UCI Writing Project – Programs for Youth
UCI School of Education, Education Building, 401 East Peltason, Suite 3100, Irvine, CA 92697-5500
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UCI Writing Project – Programs for Youth offers a wide range of writing, podcasting, and coding classes, including Exploring Animal Worlds: Informative Writing for grades 2–3, Persuasive Writing through Advertising for grades 3–4, and The Write Ingredients: Exploring Identity and Storytelling Through Food for grades 4–5. The program also includes courses such as Writing Strategies for Coherence for grades 5–6, Adventures in Podcasting – Research for grades 6–7, PodCraft: English Through Podcasting for grades 8–9, and College Essay Writing Workshop for grades 9–12. Additional options include Scratch Coding Adventures: Create, Code, and Play! for grades 3–5 (DLL), Co-Write, Re-Write, Shine: Learning to Write with AI for grades 6–8 (DLL), Code Your Imagination: From Ideas to AI-Powered Apps for grades 6–9 (DLL), and Voice, Vision, Revision: A Writer's Guide to AI for grades 9–12 (DLL), along with multiple narrative writing, persuasive writing, debate, graphic novel, sports writing, YouTube scriptwriting, and college essay workshops for grades 2–12.
• Ages: 7–17 years old
• Schedule: Office hours Monday–Friday, 8:00 am–5:00 pm (closed 12:00–1:00 pm for lunch)
Established in 1978, the UCI Writing Project is the 13th site of the California Writing Project and the oldest of the Subject Matter Projects on the University of California, Irvine campus. It was the first California Writing Project site to create a summer youth program, which grew from 35 students and 2 teachers in 1984 to more than 2,500 students and 200 teachers in 2013. The mission of the UCI Writing Project is to improve student reading and writing by improving the quality of instruction.
The UCI Writing Project has trained 800 teachers and consultants from 85 local school districts and twelve colleges and universities, and has reached over 20,000 teachers through conferences and inservice programs. It has also trained 675 teachers in its open program on Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking, and 600 teachers in the Governor's Professional Development Institutes. UCI Writing Project is the 13th site of the California Writing Project and one of 200 sites of the National Writing Project.
Last updated March 11, 2026.
• Ages: 7–17 years old
• Schedule: Office hours Monday–Friday, 8:00 am–5:00 pm (closed 12:00–1:00 pm for lunch)
Established in 1978, the UCI Writing Project is the 13th site of the California Writing Project and the oldest of the Subject Matter Projects on the University of California, Irvine campus. It was the first California Writing Project site to create a summer youth program, which grew from 35 students and 2 teachers in 1984 to more than 2,500 students and 200 teachers in 2013. The mission of the UCI Writing Project is to improve student reading and writing by improving the quality of instruction.
The UCI Writing Project has trained 800 teachers and consultants from 85 local school districts and twelve colleges and universities, and has reached over 20,000 teachers through conferences and inservice programs. It has also trained 675 teachers in its open program on Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking, and 600 teachers in the Governor's Professional Development Institutes. UCI Writing Project is the 13th site of the California Writing Project and one of 200 sites of the National Writing Project.
Last updated March 11, 2026.
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