonathan
Geocaching -- Mrs. Bragg
Look for the digital stories to be posted on the Lehigh Valley Writing Project Camp's website, http://www.lvwp.org.camps/
Thanks, Amy Y., for writing this post.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Wanna Be Writers -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 9, August 12th
Blog ideas by Tabitha
We heightened our senses by taking a smell of the "jar" then finding uncommon uses for a large alligator clip. Everyone practiced reading their piece for tomorrow's presentation, and worked to finish our horror mysteries to share in the response group. Finally we did a writing activity looking back at ourselves or fast forwarding our lives.
We heightened our senses by taking a smell of the "jar" then finding uncommon uses for a large alligator clip. Everyone practiced reading their piece for tomorrow's presentation, and worked to finish our horror mysteries to share in the response group. Finally we did a writing activity looking back at ourselves or fast forwarding our lives.
Friday, August 13, 2010
College-Bound -- Session 2 -- Center Valley, Days 7, 8,9
Thursday's post, authored by Walter: Today we started off by going outside and doing some inspiring games outside with cards that had random sayings on them. Then we brought class back inside to talk and write about the saying. To end the day we had a free write and then talked about what we learned today
Campers in the spotlight and what they wrote about today:
1. Eric wrote about risks
2. Walter wrote about being an individual
Wednesday's post, authored by Rosalie: We warmed up by free-writing about a quote that meant something to us. We then prepared for the writing portion of the SAT by taking a 25 minute practice test. Finally, we had a long period of free time to write and polish our pieces. At the end of class, we all shared an excerpt from our works.
Campers in the spotlight and what they wrote about today:
1.. Eric used vivid detail to describe his unique dog.
2. Kailea made us laugh with her story about eavesdropping on neighbors.
3. Gabby shared some interesting thoughts on being inspired by the lake.
Tuesday's post, authored by Kailea: Today we focused a great deal on SAT practice. Ms. Harlen gave us an essay scoring guide that told us how the SAT writing essays are scored. We used this guide to grade essays that were written for the SAT. Surprisingly, most of us were wrong about what each essay scored, which just gave us an idea of what to expect when we took the SATs. Later, Mr. Guffrovich from Admissions at Penn State Lehigh Valley came to give us advice on our numerous college questions.
Campers in the spotlight and what they wrote about today:
1. Emily asked Mr. Guffrovich an excellent question about how much the SATs counted towards applying to college: Answer-1/3
2. Gabi, Nikki and Abby’s group got the most correct on grading the SAT writing essays
3. Shelby made a fine statement about how we need to be aware of what we find as a good essay the people grading the SATs might think otherwise; we need to be aware of our readers
Campers in the spotlight and what they wrote about today:
1. Eric wrote about risks
2. Walter wrote about being an individual
Wednesday's post, authored by Rosalie: We warmed up by free-writing about a quote that meant something to us. We then prepared for the writing portion of the SAT by taking a 25 minute practice test. Finally, we had a long period of free time to write and polish our pieces. At the end of class, we all shared an excerpt from our works.
Campers in the spotlight and what they wrote about today:
1.. Eric used vivid detail to describe his unique dog.
2. Kailea made us laugh with her story about eavesdropping on neighbors.
3. Gabby shared some interesting thoughts on being inspired by the lake.
Tuesday's post, authored by Kailea: Today we focused a great deal on SAT practice. Ms. Harlen gave us an essay scoring guide that told us how the SAT writing essays are scored. We used this guide to grade essays that were written for the SAT. Surprisingly, most of us were wrong about what each essay scored, which just gave us an idea of what to expect when we took the SATs. Later, Mr. Guffrovich from Admissions at Penn State Lehigh Valley came to give us advice on our numerous college questions.
Campers in the spotlight and what they wrote about today:
1. Emily asked Mr. Guffrovich an excellent question about how much the SATs counted towards applying to college: Answer-1/3
2. Gabi, Nikki and Abby’s group got the most correct on grading the SAT writing essays
3. Shelby made a fine statement about how we need to be aware of what we find as a good essay the people grading the SATs might think otherwise; we need to be aware of our readers
Science Writers -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 9, August 12th
Today we continued the airplane contest. We went on the Internet for directions. There was a space shuttle, jet plane, and some regular planes. We flew them around the room. Some flew sideways, in circles, upside down, but a couple flew straight.
