2014 Idaho Writing Camps Brochure

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Step #1: PICK A CAMP Please note grade level should reflect the grade your child will enter in the fall of 2014. *Non-standard fees apply

GRADES 3-4

WORD PLAY

Engage in play that stimulates the five senses, sparks creativity and encourages new paths to writing imaginative poems and stories. You’ll explore nearby parks, the rose garden, the library, and take a field trip to the zoo for inspiration.

GRADES 3-4 & 5-6

PICTURE THIS

Investigate the connection between visual art and the written word. Take field trips to local arts resources and explore public art. Create work that shows and tells through creative projects such as collage, comics and illustrated stories and poems.

WILDLIFE WORDS* a full day camp in collaboration with Zoo Boise

GRADES 3-5

Form an enduring wildlife conservation ethic. In the morning, visit Zoo Boise for zoo-instructor-led, hands-on activities that will provide an understanding of why animals and their habitats are endangered as well as how people are working for the conservation of wildlife. In the afternoon, visit The Cabin and work with a teaching-writer to create your own poems and stories inspired by your zoo experience.

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SONG WRITER* in collaboration with Boise Rock School

AGES 10 and up

Unlock the creative voice within during this exciting journey through the craft of songwriting. Using hooks, rhymes, and words that “sing,” you will begin writing your own songs the very first day. Listen to songs, talk about what makes them work, write your own lyrics and be ready for a performance by the end of the week. Open to any instrument or ability level. Bring your instrument with you, if you have one.

NATURE WRITER in collaboration with The Idaho Botanical Garden

GRADES 4-6

Cultivate your relationship with nature by writing in Boise’s best garden.

In this living museum go on botany walks with Idaho Botanical Garden staff, sharpen your observation skills, and extend your understanding of the natural world with a teaching-writer.

WRITING WILD in collaboration with Foothills Learning Center

GRADES 4-6 & 7-9

Experience an outdoor creative writing adventure! Explore Boise’s foothills with a pencil and notebook in hand. Discover how the natural world can inform your writing through observation and interaction with the untamed environment.

GRADES 5-6

CABIN WRITERS

Discover how art, music, and nature inform your imagination. Learn to write stories and poems that are singular, creative and express the thoughts within. Experience writing in parks, the Discovery Center and along the river.

GRADES 5-6 & 7-9

ONE ACTS

Learn about characters, dialogue, plot, and scenes and how they all work together when you write a one-act play. With the guidance of a local playwright and inspirational visits to a local theater, compose plays that can go from the page to the stage.

GRADES 5-6 & 7-9

NEWS FLASH

Immerse yourself in nearby cultural attractions, parks, and the downtown scene in search of community events and information. Chronicle your findings in op-ed pieces as well as hard-hitting news reports while you learn about the different ways journalism can tell a story.

ZINE SCENE

GRADES 7-9

Investigate the connection between visual arts and the written word.

Discover how to produce art that shows and tells through excursions to art studios, galleries and public art installations. You’ll make art with words and word art — explore collage, graphic novels, and illustrated stories and poems.

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GRADES 7-9

Explore cityscapes, coffee shops, public art, and urban life. Interact with Boise’s downtown scene to inspire unique characters and settings for stories as well as poetry rooted in observation.

STORY STORY in collaboration with Story Story Night

GRADES 7-9 & 10-12

Tell it like it is. From ideas to the page to the stage — learn the behindthe-scenes plotline, pacing, and public speaking tips to enthrall a crowd with a true story on a theme, told live on stage and without notes. Find out how to dig out the extraordinary from your “ordinary” life, and develop the concepts and connection that make stories ring with truth, power, and humor.

GRADES 10-12

THE WORKSHOP*

Work alongside a professional fiction writer and a professional poet for two weeks as they share the techniques that get them writing. Work together toward a new level of understanding and creation through outstanding examples, new skills, and sharing work with others in a workshop setting.

GRADES 10-12

REVISE REDO

Bring that writing gathering dust in your notebook and discover that, yes, even revision can be fun! Share your writing with a professional writer and improve it through innovative and out-of-the-box revision techniques.

Learn about genre expectations, when and how to break the rules, and finding your audience.

GRADES 10-12

POETRY SLAM in collaboration with Big Tree Arts

Excavate the wild rabbit hole that is performance poetry. You will become familiar with a loaded deck of poetic conventions, skills and practices that provide you with the foundation necessary to write with confidence, connect with your audience and blow minds.

