Laine Bradley’s blog

Responses to Classmates's Fiction Stories 4/16

2008-04-20T16:48:45Z

Scott S.’s Fiction Story “The Balance of Nature” I really love the strong characterization in this story—Mazeka is developed so well on a number of levels. It makes sense to me that he has deep, transcendent thoughts about nature. It ...

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Responses to Peer Group's Fiction Essay Drafts

2008-04-08T22:08:03Z

Alex’s Fiction Essay Draft This is an awesome start to a fiction essay—the use of dialect is amazing and sounds genuine. The characterization of Jack is already strong in just the first page. I like the whole idea of freedom and going “...

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Responses to Classmates' Nonfiction Essays 4/7

2008-04-08T20:51:35Z

Ryan’s Essay “Guilt trips” I really enjoyed reading this essay. Ryan does a great job of conveying how the trips to her grandmother were not just “guilt trips” but “guilt treks.” The physical imagery and characterization in this essay...

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Responses to Classmates' Nonfiction Essays 4/2

2008-04-02T03:12:41Z

Sara Davis’s Essay “A.J.’s Lessons in Life and Death” This is an absolutely beautiful and touching essay—I have no negative criticism for it. The inspiring and optimistic outlook on life that A.J. had is really well described as his h...

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Responses to Classmates' Nonfiction Essays 3/31

2008-03-31T05:17:55Z

Erica’s Essay “Moonriver” Erica does a really great job in this essay of portraying this experience with a tone of realness and familiarity—a lot of what she describes and the emotions involved are ones that many of us can relate to. ...

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Responses to Classmates' Nonfiction Essays 3/26

2008-03-26T14:27:06Z

Alex’s Essay “goodmorning” I absolutely love this piece! It is amazing how Alex traces his thoughts upon waking up in such an engaging way and weaves in personal reflections upon life and himself with such finesse. Those few minutes after waking ...

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Responses to Classmates' Nonfiction Essays 3/24

2008-03-24T16:10:27Z

Kirsten’s Essay “Unpaved Parking Lots” I really like Kirsten’s essay, and I can relate to a lot her experiences. I was also living in Eagle Village when that dreaded parking lot was being worked on. She revived my memory very well when she mentio...

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Responses to Peer Group's Nonfiction Essay Drafts

2008-03-10T17:46:56Z

Alex's Draft Essay Alex has begun a wonderful essay-- I love every single part of it, from the subject to the setting. The way he conveys his thoughts upon waking up is great-- he makes almost scientific observations of himself and goes through a...

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Responses to Classmates' Poetry 3/3 and 3/5

2008-03-03T04:13:16Z

Ryan Noah’s Poetry “Wood Bridges” This poem is so cool and I feel like the burning of the bridge has to be a metaphor for something very meaningful. Is this a play on the old saying about burning bridges—is it about something specific and persona...

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Responses to Classmates' Poetry 2/27/08

2008-02-27T06:54:26Z

Erica Campbell’s Poems “Me” I admire the strong voice in this poem—never for a second does the determined tone back down. I really like the whole idea of the internal self being immune to outside forces and that the external, such as things that ...

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