Bowdoin, July 16

Despite the awful heat, my first day at Writer's camp was fantastic. We started off with an opening moment from Michele. She read and exerpt from one of her favorite books and asked us what our favorite detail was. After that, we began my favorite writing activity, a word a minute. Word a minute is when someone shouts out a word and we have to somehow insert it into our writing. The results can be pretty funny. 

Latrer on, we were allowed to free-write as I call it. When we finished, we headed outside to roam around on our own free will (well, of course we had to stay on the playground). After that, we came together to brainstorm ideas for our learning autobiographies. People came up with some pretty cool ones. To bad my idea was taken by several people. Oh well! Soon, we ventured down to the library to do some more free-writing. I didn't get much done because I couldn't think of a good enough idea. To end the day, we wrote our own  "important thing" with objects chosen at random. Finally, to conclude our lovely day at camp, Cora and Maggie dismissed us with a couple of closing poems. 

Overall, my first day at camp was fantastic. 
- Emma M. 
Returning Camper (2011, 2010)

It’s an odd experience when you have no idea what to expect from something.
This is the exact way camp works for me. Being the only boy, I was beside myself
during this new experience. But there is always room for new in the world which made
this an even better time for me. We have a set schedule everyday where we have our
opening and closing moment where we share a piece of writing that connects to us in
some way, and time to work on our learning autobiography. This is the template for our
work space with some added surprises throughout the day. I am encouraged to learn
more about improving my writing with this camp which has been successful so far. Let’s
see what tomorrow brings.
- Max B.