The college application season is fully underway and seniors across the country are madly collecting recommendations, gathering information about schools, and
crafting essays about the meaning of life.
Not exact matches
What may look like an arts and
crafts activity, or just a bunch of kids playing with Legos, is actually a way to teach
about ancient Rome or how to write a persuasive
essay.
You may feel the need to remember what you've previously learned
about essay crafting and this trustful resource is great for that.
(Teach them how to do that math problem, but don't do it for them; advise them
about crafting an argument more effectively, but don't sit at the computer and rewrite the
essay or hand them a marked up
essay and suggest they just input changes; talk with them
about how to fill out an application but don't do it for them.)
When writing tools and writing instruction are absent, students flounder, not knowing what to write
about or how to
craft a cohesive
essay.
There's an excellent
essay by Derek Yu, creator of Spelunky
about the distinction between theme and
craft, and it touches on some of these issues.
Organized alphabetically, Learning to Read with John Baldessari — which accompanies a retrospective at Museo Jumex, Mexico City — includes an
essay on the artist's approaches to art - making and teaching; a biography of the artist as a teacher; artworks reproduced thematically; and stories and anecdotes from former students such as Liz
Craft, Ed Henderson, Matt Mullican, Tony Oursler and David Salle,
about their years at CalArts.
Welcome to the second part of The
Essay Expert's 2 - part article
about how to
craft great job and scholarship applications.