Lekha Summer Camp Catalog 2019

LEKHA WRITING CENTER Building Creative Young Minds

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THE LEKHA WAY At Lekha, we believe that the ideas of children are rooted more in imagination than those of adults, who tend to think more pragmatically. It is this imagination that the Lekha School of Creative Writing wishes to nurture and develop. By learning how to turn their imagination into words, children learn how to put ideas on paper, thus making them into successful communicators.

As children learn the art of narration, their ideas may not always come across as fluid as one may wish them to, but they are still concrete ideas that can attain perfection with some training. A three-headed cat that turns into tomatoes, a spider defeating a lion, or a mad scientist befriending a computer – these are just a few examples of how the Lekha Way can bring out the

imagination of a child.

Summer Camps Lekha Writing Center summer camps focus on academic writing, creative writing and mass communication. At locations around the San Francisco Bay Area, we serve students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Lekha’s summer camp programs start with an academic focus and include educational word games and creative language to build language skills. Our noncompetitive environment creates a positive writing experience for our students.

We recognized the inner abilities of each child we teach, acknowledging that each has a story to tell, whether an essay or a poem. Our goal: building the confidence of each student in their writing abilities and themselves.

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A TYPICAL DAY AT LEKHA Time

Lesson

9:00AM

AM Session Starts

9:00—9:15AM

Warm up

9:15—9:45AM

Description of Lesson Campers participate in vocabulary games. These games will lay the foundation for the writing of the day.

Lesson one Writer’s block - Twenty minute Interactive lecture using one of the Lekha Way The Lekha Way methods followed by writing individually or in groups.

9:45—10:35AM

Lesson two Topic of the day

Instructor will give a twenty minute interactive lecture on the Topic of the day. Students will work on individual projects, group projects, or outlines

10:35-10:50AM

Break

This is a good time for children to eat a healthy snack that they have brought from home.

10:50—11:50AM

Lesson three Progression Instructor will give a twenty minute interactive lecture on the topic of the day. Students will then work on their individual on Topic projects.

By the end of the session students will have enjoyed and 11:50-12:00 PM Clean Up & End of Session learned quite a bit about writing. It is time to put away what they take home and what they want to keep in their folder to continue working on the next day.

12:00—1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

PM Session Starts

1:00 - 1:15PM

Warm up

Students participating in both sessions will be supervised outdoors during lunch.

All ages will participate in vocabulary and grammar activities.

This session will lay the foundation for the writing of the day.

Lesson one: Writer's Block: The class will participate in a hands on, interactive lecture for 20 minutes using one of the Lekha Way methods. They will 1:00 —1:45 PM Grammar & Sentence then either write individually or in groups. Grammar and Structure sentence structure will be the focus of this lesson.

1:45 –2:45PM

Lesson two Topic of the day

Instructor will give a twenty minute interactive lecture on the Topic of the day. Students will work on individual projects, group projects, or outlines

2:45—3:00PM

Break

This is a good time for children to eat a healthy snack that they have brought from home.

3:00—3:50PM

3:50 - 4:00pm

4:00 –6::00PM

Lesson three Progression Instructor will give a twenty minute interactive lecture on the topic of the day. Students will then work on their individual on Topic projects.

By the end of the session students will have enjoyed and Clean Up & End of Session learned quite a bit about writing. It is time to put away what they take home and what they want to keep in their folder to continue working on the next day.

Extended care

Students signed up for extended care will relax and enjoy a well earned time among friends.

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CREATIVE WRITING CAMPS Program Name Creative Writing 1 Creative Writing 2

Creative Writing 3

Program Description

Grades

Students will learn Lekha’s time-tested methods to overcome

2nd-3rd

Students will learn Lekha’s time-tested methods to overcome writer’s block while writing short stories, poems, and if time

4th - 5th

Students will write short stories, poems, and a play. They will progress into genre writing and learn how each genre of stories has its own set of particular rules that drives character creation, 6th - 8th

Story Writing 1

The five elements of story writing will be the focus during this session. Students will be introduced to a variety of fiction and nonfiction genres. They will progress into genre writing and learn how each genre has its own set of particular rules that drives character creation, setting, and plot.

2nd-3rd

Story Writing 2

The five elements of story writing will be the focus during this session. Students will be introduced to a variety of fiction and nonfiction genres. They will progress into genre writing and learn how each genre has its own set of particular rules that drives character creation, setting, and plot.

4th - 5th

Story Writing 3

Different genre and styles of writing will be the focus during this 6th - 8th session. Students will work on a variety of genre and different styles of writing.

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Early reader chapter books are intended for beginning Writing Chapter Books 1 readers and are told with a limited number of illustrations. 2nd-3rd Students in this class will write complete stories and use illustrations to help tell the story better.

