Exposition · Cultural Place Field Guide

Cultural Place Field Guide Studio

A practice room for the face-to-face Field Guide project. Explain a place, practice, or local system for a named audience. Build one plate and a how/why essay that match each other. You explain; you do not take a side.

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Purpose

Explain one focused how or why question about a place, practice, or local system for a named audience. Build one Field Guide plate plus a 750 to 1,000 word MLA essay with 1 to 3 credible sources (AI Level 2: support, not composition).

Plate labels (one page)

Fill every label before you draft the essay. The plate and the essay should describe the same place and audience.

Name
Where it is
Who it is for
How it works (3 to 5 notes)
What a newcomer notices first
One checkable source
One caution

Essay that matches the plate

One how or why question (if it has should, shrink it; that is argument).
Named audience.
1 to 3 sources a reader can open.
2 to 3 subtopics that match the plate.
750 to 1,000 words MLA plus Works Cited.

Source log Keyword generator MLA practice Peer-review checklist

How to use this studio

Practice path

1Name place and audienceOne line each; keep them stable through the draft. 2Write the how/whyCut any version that takes a side. 3Fill the plateAll seven labels before paragraph one of the essay. 4Log 1 to 3 sourcesEach source has a job that matches a subtopic. 5Draft from the plateDo not invent a new topic in paragraph two. 6ReviseCut side-taking, source dumping, and blank plate labels.

AI Level 2

AI may help list plate labels or give feedback after you have notes. The plate and the submitted sentences are yours.

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