We learned golden rod paper is an indicator, which turns golden paper pink when you write on it with soap. Soap is a base.
This post was written by Science Writer, Eme.
We learned golden rod paper is an indicator, which turns golden paper pink when you write on it with soap. Soap is a base.
This post was written by Science Writer, Eme.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Creative Composers, Session 2 -- Center Valley -- August 12th
Here is our collaborative story we created by using Story Cubes...
One night I saw a UFO. An alien came out with a bow and arrow. He shot down all the pretty flowers and all that was left were weeds! With a magic key, he made new flowers because at first he didn't like flowers, but he had changed his mind. I was so freaked out tht I called 911 with my new cellphone. when the alien saw the police care, he teleported to Egypt. The police chased all the aliens and they landed by parachute. Then the aliens, who saw the police chasing them, ran to their spaceship and zipped out of planet Earth. When they were in their spaceship, they ate three apples. Just then, their burritos caught on fire (they had overheated in the oven powered by milk). Four beetles, which were on the spaceship, survived and hurtled back toward Earth, found some mini-guitars and a min-drum, and they became the Beatles!
One night I saw a UFO. An alien came out with a bow and arrow. He shot down all the pretty flowers and all that was left were weeds! With a magic key, he made new flowers because at first he didn't like flowers, but he had changed his mind. I was so freaked out tht I called 911 with my new cellphone. when the alien saw the police care, he teleported to Egypt. The police chased all the aliens and they landed by parachute. Then the aliens, who saw the police chasing them, ran to their spaceship and zipped out of planet Earth. When they were in their spaceship, they ate three apples. Just then, their burritos caught on fire (they had overheated in the oven powered by milk). Four beetles, which were on the spaceship, survived and hurtled back toward Earth, found some mini-guitars and a min-drum, and they became the Beatles!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Comic Strip Creations -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 8, August 11th
Today when we came in, we worked on drawing an animal upside down and writing the mood we were in and why. Next, we worked on using water colors and markers to shade. Then we went to the computer lab and typed the final copies of our narratives. For the last couple of minutes we threw Spongebob and said what we liked about our comic strips.
Remember everyone --
At 3:15 on Friday, all the parents can come and check out our final comics and other art.
Bye-Bye. : )
By Catherine
Neil typed this
Remember everyone --
At 3:15 on Friday, all the parents can come and check out our final comics and other art.
Bye-Bye. : )
By Catherine
Neil typed this
Drama Dabblers, Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 8, August 11th
The following is a collaborative post by the Drama Dabblers.
We campers wrote Character Resumes and many of us typed them in the computer lab. We continued practicing for Friday's play. We even made a set piece -- a brick house!
* Tanya typed her mystery play.
* Eliza started to type her play, "The Mystery of the Lost Thumb Drive."
*Neil wrote his resume for the play -- his character's name is Bob.
We campers wrote Character Resumes and many of us typed them in the computer lab. We continued practicing for Friday's play. We even made a set piece -- a brick house!
* Tanya typed her mystery play.
* Eliza started to type her play, "The Mystery of the Lost Thumb Drive."
*Neil wrote his resume for the play -- his character's name is Bob.
Digital Storytelling -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 8, August 11th
Today we learned how to render a video on Windows Movie Maker.
What do campers like about making digital stories?
It's not graded -- Amanda
We get to use the computer -- Don
This blog post was authored by Johnathan and Don.
What do campers like about making digital stories?
It's not graded -- Amanda
We get to use the computer -- Don
This blog post was authored by Johnathan and Don.
Science Writers -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 8, August 11th
Today we made paper airplanes and had a contest. Some of the categories to win were appearance, gentlest flight, fastest, distance (shortest and longest), lowest flight, name of the airplane, and technique. Some people that don’t want to compete be the judges, giving the scores for each person.
It’s not as easy as you think to make a perfect airplane. In the first contest Eme won the contest based on height and distance. In the second contest the person who won for appearance was Luan. The person who won the shortest turned out to be a tie but then they did a second run and it turned out to be Haley. The airplane flying the farthest was Eme again. Now for the technique contest. This time, Haley won. Now they are finishing with the gentlest flight contest.
This post was authored by Kelley and Ruby.
It’s not as easy as you think to make a perfect airplane. In the first contest Eme won the contest based on height and distance. In the second contest the person who won for appearance was Luan. The person who won the shortest turned out to be a tie but then they did a second run and it turned out to be Haley. The airplane flying the farthest was Eme again. Now for the technique contest. This time, Haley won. Now they are finishing with the gentlest flight contest.
