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Fall Into the Magic of
Summer Camps
Summer is the perfect season to slow down, step away from the daily rush, and build a stronger academic foundation. While the school year moves at a frantic pace, the summer months offer middle and high school students a unique opportunity to pause, refine essential skills, and gain confidence without the pressure of constant deadlines.
This summer, Donna is offering two focused and specialized summer camps designed to help students master the timeless arts of written communication.
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Power Into Penmanship
Students will explore the history and purpose of cursive writing, learn and practice proper letter formaation with the intent of increasing speed, and understand how cursive writing supports memory and brain development and fast-tracks learning.
By the end of the week students should have developed more confidence in their handwriting and learned to express their personal style. The art of calligraphy will also be explored.
All supplies are furnished. Classes are three hours Monday through Friday.
Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, June 10th.
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Paragraphs that Perform
Paragraphs are the buildling blocks of any longer essay or written work, and writing them is not nearly as difficult as students and parents think.
In this workshop, students will learn about the five steps in the writing process, the necessary parts of a well-written paragraph, how to use graphic organizers to set the paragraph up for success, and the magic of edits and revisions. After all, great papers are made in the pre-writing and the revision and edits!
Donna uses a variety of techniques to teach paragraph writing, from memorization and hands-on learning to color coding and graphic organizers to personal guidance on individual projects.
All supplies are furnished. Classes are three hours a day from Monday through Friday.
Pencil Power Writing Camp
For 3rd through 5th graders, writing is about getting words from the brain through the arm and into the pencil
On top of that, students are learning to spell, punctuate, write sentences and more! It can all be so confusing, and yet - it doesn't have to be.
In this camp, students will learn about the five parts of a good paragraph, how to use main ideas effectively, how to tailor thei details to support the main idea, and how to write titles and endings to their reports and stories. Students will even delve into prewriting and editing and revising.
Donna uses a variety of techniques to teach paragraph writing, from manila paper to memorization and hands-on learning to blocking, webbing, stories and more.
All supplies are furnished. Classes are three hours a day from Monday through Friday.