Speak Up! Writers’ Workshop

Funder: Greater Flint Education Consortium
Amount: $3,000
Funding Period: 2/01/2006-7/01/2006

Speak Up! is an opportunity for Genesee County high school students to spend a day on MCC’s main campus participating in a variety of seminars and workshops designed to facilitate their success in college-level writing courses. The workshops consist of morning seminars on “Writing Great Essays for College Applications,” “How to Survive Freshman Composition,” and “How to Succeed in College,” The workshops are presented by Master and Doctorate-level English faculty at MCC who teach in freshman composition, developmental writing, and a variety of literature courses.

The afternoon activities consist of a composition for students to connect with the audience in poetry, short essays, short stories, or original song. Speak Up! also allows K-12 teachers to connect with college faculty for the purposes of coordinating instruction to their students in preparing them for college.