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Summer 2017 Holiday Writing Workshops (Age 8-10)

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ECP x Press Start -- Breaking News: King of Hong Kong (Ages 8-11)

The scoop is that monsters are headed to Hong Kong, but the who-what-when-where-and-why remain to be seen. Students will create their own monster characters to play “King of Hong Kong”, a board game custom-designed by Press Start Hong Kong for this unique 3-day writing workshop. As the game progresses, our young reporters will track the monsters' journey through Hong Kong and learn how to write breaking news reports and in-depth feature articles, including interviews with 'experts' and eyewitnesses. Finally, their articles will be published in a special edition newspaper covering the monsters' invasion of Hong Kong!

ECP x Press Start: Deep Sea Adventure (Ages 8-11)

Mermaids, treasure, hidden caves and amazing underwater creatures. The deep sea will inspire students in our newest collaboration with Press Start Hong Kong where students both write to play and play to write. Each of these 1-day workshops will feature different types of writing as students play a customised version of the board game "Deep Sea Adventure". On some days, students will be designing and writing about characters, objects and settings as components for use in the game, while on other days, students will be playing the game and writing stories about what happens on their deep sea adventures. Each component that gets created in these workshops, including those in our Informational Writing: Sea Creatures workshop, will become a permanent part of ECP's Deep Sea Adventure game set.

The Deep Sea Adventure series of workshops will run Mon-Wed-Fri. Students can sign up for just one day, or all three!

Mon: Deep Sea Destinations
Wed: Underwater Mission
Fri: The Great Escape

July 3,5&7, 9:15-12:15
July 17, 19&21, 2:00-5:00
July 31, Aug 2&4, 9:15-12:15
Aug 14, 16&18, 2:30-5:30
Aug 21 23&25, 9:15-12:15

Spelling Detectives

People love to complain that there seems to be no rhyme or reason for the English spelling system, but there are, in fact, clearly defined patterns and 'laws' which govern the English spelling system. In this spelling workshop, students will take an investigative approach to spelling. Rather than a list of words to memorise or a review of phonics, students will learn to explore common spelling patterns, how words are formed, and why words are spelled the way they are! Students will then do a short piece of writing to apply their newfound spelling knowledge. The concepts covered are not included in most school spelling lessons, so even ‘good’ spellers will learn something new. Also, the material covered in each week will be different, so students can sign up for one week or more!

June 19-23, 11:15-12:45
July 10-14, 11:15-12:45
July 17-21, 11:15-12:45
July 24-28, 11:15-12:45
Aug 7-11, 11:15-12:45
Aug 14-18, 11:15-12:45

Welcome to Hogwarts! (ages 8-11)

Are you a witch or a wizard? Are you sick of having to hide your magic powers from muggles? Well worry no more! At Hogwarts you can choose your wand, get sorted into Houses, pick your Patronus, and write about your adventures in the wizarding world! Each day you will fight a new monster, learn a new spell, and write a new chapter. So what are you waiting for? Jump on the Hogwarts Express! *Please note this is a non-publishing creative writing workshop.

June 19-23, 2:30-4:30
July 10-14, 9:15-11:15
July 17-21,11:15-1:15
July 24-28, 11:15-1:15
July 31-Aug 4, 2:30-4:30
Aug 14-18, 9:15-11:15

Author Study: Analysis & Creative Writing (Ages 8-11)

This summer, we will be offering 3-hour author study workshops where students analyse the work of four different children's books authors to uncover the essence of what makes them such amazing storytellers and what marks their distinctive styles. Once they figure out the key characteristics of each author's stories, they plan and create their own picture book stories, applying the techniques of the masters! Authors we'll study this year:

Dr Seuss
Roger Hargreaves (Mr Men & Little Miss Books)
Doreen Cronin
Leo Lionni

June 25&29, 2:30-5:30
July 2&5, 9:15-12:15
July 18&20, 2:00-5:00
Aug 1&3, 9:15-12:15
Aug 8&10, 9:15-12:15
Aug 13&17, 2:30-5:30
Aug 22&24, 9:15-12:15

Lost in Translation

It’s a dream come true! A genie has offered to grant you a wish and you can’t wait to get what you asked for. The only trouble is… it seems that your genie has somehow misunderstood! Now what? In this workshop, students will explore how characters cope with not-quite-what-they-asked for and consider how it might be a blessing in disguise.

June 19-23, 9:15-11:15
June 26-30, 11:15-1:15
July 3-7, 2:30-4:30
July 17-21, 9:15-11:15
July 24-28, 2:30-4:30
Aug 14-18, 11:15-1:15

ECP x Press Start -- Breaking News: King of Hong Kong (Ages 8-11)

Informational Writing: Sea Creatures (Ages 8-11)

This summer's informational writing workshop will open students’ eyes to the incredible world of sea creatures and challenge them to present information in a fun and engaging way. Students will each research and write about a sea creature of their choice, and collectively produce a guide and info cards that highlight the most amazing and bizarre facts about different underwater species. A unique feature of this workshop is that the guide and info cards created in this workshop will then be used for the ECP x Press Start Deep Sea Adventure Game & Writing workshops also offered this summer.

June 26-30, 9:15-11:15
July 10-14, 2:30-4:30
July 24-28, 9:15-11:15
Aug 7-11, 2:30-4:30

Photo credit: images of Elephant Community Press

Age

8–10

Price

ECP x Press Start -- Breaking News: King of Hong Kong + Author Study: Analysis & Creative Writing (per week): 4000 HKD
ECP x Press Start: Deep Sea Adventure + Author Study: Analysis & Creative Writing (per week) : 4000 HKD
King of Hong Kong/Deep Sea Adventure/Author Study (per day): 850 HKD
Spelling Detectives: 2250 HKD
Welcome to Hogwarts!/Lost in Translation/Informational Writing: Sea Creatures: 3000 HKD