Summer Workshops For Teachers And Young Writers

FAIRFIELD — The Connecticut Writing Project at Fairfield University will offer eight writing programs, including an exciting opportunity for aspiring writers in grades six through 10, on campus this summer.

The courses, some of which can be taken for graduate credit, are geared toward advanced writers, teachers, and young writers. Programs for teachers include such topics as early literacy, teaching for the elementary and high school levels, teaching literature, and instructing students whose native language is not English.

One focus this summer will be the Young Writers’ Institute, which runs July 7–18. Now in its third year, the program offers 60 students in grades six through ten a chance to create new pieces of writing, share their work with others, gain confidence, listen to guest writers, and publish their work in an anthology.

The group will meet daily from 9 am to 1 pm and lunch will be provided. Tuition is $600. To apply, students must submit an application, a writing sample, and a teacher recommendation.

CWP is also offering a workshop for seasoned writers who want to indulge themselves with a week of writing. Participants in the Advanced Institute for Writers will be given a variety of writing activities to awaken them from “writer’s slump” and challenge them to try new techniques in a relaxed, nonjudgmental atmosphere.

The Advanced Institute for Writers runs July 20–25. Hours are 3 to 5 pm Sunday and 9 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday. Tuition is $150 and participants may choose to stay in campus housing at an additional cost of $200.

Teachers can choose from six summer programs through CWP — The Early Literacy Institute, June 30–July 15, 8:30 am to 1 pm; The Institute for Exploring Writing Craft, July 14–25, 8:30 am to 1 pm; The Institute on the Teaching of Writing at the Secondary Level, July–18, 9 am to 1:30 pm; The Institute on the Teaching of Literature, June 30–July 11, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm; The Institute for Teachers of English Language Learners, June 30–July 11, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm; and The Summer Institute in the Teaching of Writing, June 30–July 11, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Tuition for each is $495 and participants may elect three graduate credits at an additional cost of $700 pending approval by the Fairfield University Graduate School of Education and Applied Professions.

For more information contact Chris Lawton at 254-4000, extension 3124, or clawton@fair1.Fairfield.edu. The application deadline is May 15.