In-class Guest Speaker:
Joanne LeFrak, director of education and community outreach for the museum SITE Santa Fe, will be visiting the class to preview our April 11 field trip to SITE and our next arts writing assignment.
To prepare for Joanne’s visit, please review both SITE’s website and the materials on the SITE Santa Fe Digital Study Guide Materials page. These materials will be helpful for when you decide which piece you want to write about for our gallery guide. For now, review them and prepare one question in writing for Joanne based on these materials. You will be expected to ask Joanne this question during her visit, and to turn in the question to me for classroom participation credit.
SITE Santa Fe Digital Study Guide Materials
Personal Essay Workshop
We will also have workshop in class for your personal essays. Please use the Personal Essay Critique Form for each member of your workshop group. Bring one copy for the writer and one for Julia as part of your workshop grade. You can download the critique form from the link, or copy the elements below.
Group 1
Todd, David, Chelsea, Willow
Group 2
Allison, Jack, Jess, Kelsey, Nuna
Group 3
Lucciano, Jessica, Lauryn, Ariel
Personal Reported Essay Critique Form Criteria:
Please provide detailed critique using this form. Bring one copy for the writer and one copy for Julia. These critiques are part of your grade, so please be thorough and clean in your writing.
Essay Title and Author:
Reviewer:
- Please discuss the relationship between the personal and reported elements of this essay, including any areas that require more development or information.
- Which element of creative nonfiction technique is the most developed in this piece? Please provide at least two examples. For example: sensory detail, characterization, structure, theme etc.
- Which element of creative nonfiction technique is the least developed? Please provide at least two suggestions for how this element could be further developed.
- What would you say is the theme of this essay and how might the theme be further developed?
- Please include any other observations or suggestions you have for this essay.