Freshman Critique Guidelines

1. Read each short story you are given carefully. Write your name at the top of their draft.
2. Mark up their draft as much as possible: make edits, revisions, comments, observations, etc.
3. Type up a 1 page bullet statement response to the writer's work. Here you might touch on or expand upon those things you wrote on their drafts, but it is more of a place for in-depth reaction to their writing. This should be single spaced, 12 point font, one whole page. Put your name and the name of the writer whose work you are responding to at the top.
4. Focus on areas that are strong, areas that are weak; focus on the micro and the macro (big and small); don't be afraid to address areas that need work or make suggestions or provide an honest reaction, but always do so kindly.
5. Bring the writer's story and your typed reaction to class on Wednesday, May 14 (period 6) or Thursday, May 15 (periods 2 and 3). We will have a critique session that day.
6. After the critique session, you will revise your short story and hand it in on Monday, May 19.