12/20/23
13th Writing Camp
We had a lot of kids of a wide range of ages!
We worked on plot structure, descriptive language, and narrative writing.
We also had a fun holiday card-making contest
11/20/23
12th Writing Camp (Special)!
This camp was a Poetry Writing Workshop, held at the Hillsboro Public Library as an official program!
We studied poetry tools, read poems aloud and discussed them, and gave the kids time to write and share their own poems.
Disclaimer: Those whose permission we have not received to publish photos of on our website, we have blurred out the faces of.
8/25/23
11th Writing Camp!
At this camp, we focused on the topic of translation.
The kids found similarities and differences between the English and Korean version of the same poem, translated a short story from Korean to English, and looked at more translated poetry.
5/26/23
10th Writing Camp!
The theme of this camp was biographies and autobiographies!
The kids read and discussed "Who Was?" biographies of famous historical figures, then wrote their own autobiographies!
4/13/23
9th Writing Camp!
In our 9th writing camp, we taught the kids about writing their own poetry and graphic novels!
The kids got to read and analyze famous poems before writing their own. Then, they wrote their own graphic novels!
2/3/23
8th Writing Camp!
Our 8th writing camp was centered around the OBOB book Small Steps by Peg Kehret!
We led the kids through lots of fun activities including a mock OBOB battle, a game of Jeopardy, a group book discussion, and a chance to make their own autobiographies!
8/30/22 and 9/5/22
6th and 7th Writing Camp!
Ad Meliora's 6th/7th writing camp focused on figurative writing techniques and creating a book report as well as collaborative stories!
(The content of both camps was the same, but with different kids on different days!)
The kids worked on learning about different types of figurative language (metaphors, similes, and alliteration) and created their own book reports, which they shared with the group! They also participated in an activity that produced multiple collaborative stories!
5/30/22
5th Writing Camp!
Our fifth writing camp centered on poetry!
We learned about different types of poetry (like haiku, acrostic, 'I Am From') as well as devices used in poetry like rhyme schemes, similes, and metaphors!
4/14/22
4th Writing Camp!
Ad Meliora had our fourth writing camp, where we studied the book The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo!
We led the kids through various activities related to the book we were focusing on, including OBOB battles and activities about character development!
2/21/22
3rd Writing Camp!
Ad Meliora had our third writing camp with another small group of kids!
In this camp, we focused on story structure and gave lessons on the parts of a story as well as prompts to help the kids write and illustrate their own stories.
2/4/22
2nd Writing Camp!
On Feb. 4, Ad Meliora had our second writing camp, this time focusing on a close study of an OBOB book (picked by one of the attending kids!)
The kids participated in mock OBOB battles and completed fun projects based on fairytales (corresponding to the theme of the OBOB book, 'The Bookwanderers').
11/26/21
1st Writing Camp!
Click through the images to below to see snapshots of Ad Meliora's first writing camp with a small group of kids!
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Over Thanksgiving break, we set up a short one-day writing camp for a small group of kids, including activities like creating their own books, flower poetry, and a one-sentence story game.
