Hayman Declassified School Survival Guide
Dear Incoming Student,
The things a first
semester freshmen needs to know about college writing are one, that the class
is a two semester class. I did not realize this until I was making my schedule
at the end of first semester. So that’s just a heads up. College Writing is
fairly easy if you follow the directions and participate in class. All of the
activities are designed to eventually be helpful for your essay at the end.
Also participating in class activities is important because some of the work we
do in class ends up being passed in as part of a portfolio that gets graded.
Next always do your homework. The homework is really what drives home the
concepts Casey is trying to teach us. Some of it will be boring but most of it
is pretty relevant and interesting articles. Casey chooses topics that most
college students like, so writing the papers is not bad. This writing class
does not require much reading slow make sure to read all of the articles
assigned. These articles are very important for participation in class so make
sure to just power through and read everything. The topics of the class are
mostly centered around sports. I am not sure if that was just this semester or
if it is always like that, but definitely expect to be writing about sports.
For example, I wrote two essays about fighting in hockey. Another thing to
expect during the first semester of College Writing is to be doing a lot of
peer review. We peer reviewed multiple times every essay which was challenging.
Peer review is not usually everyone’s favorite, but you do get out what you put
into it. If you really focus peer review can massively improve an essay and
raise your grade.
It makes sense for me to address the incoming
students in an informal way. I wrote this letter like I was having a face to
face conversation with an incoming College Writing student. This is the most
effective way to write a letter that is giving your own personal opinion and
anecdotes about the class.
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