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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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!