Genre: Personal Essays

Student: | Grade Level: 8th Genre: Personal Essays | Date: October 20, 2011

JESSICA C

JESSICA CHENG 8TH GRADE     Phillip Lopate’s “The Art of the Personal Essay” is a collection of assorted personal essays from amazing and celebrated writers, for example, Wendell Berry and Wole Soyinka. Two great essays from Lopate’s book would have to be Wendell Berry’s “An Entrance to the Woods”, which is a stellar essay Read more…

Student: | Grade Level: 7th Genre: Biology | Date: October 20, 2011

ELIZABETH W

  Lizzy has been reading “The Art of the Personal Essay” edited by Philip Lopate, for some time now.  It is a lengthy collection of the best personal essays from the past four hundred years.  When she read Edward Hoagland’s “The Courage of Turtles”, Lizzy was inspired to respond to the essay with one of Read more…