Today we begin our first workshops. Please review my previous post about workshop etiquette, but know the guidelines are simple. Offer positive feedback, something specific about what you think is working really well; and offer something constructive, an honest question or response of inquiry about the poem, maybe an image that isn't clear to you or some repetition that is overkill or a detail that doesn't quite make sense. The best workshop is one that gives the writer something specific to work with as she/he/they go back into the work to make it stronger. It's hard for us to know what's working in a piece of writing until we have readers let us know. That is the gift of workshop.
In order that we streamline the turn-in process, I've set up a Microsoft Team for our class and added folders where each group can upload their poems. Each of you, sometime before Thursday at noon, please read each of your group members' poems, and upload a document into that same folder where your poems are with your feedback. Clearly title your files, please, so they're easy to find. For the poem you wrote, something like MarinH_WhereImFrom would do. Whereas for my feedback, something like Mattd_whereimfrom_marinhfeedback would work nicely.
I'm certain there are more sophisticated ways for us to begin using our Microsoft Team site, but honestly, I'm still figuring it out. I absolutely welcome insights and suggestions from any of you who have more experience with it.
Look for another blog post by noon with next week's assignments!
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