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Behind the Mask: Superheroes Revealed
BAM! POW! ZAP! Everyone knows Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, and Captain America, but superheroes can come in many shapes and sizes. Must a superhero fight crime? Is Elsa from Frozen a superhero—and what ...
Sessions:

The Gilman School:

Jun 22-Jul 11
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Jul 13-Aug 01

Speyer School:

Jun 29-Jul 18
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Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 2-3

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Being a Reader, Becoming a Writer
If you love to read, write, and talk about books, this is the course for you. In this course, you'll join a literary community and develop our vocabulary, close-reading, and critical thinking skills ...
Sessions:

Speyer School:

Jun 29-Jul 18
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Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 3-4

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Crafting the Essay
This immersive and collaborative course will introduce you to great essayists including Annie Dillard, Charles Simic, and Richard Rodriguez, and help you find your own distinctive narrative voice. You ...
Sessions:

Dickinson College:

Jun 22-Jul 11

Roger Williams University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
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Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18

Skidmore College:

Jun 29-Jul 18

Loyola Marymount University:

Jul 13-Aug 01

Grades 7-11

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Decoding Our World
How do we see, perceive, and describe the world around us? We can use mathematics to measure, calculate, and find patterns. We can use technology to expand what we see and observe. And we can tell ...
Sessions:

Mirman School:

Jun 22-Jul 11
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Jul 13-Aug 01

Speyer School:

Jun 29-Jul 18
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Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 3-4

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Fiction and Poetry
Saul Bellow said, "A writer is a reader moved to emulation.” This course draws inspiration from the published works, journals, and drafts of writers such as Alice Munro, John Updike, Rita Dove, and Li ...
Sessions:

Skidmore College:

Jun 29-Jul 18

Dickinson College:

Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 7-11

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Persuasion and Propaganda
Comic book heroes punching dictators in the face and aircrafts papering the ground with pamphlets—these types of propaganda are easy to recognize, but what about contemporary ones, like bot-generated ...
Sessions:

Johns Hopkins University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
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Jul 13-Aug 01

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18

Skidmore College:

Jun 29-Jul 18

Grades 7-11

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Utopias and Dystopias
From Plato’s Republic to Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We, utopian and dystopian literature often examines the fine line between a perfect and an oppressive society. This course explores how utopian and ...
Sessions:

Ursinus College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
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Jul 13-Aug 01

Grades 7-11

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Whodunit?: Mystery and Suspense in Literature and Film
This writing class explores the techniques great writers and filmmakers use to convey mystery and suspense in popular culture. You and your classmates will learn and discuss how elements like sound ...
Sessions:

Ursinus College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Loyola Marymount University:

Jul 13-Aug 01

Grades 7-11

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Writing and Imagination
Writing is an act of imagination built from the raw materials of life and language. In this course, you’ll learn to approach writing as a craft and discover processes and techniques that writers in ...
Sessions:

Ursinus College:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Loyola Marymount University:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

The Gilman School:

Jun 22-Jul 11

UC-Santa Cruz:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Speyer School:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 5-6

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Writing Workshop: Modern Fantasy
This course transports readers to magical worlds where animals speak, toys come to life, and eccentric characters perform seemingly impossible feats. Worlds turn upside down, and the familiar becomes ...
Sessions:

Mirman School:

Jun 22-Jul 11
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Jul 13-Aug 01

The Gilman School:

Jun 22-Jul 11
,
Jul 13-Aug 01

Speyer School:

Jun 29-Jul 18
,
Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 4-5

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Writing Your World
The best nonfiction is vivid, informative, and gripping. It can startle readers with new perspectives on society, reveal mysteries in medicine, bring life and character to history, and build suspense ...
Sessions:

Loyola Marymount University:

Jul 13-Aug 01

Skidmore College:

Jul 20-Aug 08

Grades 7-11

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