Official Description:
This course introduces students to writing as a conscious and developmental activity. Students learn to read, think, and write in response to a variety of texts, to integrate their ideas with those of others, and to treat writing as a recursive process. Through this work with texts, students are exposed to a range of reading and writing techniques they can employ in other courses. Students work individually and collaboratively, participate in peer review, and learn to take more responsibility for their writing development. Placement into this course is determined by multiple measures, including high school achievement and SAT scores.
Student Description:
This course is an introductory English course designed to cover lots of the basin writing skills college students will need to be able to use. In this class, students learn how to read, think, and write about different types of texts. They also learn how to mix their own ideas with others’ and see writing as something that can be improved over time. By working with texts, students get to try out different reading and writing techniques that they can use in other classes. They work on their own and with others, give feedback to classmates, and take more responsibility for getting better at writing.
