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Summer Youth: Creating New Worlds (Ages 10-14)

Create your own worlds, characters, and stories while building skills to inspire, entertain, and engage readers.

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Summer Youth: Creating New Worlds (Ages 10-14)

Summer Youth: Creating New Worlds (Ages 10-14)

Create your own worlds, characters, and stories while building skills to inspire, entertain, and engage readers.

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  • Member Registration
    $ 221.00
  • Guest Registration
    $ 245.00
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About

What if a door, mirror, or locker at your school led to another world — and you were the one who created it? Explore how authors build unforgettable worlds like the dragon kingdoms of Wings of Fire, the hidden mythological world of Percy Jackson & the Olympians, and the secret magical society in Amari and the Night Brothers. You'll design your own world by creating maps, inventing rules, and imagining creatures, cultures, and hidden or parallel realities. You'll develop characters who live in your world and face challenges shaped by the setting you create.

By the end of the week, you'll write a three-page original story set in a world entirely of your own making.
Build a world, open a portal, and tell your story.

Details

  • Designed for ages 10-14.
  • Bring water and a snack
  • You'll need a laptop or tablet to fully participate. If you need to borrow a device for the duration of the class, email stefanieb@bainbridgebarn.org.
  • Registration closes Monday, June 29.

Details

A $5 materials fee, included in the price of the class, covers everything you'll need.

Class Policies

Ages 10-14 are welcome.

Instructor
Bob Balmer

Bob taught for 25 years, designing and facilitating talented and gifted programs for grades 3-8, as well as teaching middle- and high-school English classes. He was an Oregon Education Teacher of the Year. Students nominated him for Who's Who Among America Teachers, a Nobel Teacher Award, the K103 radio teacher of the week. A parent nominated him for mainstreaming teacher of the year. He has taught in Upward Bound, and the Duke University Summer Tip Program, a three-week writing intensive summer school course. He has facilitated writing workshops in California, Washington and Oregon, and his writing has appeared in the Smithsonian, Golf Illustrated, ZYZZYVA, the Seattle Times, the Oregonian, Oregon Coast Magazine, and other print publications. It has aired on the Savvy Traveler, MarketPlace and Oregon Public Radio and Television.

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