Each student will be responsible for completing the assignment and asking questions regarding any parts they do not fully understand. First-Year Writing courses at FSU teach writing as a recursive and frequently collaborative process of invention, drafting, and revising. Writing is both personal and social, and students should learn how to write for a variety of purposes and audiences. Since writing is a process of making meaning as well as communicating, FYW teachers respond to the content of students writing as well as to surface errors. Students should expect frequent written and oral response on the content of their writing from both teacher and peers.
Classes rely heavily on a workshop format.
Both reading and writing are the subject of class discussions and workshops, and students are expected to be active participants of the classroom community.