4-Week: Writing Braided Essays—The Surprise Element of Research in Narrative Essays

Braided essays are multiple essays braided into one, hence the name. In this class, we'll follow a strict essay format, weaving together a present-tense journey, a past-tense narrative, and a research element. Braiding these three elements together creates a strong, layered essay that will surprise the writer as much as the reader. We'll also read multiple layered essays, break them down, and write our own—all while sharing the cool things we found in our research and within ourselves.