What are you doing this summer?

ADVANCED INSTITUTE, JULY 9-13
Like Summer Institute, AI provides the time to do the reading, talking, and writing that leads to professional growth.  During AI, morning reading groups will discuss one of the professional texts listed below.  In the afternoon, we will write, respond in writing groups, and revise.  Join facilitators Jenny Smithson, Betsy Duckworth, and Joy Dewing for a week of summer renewal!

CHOOSE A BOOK
Choose one of the following books when you register:
1) Appleman, Deborah & Michael Graves. Reading Better, Reading Smarter: Designing Literature Lessons for Adolescents. Grades 6-12.  2) Taberski, Sharon. Comprehension from the Ground Up: Simplified, Sensible Instruction for the K-3 Reading Workshop. Grades K-3.  3) Vopat, Jim. Writing Circles: Kids Revolutionize Workshop. Grades 4-12.

WHO:
All Teacher Consultants are invited.

WHERE:
Ball State University campus.

WHEN:
July 9-13, 2012
9:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m.

WHY:
Professional growth and renewal. (Earn 25 PGPs!) Community.  Fun.

HOW MUCH?
$75.00

REGISTER ONLINE
http://iwp.iweb.bsu.edu/consultants/ai.htm

Summer Writing Camps

YOUTH WRITING CAMPS, JUNE 18-29, 2012

This summer the Indiana Writing Project is offering Youth Writing Camps (“Comp Camp”) for elementary and secondary students. Both camps are for two weeks, June 18 – 29.

Camp for Elementary Students Youth Writing Camp for elementary students (who will be entering grades 3-6 this fall) will take place Monday – Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., June 18 - 29. All classes take place at Ball State University, in Room 284 of the Robert Bell building.

Camp for Secondary Students Youth Writing Camp for secondary students (who will be entering grades 7-12 in the fall) will take place Monday – Friday, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., June 18 - 29. All classes take place at Ball State University, in Room 284 of the Robert Bell building.

Tuition Writing Camp Workshop: $100.00 (fee includes tuition, workshop materials, snacks, a certificate & souvenir and a published anthology)

Registration 
Download a registration form and mail it in with payment to secure a spot for the next camp session. Each camp is limited to the first 20 students to register and pay the camp fee! 
http://iwp.iweb.bsu.edu/camps/compcamp.htm

About Comp Camp
At Comp Camp, students: 
- improve their writing skills, 
- meet new friends, 
- become published authors, and 
- celebrate their accomplishments with friends and family!

Students learn from experienced and effective classroom teachers and have access to computers at Ball State University. They participate in a creative workshop experience writing stories, poems, and essays taking a close look at the power of word choice, voice, organization, sentence fluency, organization, and presentation. Students develop their writing skills as they spend time immersed in the writing process and receive personalized feedback through participation in peer response groups, teacher conferences and author's chair.