Due this week

5. Haunted. Have you ever been in a house where things go bump in the night? Do you believe that some buildings or places are haunted? Is there one in your town? Tell us a story about it. Make it believable.
Alternate: Lockers. What one thing do you wish no one to know about in your locker? Or what is the most important thing in your locker? Deadline: Friday Oct. 17.

To submit to Newspaper Series

  • Log in. (Click "Not a YWP member?" to create an account.)

  • Click "create content" and create an ENTRY
  • Fill out "title," "author name, school & grade" and "prompt" boxes.
  • Paste story into "body."
  • Click "Submit." You are done.
    NOTES: Your account email must be accurate; a "blog" entry must be resubmitted as an ENTRY to be considered.

The China Project Part I

Submitted by ggevalt on October 2, 2007 - 20:16.
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This is the first part of the recent Vermont Public Radio production of The China Project, a YWP initiative with musicians of the Vermont Youth Orchestra who traveled to China.

A group of young Vermont musicians traveled to China this summer, and they experienced the enormous and complex nation in a way the average tourist never could.

Members of the Vermont Youth Orchestra performed in magnificent concert halls, and even played at The Great Wall of China. In between, they toured ancient temples, and strolled through lush gardens.

While in China, students teamed up with The Young Writers Project to create a ‘blog’ with sound recordings, photos and essays. In this first part of the VPR series, we hear some of those recordings and blog entries.

Daniel Houghton of the Young Writers Project narrates.

In the second part of the VPR series, we hear more from young musicians who wrote down their thoughts and recorded their reactions to all that they were experiencing in China.

Click here to read and hear the entire China Project blog.

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