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Step #2: CHOOSE A DATE & TIME

Camps run Monday - Friday, AM Camps: 9 am-noon, PM Camps: 1-4 pm

WORD PLAY Grades 3-4

ONE ACTS Grades 5-6

June 9-13 AM June 16-20 AM or PM June 23-27 AM or PM July 7-11 AM or PM July 14-18 AM or PM July 21-25 AM or PM

August 11-15 PM

ONE ACTS Grade 7-9 July 28- August 1 AM August 4-8 AM

NEWS FLASH Grades 5-6 June 23-27 PM July 21-25 PM

PICTURE THIS Grades 3-4 July 28-August 1 AM August 4-8 AM

NEWS FLASH Grades 7-9 June 23-27 AM July 21-25 AM

PICTURE THIS Grades 5-6 July 28-August 1 PM August 4-8 PM

ZINE SCENE Grades 7-9

WILDLIFE WORDS Grades 3-5 July 28-August 1 9AM-4PM (all day camp)

July 28- August 1 AM

SONG WRITER Ages 10 and up

June 9-13 AM June 16-20 AM July 7-11 AM or PM July 14-18 AM or PM August 11-15 AM

URBAN INK Grades 7-9

July 21-25 AM

NATURE WRITER Grades 4-6 June 16-20 AM

STORY STORY Grades 7-9

WRITING WILD Grades 4-6

July 21-25 AM

June 9-13 AM June 16-20 AM June 23-27 AM

July 28-August 1 AM

June 23-27 AM

THE WORKSHOP Grades 10-12

STORY STORY Grades 10-12

WRITING WILD Grades 7-9

June 16-27 (2 weeks) AM

CABIN WRITERS Grades 5-6

REVISE REDO Grades 10-12

June 23-27 AM or PM July 7-11 AM or PM July 14-18 AM or PM

August 11-15 AM

POETRY SLAM Grade 10-12 July 14-18 AM

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Step #3: REGISTER

Register online at thecabinidaho.org. Registration must be completed the Friday before the camp start date.

Student name: __________________________________________________________________ r

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Female Entering grade: _____ School: ___________________________

Parent/Guardian name: __________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip: ______________________ Phone: ______________ Phone 2: ______________ Email: __________________________________________________________________________ Camp Session dates AM/PM ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ My friend ________________________________ is also taking camp, please put us together.

I would like to become a member of The Cabin* Individual membership = $35, Family membership = $75 $ __________________ Standard 1 week camps = $165 (non-members), $130 (members) $ __________________ Song Writer = $185 (non-members), $150 (members) $ __________________ Wildlife Words (full day) = $195 (non-members), $160 (members) $ __________________ The Workshop (2 weeks) = $230 (non-members), $195 (members) $ __________________ I will pick up my anthology** = $10 (anthologies available Dec.’14) $ __________________ Please mail my anthology = $15 (anthologies available Dec.’14) $ __________________ Total: $ __________________ Payment options: r Check r Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover) Card # :_________________________________________ Exp.: ____________ CVV: ________ Scholarships are available. Please call (208) 331-8000 for a scholarship application.

Need a refund? The Cabin retains $25. No refunds are given after the first day of camp. *Individual membership = discount on 1 camp registration. Family membership = discount on up to 4 camp registrations (single household).

Boise Rock School members, Friends of Zoo Boise, and Idaho Botanical Garden members are eligible for the discounted rate on relevant camps. **All campers are published in a professionally printed book or magazine.

CONSENT

I, the undersigned parent/guardian of ______________________________ do hereby grant authority to the staff of The Cabin to render judgment concerning medical assistance or hospital care in the event of an injury or illness during my absence or if I am unable to be contacted.

Photo/Publication: I grant permission for The Cabin to reproduce and use my child’s image, writing and artwork for The Cabin marketing, publications and online promotion. I understand that my childs writing for publication must meet The Cabin’s content guidelines.

Family physician: _____________________________________ Phone: ____________________ Emergency contact: ___________________________________ Phone: ____________________ Health issues: ___________________________________________________________________ Person(s) authorized to pick up child: _____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Parent/guardian signature: _______________________________________________________ Return to: THE CABIN 801 S. Capitol Blvd.

Boise, ID 83702 Questions? 331-8000

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Boise, Idaho 83702 (208) 331-8000 thecabinidaho.org

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