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All classes are taught by working professionals. All classes are f r e e . All classes require advance registration. Email [email protected]
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STORY TIME
Taught by 826 Staff
Limited to 20 students, ages 6–9
June 27, July 11, 18, & 25
Fridays, 10:00 am –5:00 pm
Do you like fairy tales, pirates, or superheroes? We will read
some of our favorite stories, and you will participate in various
story-related activities, such as making your own book or
writing a letter to your favorite character. You will encounter a
brand spankin’ new Story Time adventure every week.
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Rock Review for the Radio
Taught by Peter Finch
Limited to 15 students, ages 8–18
June 28
Saturday, from 12:30–2:00pm
KFOG is looking for young rock critics to review music.
Learn how to review music (or movies, or books, or sports) for
radio. Your music review could end up on the radio!
Peter Finch has been News Director and part of the morning
show at KFOG radio since 1993. He is also a playwright.
Poets, Poems, and Poetics
Taught by Meghan Adler, Claudia Bluhm,
and Emilie Coulson
Limited to 20 students, ages 8–16
July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7, 14
Thursdays, from 5:00–7:00 pm
Do you like to write poetry? Do you know Sonnets from
Cinquains? Elegies from Limericks? Japanese Haikus from
American Haikus? Found Poems from Prose Poems? Free Verse
from Concrete Poems? Join us and learn a variety of poetic
forms. Study end rhymes, alliteration, and onomatopoeia (and
learn how to spell them correctly!). We will create a group
anthology chapbook at the end of our sessions and hold a
poetry reading for you and your parents.
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Pretty Poems and
Beautiful Broadsides
Taught by Susanna Kittredge
Limited to 10 students, ages 14–18
July 13, 20, & 27
Sundays, from 12:30–2:30 pm
Do you like to express yourself in writing? How about playing
rhyming games or using your imagination? And what about
making art? In this workshop, we’ll do all of those things and
more! To poets, a broadside is a poem published on a single piece
of paper with drawings or designs that enhance the beauty of the
poet’s writing. We will practice some different ways of writing
poetry, then we’ll print out our poems and decorate them to make
beautiful broadsides to share with family and friends!
The valencia bay-farer issue #21
Taught by journalism professionals
Limited to 30 students, ages 8–18
July 23, 30, August 6, 13, 20, 27
Wednesdays, 5:00–7:00 pm
Do you have tons of opinions you want to express, but don’t
have an outlet? Do you know an amazing person that you’d like
to interview? Have you ever thought about reviewing movies?
Do you have a passion for the news? Are you a cartoonist
or illustrator? Then here’s your chance to be published in
a newspaper and have your words or drawings seen by a
community of people. Come join the staff of the 826 Valencia
Bay-farer, a newspaper written entirely by students and read
by everyone!
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Conquering the SAT Writing Section
Taught by Jen Feng and Debbie Moguillansky
Limited to 16 students, ages 14–18
August 16, 23, 30, & September 6
Saturdays, 12:30–2:30 pm
SAT prep classes and books are often intimidating —full of
lengthy practice tests and overwhelming information. Where
can students turn when they want to do well on the SATs but
can’t get past the classes and books? That’s where we come
in! In this workshop we will learn key concepts tested in the
writing section of the SAT. Through games and activities,
we will learn how to spot specific grammatical mistakes, and
we will practice crafting an effective SAT essay. Lastly, we
will create an 826 SAT Prep Book complete with flashcards,
practice test questions, and a wide selection of essays, all
O 826 Valencia — SUMMER 2008 Workshops O
All classes are taught by working professionals. All classes are f r e e . All classes require advance registration. Email [email protected]
composed by the students. This can be used as a study guide
during subsequent SAT preparation, and will also serve as a
helpful tool for future generations of SAT-takers.
Because we recognize that the writing section is only part
of the SAT, we will encourage students to prepare for the other
SAT sections on their own; they will create study timelines to
guide them and will be provided with resources to use. We
hope to not only review the concepts that will help students
ace the writing section, but also to teach study techniques
that will help students succeed in the SAT overall.
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Best American Nonrequired Reading
Taught by Dave Eggers
The 2008 session is closed
Publisher Houghton-Mifflin has contracted 826 Valencia
to compile The Best American Nonrequired Reading, a yearly
collection of fiction, essays, comics, and journalism geared for
readers under age 25 (although read by just about anyone).
Every week, a student committee meets to gather possible
material from national periodicals and discuss it.
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Writing & Publishing
Apprentices
Taught by 10 Bay Area writers, editors and publishers
Limited to 15 students, ages 13–18
Mondays, from 6:00–8:00 pm
Do you like to express yourself in writing? How about playing
rhyming games or using your imagination? And what about
making art? In this workshop, we’ll do all of those things and
more! To poets, a broadside is a poem published on a single piece
of paper with drawings or designs that enhance the beauty of the
poet’s writing. We will practice some different ways of writing
poetry, then we’ll print out our poems and decorate them to make
beautiful broadsides to share with family and friends!
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Note: Because each workshop will build upon the ideas learned
in previous sessions, students are asked to attend all the sessions
for the workshop. To reserve a spot, please send us a refundable
check for $25 written to ‘826 Valencia’ with the student’s name
and workshop written in the memo. This check is a place holder
and will be destroyed after the last workshop. Please note that
classes are popular and submitting a registration form does not
guarantee a spot in the workshops.
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Summer Writing Camp
Limited to 15 high school students
August 11–15
Monday through Friday, 10am –5pm
826 Valencia and Youth Speaks are combining forces
to host their sixth annual free summer writing camp!
From August 11 to August 15, students will team
up with professional writers, poets, and spoken
word artists to develop their writing skills. Camp
participants will have the opportunity to be published
in the Fall 2008 issue of the 826 Quarterly.
Guest speakers for the 2008 camp will be
announced shortly. Guest speakers in past years have
included Michael Chabon, Dave Eggers, Valetino
Achak Deng, James Kass, Stephen Elliott, Erika
Lopez, Nina Marie Martinez, Spike Jonze, Julie
Orringer, Noah Hawley, Kim Addonizio, Melissa
Mathison, Ryan Hartley, and Mark Danner.
STORE HOURS:
The Pirate Store is open every day, 12–6 pm.
CONTACT US:
Website — www.826valencia.org
Email — [email protected]
Phone — 415.642.5905
Don’t forget our TEACHER OF THE MONTH program. Nominate your favorite school teacher for a $1500 award. Please
check our website for more details.