CNF/Segmented Samples (not models) Distributed to Students at The Outset of the CNF Part of the Problem-Solution Project

Professional

Dillard, Annie. “Living Like Weasels.”

Ehrlich, Gretel. “From a Sheepherder’s Notebook: Three Days.”

Nye, Naomi Shihab. “Three Pokes of a Thistle.”

Toth, Susan Allen. “Going to the Movies.”

Willard, Nancy. “The Friendship Tarot.”

Amateur

Anonymous. “Engagement” (a double-strand narrative written by a graduate student)

Dinan, John. “To Lindsay: A Horsedad Album” (example of a segmented essay)

Dinan, John. “Conspiracy Theory.” (An example of a “multigenre” piece which might generate discussion about the conjunctivity/disjunctivity of the following two categories: “creative nonfiction essay” and “multigenre essay”)

Freshman student CNF essays as they become available

Teaching Note: I keep discussion of these pieces at an absolute minimum, especially at the beginning of the project, when students tend to look for “the right way to do it” or “what he [that would be me] wants”. I do provide class time for reading these essays, however, and on occasion during class sessions will refer to the craft techniques used by the writers.