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Death and Dying, Life and Living
Grief Essay Guidelines    Spring, 2005
Kay Fowler
 (You must complete this in two drafts; Draft 1 Due Class 3; Draft 2 Due Class 13.

Grief essay Guidelines:  "An Experience I Have Had with Death and/or Grief."     Use the  Loss Assessment sheet completed the first class and the Loss History completed for the second class  to help you in thinking about and drafting the Grief Essay the first draft of which is due in the third class.  Describe in 3-4 pages drawn from your own personal experience (no research is necessary at this point) an encounter that you have had with death or loss or grief.  Keep a copy for yourself. 

You may describe any experience that you have had with loss or grief or death.  It could be a death or the life-threatening illness of someone you love, or  the loss of an ability, or a relationship, the loss of a pet, the experience of a serious illness that had a strong impact on you, etc.  Grief takes many forms.

Note:  When you receive this paper back with my comments make a xerox immediately to attach to the final revision which is due Class 13.  The revised version will need to incorporate insights -- and be reshaped through the lens of the course and will need to demonstrate clearly and convincingly (with appropriate documentation) where reading, a/v, discussion, and experiential materials from the semester (including The Last Dance especially) have helped further your understanding and thinking about this experience -- or have led you to explore in detail an entirely different one.  Let me know if you expect that your focus will change dramatically on the second version of the essay!

The second draft of the essay must be appropriately documented with parenthetical citations and a bibliography page.  Please follow MLA or APA style for your documentation.  Attach a copy of your first version with my comments to the revised version.  Your grade will in part depend on how well you address suggestions made at the earlier stage, Due Class 13.