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Summer Camp Creative Writing: Tropical Island Treehouse Project

Completed by 2 learners
Ages 9-14
Self-Paced Course
In this 5-week summer camp course, students will have so much fun creating a tropical island treehouse while creating stronger sentences with captivating vocabulary, proper capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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5 pre-recorded lessons
5 weeks of teacher support
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5 pre-recorded lessons
5 weeks
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1 year access
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Homework
1 hour per week. Students are encouraged to work on their projects in between class video times.

Class Experience

Summer travel plans?  Outside at the pool all day and need classes that fit a tight schedule?  My tropical island creative writing class is perfect for your learner at any time of year!

Come along to a tropical island with me!  This is a summer camp creative writing class where students will design and describe their very own tropical island treehouses!  We will begin by creating a template and filling in information about our own treehouses.  We will choose adjectives, do a mini-bio of the house, and decide what materials we will use to build the house.  We will also choose descriptions for animals that reside nearby.  

Drawing is a wonderful prewriting strategy that I use in my classes to help students to bring the pictures in their minds to life.  Each class will include drawing time for students to get their visualizations onto paper and use these drawings to write their descriptions.  All drawing is student-led.  Writing is teacher-led, allowing spaces for each student to put in their own adjectives and home descriptions.  I write on-screen so it is easy for struggling writers to follow along and I make sure each student is ready before moving on to the next step.  

We work on creating stronger sentences with captivating vocabulary, proper capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.  We also practice using a thesaurus and dictionary in class, as needed.  

I love the abililty of the self-paced class to include my students that are traveling or in different time zones!  I look forward to creating with you in class!

Learning Goals

We work on creating stronger sentences with captivating vocabulary and with proper capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Creativity in writing is also encouraged!

Syllabus

Curriculum
Follows Teacher-Created Curriculum
5 Lessons
over 5 Weeks
Lesson 1:
Brainstorming Ideas
 ~Brainstorming ideas
~Beginning Template 
~Drawing 
Lesson 2:
Finish Writing Template
 ~Finish template
~Read assigned books 
Lesson 3:
Writing and Drawing
 ~Work on Writing
~Work on Drawing Treehouse 
Lesson 4:
Writing and Thesaurus Work
 ~Create amazing writing with your description!
~Practice using a thesaurus to make writing magical
~Drawing work 

Other Details

Supply List
Drawing paper
Colored pencils
Writing paper
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
I use my Epic library to assign books for this class (no personal information is shared).

Meet the teacher

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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from University of Phoenix
Master of Arts in Linguistics (IP)
AP Language and Literature student (3 credits earned)
B.S. Psychology
Yale University Overcoming Dyslexia Certificate (IP)
Master's work in Counseling and Library Science
Rapid Transformational Therapy Certified
Vimala Cursive Course and Coaching Completion
Certified TESOL-VIPKid Foundational, TOEFL Primary
Certified in proper pronunciation, super phonics, grammar beginner and advanced, leveled reading beginner and advanced (VIPKid training)

I worked as a librarian at a Waldorf school for six years working closely with grades 1-12 before transitioning to my teaching on Outschool. I teach Waldorf students and other students (including ESL) around the world now as a private reading and writing teacher.  I have also taken private courses in archetypes and studied the work of Carl Jung as a B.S. Psychology student.  I am also a published writer. I lived on a Navajo reservation for several summers. I also have Masters classes in Library Science, Human Services, as well as diversity training. I ran a middle and high school library at the Waldorf school where I taught creative writing, library, and research classes for six years.

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