This post was authored by Kelley and Ruby.
Creative Composers, Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 8, August 11th
To get our minds working first thing in the morning, we played a game and used a mystery box to use adjectives to describe the contents that we could touch but not see. Later we worked with similes and a bit with metaphors. We revisited dialogue and watched a short video about the different uses of dialogue in our writing. There are so many different ways to say things!
The anthologies will be published in the fall. We prepared by practicing peer editing in a new way that was fun. Later, we went into the computer lab to edit and revise and to finish our pieces that we chose for the anthology that will be published in the fall.
We worked hard today, but we are just about ready!
EXHIBITION FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Please join us this Friday, August 13th at 11:15 a.m. for some light refreshments and a joyous celebration of the young writers' work!
The anthologies will be published in the fall. We prepared by practicing peer editing in a new way that was fun. Later, we went into the computer lab to edit and revise and to finish our pieces that we chose for the anthology that will be published in the fall.
We worked hard today, but we are just about ready!
EXHIBITION FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Please join us this Friday, August 13th at 11:15 a.m. for some light refreshments and a joyous celebration of the young writers' work!
Author Adventures, Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 8, August 11th
Today we worked with fairy tales. We explored franctured fairy tales with different points of view. We also enjoyed fables.
Deetya, Ethan, and Kate really liked fairy tales today.
Neil and Tanya favored storytime.
Deetya, Ethan, and Kate really liked fairy tales today.
Neil and Tanya favored storytime.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Creative Composers, Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 7, August 10th
Today we brainstormed ideas for our writing. We used a smiley graphic organizer to help us think of things that make us laugh and things that make our eyes water. We saw that many of these things have some kind of story behind them that we can write about.
We also explored favorite author websites because they offer tips to help us become better writers. On one site, we saw how they turned a book into a movie. (We also liked the book trailers!)
We chose pieces for publishing for the anthology and worked in the computer lab.
EXHIBITION FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Please join us this Friday, August 13th at 11:15 a.m. for some light refreshments and a joyous celebration of the young writers' work!
We also explored favorite author websites because they offer tips to help us become better writers. On one site, we saw how they turned a book into a movie. (We also liked the book trailers!)
We chose pieces for publishing for the anthology and worked in the computer lab.
EXHIBITION FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Please join us this Friday, August 13th at 11:15 a.m. for some light refreshments and a joyous celebration of the young writers' work!
Drama Dabblers, Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 7, August 10th
Today we enjoyed warmup writing and a warmup called Shakeout. We practiced The True Story of the Three Little Pigs for Friday's performance. Some of us typed stories and some typed plays in the computer lab.
This post was written by Kyle.
This post was written by Kyle.
Comic Strip Creations -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 7, August 10th
We began the day by converting our hands into comic strip characters and then wrote in our notebooks. The rest of today was a workday -- we spent the entire time drawing our rough copies of our comic strip. Some of us also started our final copy, too.
We learned that panels are a HUGE part in drawing and creating comics. The class got to read comics to see how the person designed each panel, but I just enjoyed reading the different types of comics.
This post was authored by Liem.
We learned that panels are a HUGE part in drawing and creating comics. The class got to read comics to see how the person designed each panel, but I just enjoyed reading the different types of comics.
This post was authored by Liem.
Digital Storytelling -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 7, August 10th
Shelby and Amanda authored the following post:
Today we wrote in our journals about our favorite holidays and what our families do to celebrate them. Then we did an activity to help make our stories more descriptive.
Amanda finished her story.
Amy found pictures for her second story.
Shelby found more pictures for her story, too.
Today we wrote in our journals about our favorite holidays and what our families do to celebrate them. Then we did an activity to help make our stories more descriptive.
Amanda finished her story.
Amy found pictures for her second story.
Shelby found more pictures for her story, too.
Geocaching...
Author Adventures, Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 7, August 10th
Today we journaled about what raindrops might talk about. We also listened to "I Wanna Iguana" and wrote letters to our family. We wrote rhyming poetry.
Ethan and Elizabeth G. name typing as their favorite part of the day.
Kate, Deetya, and Victoria liked writing letters.
Ethan and Elizabeth G. name typing as their favorite part of the day.
Kate, Deetya, and Victoria liked writing letters.
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