Young Author Scheme

Product Description

The Young Author Scheme is Singapore’s first-ever scheme to train young authors, from as young as eight years old. Under the Young Author Scheme, children get to learn to write their very own 3000-word storybooks and improve descriptive skills. All stories are entered into the Asia Young Author Award, a regional writing competition for under-18s. Shortlisted and winning stories are published in ebooks or in print, or in the Young Reader Club magazine. At the end of the course, all children will take home 2 complimentary printed copies of their story – for additional copies, they can opt to purchase for $10 per copy with a minimum order of 20 copies. The course will be taught by Catherine Khoo – she is an author, educator, editor and publisher and has been running this course since 2003.

Lesson Objectives:

• Develop an understanding of fiction writing and its basic elements
• Gain a greater understanding of theme and genre-based fictional narratives
• Increase their vocabulary, and improve skills such as brevity and coherence in writing fiction
• Learn to appreciate fictional narratives and critique them
• Complete a 3000-word fictional narrative based on a chosen genre and theme

Dates:

The course will last for 5 lessons and each lesson will be 1.5 hours long. Coaching will continue after the 5 days until children complete their story. (This is optional)

For more information contact us at enquiry@jsimeducation.com.sg or call 62802713

We require a minimum of 10 students (less than 10 students and we cannot begin the lessons) and a maximum of 15 students.

The course comes with a free 1 year subscription to BBC Earth Magazine.