Home Improvement Is Write for You
Tentative Agenda
Friday, Oct. 16
3:00-3:30
Check in
4:00-5:30
Instruction Session: Teachers as Writers/Journals
5:30-6:00
Room set-up and getting to know each other
6:00-7:00
Dinner, Welcome, Introductions
7:00-8:30
Instruction Session: No Fear Writing
8:30-8:45
Break
8:45-10:00
Your choice: Literacy games
Or
Writers’ Group*
Saturday, Oct. 17
7:00-8:00
Breakfast
8:00-10:00
Rotating small-group sessions
10:00-10:30 Snack/Break
10:00-11:30 Instruction: Using Diaries, Letter-Writing across the Curriculum
11:30-12:30 To Be Announced**
12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:30-2:30
To Be Announced**
2:30-3:00
Poetry across the Curriculum
3:30-4:00
Snack
4:00-6:00
Kamishibai
6:00-7:00
Dinner
7:00-8:00
Journals/Personal Writing Time***
8:00-until
S’Mores and Storytelling
9:00-until
Optional Writers’ Group*
Sunday, Oct. 18
7:00-8:00
Breakfast and Wrap up
8:00-10:00
Optional Writing Marathon at different locations at the park
*If you are a practicing writer (memoirs, personal stories, poems, etc.) and would like to share
your work with others or if you are interested in becoming a part of a writing group, this activity
is for you. No one judges; no one is an expert; we just share and talk about writing. If you
already have work you would like to share with others, bring it with you.
**These sessions will be based on the needs and interests you expressed on registration forms.
We want to serve you and answer your questions.
***John Tanner Park offers several beautiful venues which would be inspirational for writing.
Since effective writing instructors are practicing writers, this is an excellent time to start or
continue your writing.