Who would have thought that writing during summer break would be so much fun!
When I first started tutoring, all of my students would bring their school binders and ask me to help them with addition or subtraction or what the parts of a cell were. Very rarely would they come up to me and show me a story they had written in school or a picture that they had drawn for art.
I realized that writing was a daunting task to most of the students I had taught. When I would ask them about fun things they had done over the summer, or the weirdest thing that had happened to them that week, they would come up with elaborate and detailed stories. But when asked to put their words on paper, they seemed stuck. So, I began to volunteer for free camps to improve their reading and writing skills...
We started small, with fun short stories, fables, and even non-fiction pieces. Each student enjoyed the stories and began creating their own based on their favorite ones. They learned new vocab words and expressions. I even remember one student coming to class one day with a fully written story about a pirate, and he even read it with an accent! It was then that i realized that not only did each student have so much writing potential, but they also all wanted to get to choose their own favorite topics.
I wanted to create a place where students could not only learn and share their ideas with me but with their peers as well. I also wanted every student to get the opportunity to learn about important types of writing and have the chance to put out their stories and essays. This is why I created several free and virtual writing camps over the summer of 2021 for both narrative and argumentative writing. Over 50 kids from across Georgia and 2 other states participated in these camps and every one of them wrote magnificent stories and compelling essays.
Check out their writing in the "Student Work Samples" tab!
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