0110 - Meadow Brook Writing Project Youth Writing Camps

Course Description

Please note all age levels may not be offered for each camp, please see below the age levels available for each camp.  To register please select the the desired camp by using + sign to the right and add to cart.  If registering more than one child please select the option for family checkout.  For questions regarding registration please email oupace@oakland.edu.  For camp specific questions please email the camp director at rvornberger@oakland.edu.  

• K-2
• 3-5
• 6-8

Camp B - Full day camp 
July 8 - 12, 2024 

• K-2
• 3-5
• 6-8
• 9-12

• K-2
• 3-5
• 6-8
• 9-12

Camp D- Half day camp
July 22 - July 26, 2024

• K-2
• 3-5
• 6-8
• 9-12

Grades K-2
Emerging authors will tour the mansion and gardens with professional instructors and docents from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., and workshop with fellow writers in their age group. Students will be guided using shared reading, read-alouds, shared writing, narrative writing, poetry and literacy stations. Presentations of one polished work will be conducted at the close of the last day of that week's camp.

Grades 3-5
Developing authors will tour the mansion and gardens with professional instructors and docents from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., and workshop with fellow writers in their age group. Different genres of prose and poetry will be explored using mentor texts of fiction, fantasy, folklore, mystery and biographical origins. One day of camp will be spent at Oakland University rendering one of their works into a digital movie that will be uploaded to YouTube. Presentations of one polished work will be conducted at the close of the last day of that week's camp.

Grades 6-8
Maturing authors will tour the mansion and gardens with professional instructors and docents from 9 a.m.until 1 p.m., and workshop with fellow writers in their age group. Students will be engaged in poetry and prose in such genres as art journaling, fantasy, dystopian, historical, personal narrative, and magical realism. One day of camp will be spent at Oakland University rendering one of their works into a digital movie that will be uploaded to YouTube. Presentations of one polished work will be conducted at the close of the last day of that week's camp.

Grades 9-12
Young authors will tour the mansion and gardens with professional instructors and docents from 9 a.m.until 1 p.m., and workshop with fellow writers in their age group. Advanced writing opportunities will include challenging poetry and prose in genres such art journaling, fantasy, dystopian, historical, personal narrative, and magical realism. One day of camp will be spent at Oakland University rendering one of their works into a digital movie that will be uploaded to YouTube. Presentations of one polished work will be conducted at the close of the last day of that week's camp.