Chapter books are books intended for intermediate readers and are told with extensive prose with a limited number of Writing Chapter Books 2 illustrations. Students in this class will learn how to convert 4th - 5th their short stories into longer stories. The art of illustrations for the intermediate reader will also be discussed.

Chapter books are books intended for intermediate readers and are told with extensive prose with a limited number of illustrations. Students in this class will learn how to convert Writing Chapter Books 3 6th - 8th their short stories into longer stories. The art of illustrations for the intermediate reader will also be discussed. Students will work towards publishing their chapter books.

Create-A-Book 1

The art of bookmaking and illustrating books will be the focus of this week. While creating books of different 2nd-3rd types, students will infuse their stories with descriptive language, creating vibrant pictures in the reader’s mind.

Create-A-Book 2

The art of bookmaking and illustrating books will be the focus of this week. While creating books of different 4th - 5th types, students will infuse their stories with descriptive language, creating vibrant pictures in the reader’s mind.

Publishing

Poetry:

Students will learn the art of adding details in their stories. Students will work towards publishing their own 6th - 8th picture book, early reader, short story collection, chap book (collection of poetry), or comic. Some students may Students will learn how to write different types of poems. 1st—7th As they do so they will engage in interactive lessons and

Writing for Performance- Students will learn the art of Poetry and Playwriting.

Students who show interest in these fields will be Poetry and Play: encourage to work on their projects further and publish

Appreciating Writing:

1st –7th

In this course students will learn proper grammar, sentence structure, and paragraph structure as they write 1st-7th original stories. Art will be used to enhance the joy of storytelling. Children will take home a portfolio of com-

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Story Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction

Story Writing – Genres

Dive into a world of magical creatures or travel through time! Create characters that exist only in one’s imagination or those that can only be driven by technology. This 2nd—8th program focuses on two popular genres fantasy and science fiction. Students will write stories in these genres A variety of fiction and nonfiction genres will be the focus during this session. They will progress into genre writing and learn how each genre has its own set of particular rules that drives character creation, setting, and plot. During the 2nd—8th second half of the sessions they will choose one of their short stories and improve upon that.

Learn to write stories with a classic blend of thrill and susStory Writing Genre pense. This program focuses on two popular genres -Adventure and adventure and mystery. Students will learn rules that drive 2nd—8th Mystery character creation, settings and super plots in these genres.

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SUMMER CAMPS 2019 Over the years Lekha has been trying out new ways to help children enjoy writing. We started in 2006 with just a handful of methods, which helped stir their imagination. We taught participants the joy of illustrating their stories and binding their books in various ways. In 2010, we added mass communication and presentation to the curriculum. In 2014 we added components which made grammar and comprehension fun and we made our camps a little shorter. Last year, in 2018, we tried out our new writing app write4joy to aid with publishing. This year Lekha will conduct over a hundred camps in Eighteen locations spread over 12 cities. Some of these camps will be run through respective city recreation centers, while others will be directly run by Lekha in leased facilities. Registration for city run camps can be done via their websites. Lekha will process registrations for camps run directly on the Lekha website itself through a third party registration City

Location

Grades Taught

Registration Done by

Cupertino

Polygon Academy 1044 S. De Anza blvd.

2nd—12th

Lekha Website & Activity Hero

Dublin

Tulip Afterschool 4078 Grafton Street

1st—5th.

Lekha Website & Activity Hero

Fremont

Central Park 40000 Paseo Padre Pkwy

2nd—8th.

City website : http://www.regerec.com

Fremont

Shinn Historical Park 1251 Peralta blvd.

2nd—8th.

City website : http://www.regerec.com

Millbrae

Taylor Middle School 850 Taylor Blvd

2nd—8th.

City website

Milpitas

SJCC Milpitas Extension, 1450 Escuela Pkwy

2nd—12th

Lekha Website and Activity Hero

Milpitas

Indian Community Center 525 Los Coches St

2nd—8th.

ICC website

Mountain View

Graham Middle School 1175 Castro St.

2nd—8th.

Lekha Website & Activity Hero

Pleasanton

Brain-O-Magic 4713 First St.

2nd—8th.

Lekha Website & Activity Hero

Pleasanton

AVHS 1155 Santa Rita Rd

1st—7th.

City website

San Ramon

Brain-O-Magic, 2580 San Ramon blvd.

2nd—12th

Lekha Website & Activity Hero

San Ramon

San Ramon Community Center , 12501 Alcosta blvd.

1st—8th.

City Website

San Ramon

Dougherty Station Community Center 17011 Bollinger Canyon Rd

1st—8th.

City Website

San Jose

Willow Glen Elementary 1425 Lincoln Avenue

2nd—8th

Lekha Website & Activity Hero

Sunnyvale

Ponderosa Elementary School, 804 Ponderosa Avenue

2nd—12th

Lekha Website & Activity Hero

Tracy

Grand Theatre

2nd—8th.

