We are so lucky to be right on the Greenbelt so that our campers can just walk over to the Art Museum, Historical Museum, Zoo and more for inspiration.


The Boise Zoo provided lots of inspiration for our Word Play and Cabin Writers students this week. Being around the animals allows the students to think outside of the classroom. These students found a table at the zoo to write about the animals using similes, the five senses and personification.  

Here the students pose for a picture while in the prairie dog tunnels. They went in there to closely observe the animals and their actions. Their observations were great material for poems and stories.

 


At the end of the trip, the campers got together for a group photo.

Camp is a great place for kids who love to write to meet other kids who love to write. It provides an opportunity to create a unique and special community of young writers.

 

Things to Do at Summer Writing Camp: A collaborative poem by 5th & 6th graders Isabel Kiiha, Amanda Hon, Naomi Priddy, Brittany Coffman, Angeline Silva, Madelyn Davidson, and Josie Pape

Go places around town

Serenade lamps

Visit museums and be inspired

Write funny things

Make up an imaginary guy named Bob

Laugh your head off

Explore the Rose Garden

Recite romantic poems to a tree

Write about the emotional lives of pineapples

Watch the green river speed by

Use alliteration, personification, imagination, observation, repetition,

and 5 of your 1,000 senses.

Here are just a few more pictures from last week's 4th-6th grade Writing Wild camp. Daniel's group had a wonderful experience writing in the foothills - a great, quiet place to focus on nature and writing together.

With one week of camp down and another off to a fantastic start, we have the pleasure of reading many wonderful pieces of writing that have been created by campers. The following piece was written by Raegan, Grade 5, who attended one of our camps in Twin Falls last week. Thank you, Raegan, for sharing your words with us!

Life in a New Way

The cat wants to be a lion,
that strikes the final blow.
A girl wants to be a flower,
dancing in the breeze.
The flower wants to be a baby,
so people can admire its beauty.
The tree wants to be the fire,
that eats its brothers and sisters.
The dog wants to be its master,
to give every command
The mushroom wants to be a tree,
reaching out toward the sun.
A caterpillar wants to be a feather,
drifting in the breeze.
The horse wants to be the wind,
that travels on forever.
A pencil wants to be the hand,
that can bend anything to its command.
The sun wants to be a dragon,
engulfing everything in flames.
If you could choose to be anything, what would you be?

The first week of camp is coming to an end today. With it comes end-of-camp readings and a lot of looking back at the amazing experiences of the week.

Here is a picture of one of them, students at the Writing Wild Camp, getting inspiration from the landscape.