Young Writers' Camp

Classes

Students enrolled in the Duke Young Writers' Camp will attend a morning class and an afternoon class.

Students are classified by Lower Age Group (grades 6-8 during 2008-09 school year) and Upper Age Group (grades 9-11 during the 2008-09 school year). Below is a tentative class list for Sessions One, Two, and Three.

Session One
Lower Age Group (Grades 6-8)
Lower Age Group (Grades 6-8)
Morning Classes: Afternoon Classes:
Express Yourself: Poetry For Young Adults Social Injustice
Fan Fiction Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down! Reviews
Creative NonFiction Quest: The Hero's Journey
Everyone Has a Story: Writing the Short Story Art to Art
The Craft of Crime: Detective Stories Multi-Genre Writing
   

Upper Age Group (Grades 9-11)

Upper Age Group (Grades 9-11)

Morning Classes: Afternoon Classes:
Writing Men

Finding Your Voice

Writing the College Essay Short Fiction
Journalism Mission! Poetry
Writing Women No One Ever Had a Pet Dinosaur-Historical Fiction
   
Session Two

Lower Age Group (Grades 6-8)

Lower Age Group (Grades 6-8)

Morning Classes: Afternoon Classes:
Experiments in Poetry

Broadway Bound: Writing Short Skits

Madness, Monsters, Mayhem:Sci-Fi / Fantasy Quest: The Hero’s Journey
Everyone Has a Story: Writing Short Fiction Magic Realism
Social Injustice Short Fiction: Long & Short of It
The Craft of Crime: Detective Stories

Jump Start Creative Writing

   
Upper Age Group (Grades 9-11)
Upper Age Group (Grades 9-11)
Morning Classes: Afternoon Classes:
Jump Start Creative Writing  

Art to Art

Journalism

Writing the College Essay
Writing Women Fears into Fiction-Short Story Writing
Short Fiction

We Be Poetry

   
Session 3

Lower Age Group (Grades 6-8)       

Lower Age Group (Grades 6-8)       

Morning Classes: Afternoon Classes:
We Be Poetry

Journalism

Short Story Writing   

Magic Realism

Sci Fi & Fantasy: Kid Heroes

Recreating your Life

Making a Difference Multi-Genre Writing
The Craft of Crime: Detective Stories Quest: The Hero's Journey
   

Upper Age Group (Grades 9-11)

Upper Age Group (Grades 9-11)

Morning Classes: Afternoon Classes:
Journalism

Writing the College Essay     

Writing Women

Experimental Poetry

Fears into Fiction-Short Story Writing Who Are You Really? Character Development
Writing Men

Finding Your Voice