City Website

Walnut Creek

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6/3 - 6/7

6/106/14

6/176/21 6/24--28 7/1-7/5 7/8-7/12

7/15 7/19

7/227/26

7/298/02

LEKHA SUMMER WRITING CAMPS - 2019 8/5-8/9

Location

AM/PM AM/PM Ages:7- Ages:712 12 Boat- Teen cenhouse ter

Walnut Creek

Fremont

CPCC

Age:5-12

AM/PM Ages: 612 LWM

San Ramon

8

PM

Shinn

Ages 7-12

East Bay Summer Camps AM/PM

AMPM

AM/PM AM/PM Ages:7- Ages:712 12 BoatBoathouse house

AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM Ages:5- Ages:5Age:5-12 Ages 6-18 Ages 6-18 12 12 Brain-o- Brain-oDES CPCC CPCC Magic Magic

PM

(no class 7/4) Tri Valley Summer Camps AM/PM AM/PM Age:6- Age:6 Dublin 10yrs 10yrs Tulip Tulip AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM Pleasant Age:5-12 Age:5-12 Age:5-12 Age:5-12 Age:5-12 Age:5-12 Age:5-12 Age:5-12 Age 6-14 Age:5-12 on Amador Brain-OAMS AMS AMS AMS AMS AMS AMS AMS MS Magic

Dates

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8/198/23

AM/PM AM/PM Ages:7- Ages:712 12 Teen Cen- Boatter house

8/12 8/16

Milpitas

San Jose

Sunnyval e

Cupertino

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Mountain View

Tracy

Polygon Polygon AM/PM AM/PM Ages 6-18 Ages 6-18 PES PES

AM/PM AM/PM Ages:6- Ages 1110 14

AM/PM AM/PM Ages 11Ages 6-10 14 GMS GMS

Millbrae

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AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM Ages 7-18 Ages 7-18 Ages 7-18 SJCC ME SJCC ME SJCC ME

AM/PM AM/PM Ages:6- Ages:616 17 WGES WGES

Polygon Polygon Polygon Polygon

AM/PM AM/PM Ages 7-12 Ages 7-12 City City AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM Ages 11Ages 11Ages 6-10 Ages 6-10 14 14 GMS GMS GMS GMS Central Valley AM/PM AM/PM Ages 7-12 Ages 7-12 Grand Grand Theater Theater

Polygon Polygon AM/PM AM/PM Ages 6-18 Ages 6-18 PES PES AM/PM AM/PM Ages:6- Ages:614 15 WGES WGES Peninsula

South Bay AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM AM/PM Ages:6- Ages 11- Ages:6- Ages 11- Ages:6- Ages 1110 14 10 & H S 14 & HS 10 & H S 14 & HS

AM/PM Ages 7-12 ICC-

PROGRAM FEES

Register at www.lekhawriting.com Or Find us on Activity Hero (Camps conducted through cities have their own registration websites)

DISCOUNTS Camp

Cost

Early Bird Multi week (Until 3/15

Sibling

Facebook

Half Day AM

$265.00

$15.00

Half Day-PM

$265.00

High School Workshop

Booth Booth ( till 3/15) (after3/15)

$10.00

$10.00

$10.00

$10.00

$15.00

$15.00

$10.00

$10.00

$10.00

$10.00

$15.00

$275

$15.00

$10.00

$10.00

$10.00

$10.00

$15.00

Combination Full day

$515

$15.00

$10.00

$10.00

$10.00

$10.00

$15.00

Combination Workshop

$530

$15.00

$10.00

$10.00

$10.00

$10.00

$15.00

Economic Hardship

$515

$15.00

$10.00

$10.00

$10.00

$10.00

$15.00

Note: These discounts can be used only for our independent camps.

Not all discounts can be used together. The following combinations are the only ones possible: 1. Early bird 2. Early bird + Sibling

3. Early bird + Sibling + multi-week 4. Early bird + Sibling + multi-week +Booth 5. Early bird + Sibling + multi-week + Facebook *You will need a discount coupon to avail of the Booth discount.

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ACADEMIC WRITING CAMPS

Essay Writing 1

Essay Writing 2

Essay Writing 3

Participants will learn how to refine and develop their academic writing skills. Students will learn the art of correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar through interactive lessons.

2nd-3rd Compositions will be introduced through paragraph structure.

They will also learn how to plan and outline paragraphs and essays properly before writing, as well as how to revise their Students will learn the art of writing essays. They will write three, four, and five-paragraph essays as required by most schools. In addition to planning and outlining their essays, 4th - 5th students will learn how to write appropriate topic sentences and powerful thesis statements will be discussed. Older students will write their essays using Modern Language Association Students will learn the art of writing essays. They will write five -paragraph essays and longer articles. In addition to planning and outlining their essays, students will learn how to write 6th - 8th appropriate topic sentences and powerful thesis statements will be discussed. Older students will write their essays using Modern Language Association (MLA) format.

