Questioning provokes more questioning and in the process engages us in active learning. Reading and interpreting good texts can give us powerful models of excellent writing. Here we find a springboard for writing sentences and paragraphs, the building blocks for essays. Working closely with texts, we focus on concrete examples of the concepts we are learning to apply to our own writing. When you join this class, you become a member of a community of writers.
Membership involves rights and responsibilities.
In other words, take full responsibility for your own learning. Attendance and Deadlines Class participation is essential for your success in this class. If you must miss class for any reason, I will appreciate the courtesy of your telephoning me in advance of your absence. Since much of the writing in this course will be done in class, there will be no opportunity for make-ups. Missed exercises or papers will count zero.