Our mission is to help children from low-income families acquire the necessary skills in academics and social interaction to move successfully through grades K-12 and into adulthood. We do this by providing after school and summer programs which emphasize literacy and community involvement and use the talents of teachers, volunteer tutors, adult caregivers and a variety of local support services.

Monday, September 14, 2009

GECRC Writing Workshops – September and October 2009

Do you have an insane appreciation for creative writing? Is your need to volunteer even more insane? Combine the two at the Glen Ellyn Children’s Resource Center and prepare to amaze us (by your amazing volunteer skills) and be amazed (by our equally amazing students)!

If you want to participate in any or all of these workshops, pick up a volunteer form now or visit www.gecrc.org

Zine Machines
Dates: September 16th, 23rd, and 30th Details: Do you love writing, but don’t know how to get people to read it? Do you love to make art, but don’t like getting yelled at for making a big mess? Lucky for you, we’re here to help, and all it takes are some DIY (that’s do-it-yourself) skills and a need to zine. Don’t know what a zine is? Don’t know how to put one together? Don’t worry! Zines are self-published magazines, and this workshop will take you through the basics of zine production, story writing, and the art of cutting and pasting. At the end, you will walk out a zine master with your own personal zine, as well as a collection featuring your fellow zine-sters’ work.

Turn to Page 23: Create a Choose Your Own Adventure Story
Dates: September 14th, 21st, and 28th Details: If you enjoy adventure stories chock full of peril, suspense, and risky antics, grab a pencil. If you want to be the one in charge, to hold the fate of others in the palm of your hand, put your pencil on the dotted line. If you are an amazing writer who doesn’t need to know exactly how a story will end, sign your name like you’ve never signed it before! This workshop will consist of two parts: a sampling of what it’s like to be in a Choose Your Own Adventure story, as well as a chance to work with your classmates, and the opportunity for you to be the ultimate boss with your own CYOA masterpiece.

Just Because I Cannot See It, Doesn’t Mean I Can’t Believe It!
Dates: October 5th and 7th (we will watch The Nightmare Before Christmas), 12th, 14th, 19th, and 21st Details: If you have trouble getting your fantastic imagination out of your mind and into the eyes of others, this may just be the workshop for you. Using Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas as your inspiration, you will get the chance to create your very own Halloween town. Whether your imagination is scary, terrifying, or bone-chilling, you will be taken through the basics of city creation and construction so that you too can be a King or Queen of Halloween!

I Spent a Month Writing and All I Got Was This Novel
Dates: TBD (An informational meeting will be held on October 26th.) Details: For the entire month of November, you will be joining 22,000 other students in a spectacular attempt at creating the Great Frantic Novel! Wait, what? Great? Frantic? Novel? No, that is not a typo. In this workshop, you will be participating in National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWiMo (say that three times fast)! NaNoWiMo’s goal is to get you to complete a novel in 30 days, no more, no less, and, most importantly, no joke. Join us in our quest to tackle this monstrous challenge one fantastic sentence at a time!
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