Reading is the art of decoding letters and words. Once this art is learned it is time for the student to comprehend or understand Reading what is being read. Children will be taught different methods to Comprehension & 2nd-3rd analyze fiction and non-fiction. Participants will learn how to Writing Conventions 1 refine and develop their academic writing skills. Students will learn the art of correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar through interactive lessons.

Reading is the art of decoding letters and words. Once this art is learned it is time for the student to comprehend or understand Reading what is being read. The natural transition after comprehension Comprehension & 4th - 5th is the presentation of materials read and understood. During Writing Conventions 2 this class students will read works of fiction and nonfiction and analyze the various parts of literature in order to respond and present them coherently to an audience.

Literary Analysis & Writing Conventions

The purpose of literary analysis is to break down parts of literature into its components and to evaluate a piece of writing in order to explain it better. The ability to analyze literature is 6th - 8th useful for anyone that wishes to be part of the academic or professional world. This week students will analyze different types of literature—stories, poems, plays, and essays and will learn how to evaluate them.

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Persuasive Essay 1

Students will learn how to write persuasively and depending upon their grade level will work on three paragraph essays.

2nd-3rd

Persuasive Essay 2

Students will learn to write the persuasive essay, which 4th - 5th focuses on developing a student’s ability to support a stated opinion. Students will write three to five paragraph essays, which is the structure favored by school teachers. They also will learn how to plan and outline their essays properly before writing, as well as how to revise their essays.

Opinion & Persuasive Essay Students will learn to write the argumentative essay, 6th - 8th which focuses on developing a student’s ability to support a stated opinion using well made arguments.

Students will write three to five paragraph essays, which is the structure favored by school teachers.

Students will acquaint themselves with the various types of writing as required by the common core curriculum as they learn how to use facts in their papers and explain their topic concisely and clearly.

Students will begin to learn how to research material The Informative Essay

Descriptive & Expository Essay 1

Descriptive & Expository Essay 2

Voracious Vocabulary

Glowing Grammar

Students will acquaint themselves with the art of exposition, learning how to use facts in their writing and explain the information about their topic concisely and clearly.

The focus of this week is on learning the art of informing the reader and describing the topic of choice.

Students will acquaint themselves with the essay, learning how to use facts in their papers and explain their topic concisely and clearly. Students will begin to learn how to research material for their essays.

The focus of this week is on learning the art of informing the reader and describing the topic of choice.

Students will acquaint themselves with the essay, learning how to use facts in their papers and explain their topic concisely and clearly. Students will begin to learn how to research material for their essays.

Vocabulary development is the focus of this month.

Children will learn vocabulary through a variety of word building activities and games. They will also write essays to learn how to use these words in paragraphs.

The rules of grammar will be the focus this week.

Participants will learn grammar through a variety of activities and games. They will also write essays while learning grammar usage.

2nd-3rd

4th - 5th

6th - 8th

9th -12th

9th -12th

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High School Program Students will learn and practice different types of essays required for high school essays. They will also work on personal statements. Every narrative essay gives the writer a chance to showcase their life experiences and beliefs with readers. A personal statement requires the writer to think critically about their experiHigh School Essay & 9th -12th ences and reflect upon themselves. In this the Personal Statement class, the student will learn how to include insights about their abilities and strengths in an essay format that focuses upon personal growth. These essays are particularly important for students applying to institutions of higher learning.

Publishing Workshop

Young authors will work on publishing a work of their choice. They can choose from writing 9th -12th articles for magazines, short stories, picture books, chapter books, novels, graphic novels, chap books (collection of poems), or plays.

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write4joy The Next Generation of Wordsmiths

LEARN WRITE AUTHOR PUBLISH

The write4joy writing & publishing app will be used in the classroom for a short time each day. Writers are encouraged to use this app to have continuous access to Lekha curriculum.

Their work will be reviewed by Lekha staff.

The app will be available free for all Lekha students for three months after start of their first class.

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Young Wordsmiths is the online magazine of the Lekha Writing Center.

Material in this magazine is drawn from student writings’ from Lekha anthologies published over the years as well as from current student writings’ from our Lekha Writing Center classes and camps.

Stories, poetry, plays and essays written by students in the Lekha Summer 2019 camps, will also be considered for publication in Lekha's quarterly online magazine- YOUNG WORDSMITHS -after being approved by Lekha Staff.

Send your submissions to the following email address: submissions@lekhaink.com

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12 cities!

18 locations !

Over 2500 students!

Writing stories and essays on their own, Creating new worlds and enjoying writing for life!

Register at www.lekhaink.com/registration or on the city websites.

Register early, register a sibling, come for multiple weeks, or visit our booths for discounts!

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