Did you know that neuroscientists have discovered that the sense which is most strongly connected to your memory is the sense of smell? Since our sense of smell and our sense of taste are so intimately connected, it makes sense…
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A New Beginning: I.C.E. Shorecrest
Though the day ended in a torrential rainstorm, a tradition at ICE camp, it mirrored the fast current of ideas during the brainstorming for group names, truths, and lies. Yes, we did. We young and impressionable authors told stories about…
Where I.C.E. Ends, Their Writing Only Begins
Today was the last day of our ICE Camp at Corbett Prep. Nearly 40 campers came together for two weeks to write, share and become a creative community. With the anthologies printed and finally in our hands, we spent some…
Alone on the Stage
Today we took the stage and spoke our mind. What's on Miss Jasmine's mind as she leads us in writing and performing dramatic monologues? Denzel Washington. We watched so many of his monologues you'd think she had a crush or…
A Bookish Time
We began the day by breaking out our favorite books and thinking about how our life has been shaped by what we've read. We thought about how we've evolved and grown over the years through the lens of the words…
Copy That, Corbett
Today, Ms. Mari gave us a lesson to remember on imitation poetry. We learned to use different pieces of writing to help us find inspiration and practiced using imagery to describe important events and people in our lives. In the…
Fantastic Stories and Where to Find Them
Today, Mr. Eric led us into other the worlds of our imagination, creating science fiction and fantasy stories from the basics of what makes those genres tick: common story archetypes, elements, and themes. We took a character to that place…
Dear Week One,
Today Miss Jasmine took us to the mail box as we wrote letters to everything from our crushes to the kid who gave us garlic and onion gum (bleh!). Then we switched it around and wrote letters to the opposite…
A SENSE-ational Day at I.C.E. Camp
Today we took a whiff of the past, filling our nostrils with the scents of our childhood. We connected smells and tastes to memories and events before learning about expressive and reflective writing. Miss Mari told us about how writing…
An Old Injury Can Tell New Tales
Never did a day at camp ever begin with so much energy and excitement. And all Mr. Bob had to say was "make a puppet." The room came alive and for the next half hour we were transforming paper bags…
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