Professor Anne Wilson uses this Imaginative Sense-Memory Exercise in her FYW 150 course to help her students develop their narrative writing skills. You can find a detailed guide for the exercise here. Having first learned this exercise through theatre, Professor Continue reading
In Professor Kyle Hetrick’s FYW 150 course, titled “University Issues,” students write a formal paper drawing upon the themes found in texts they have read relating to freedom of speech and cancel culture. This essay is the conclusion of the Continue reading
Professor Kyle Hetrick assigns this reading, “A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning,” in his FYW 150 course titled “University Issues.” You can download a PDF copy of the reading here. Written by Dan Levin, this essay from Continue reading
Here is a downloadable PDF of Jamila Lyiscott’s “3 Ways to Speak English” if you’d like to read the text or share it with your students. Jamila Lyiscott’s spoken-word essay, “3 Ways to Speak English,” is a powerful reclamation of the Continue reading
During the Writing Program’s Fall 2022 workshop, Writing Program Director Megan Little shared the First-Year Writing Learning Outcomes, as well as policy language regarding masking and attendance. These policies are backed by the English Department and can be found here. Continue reading
The Writing Program’s Spring 2023 workshop hosted guest speaker Debbie Finocchio, the Assistant Core Director, who shared a useful handout of resources for FYW 150 instructors. The link to that resource is here. A second guest speaker, Deniz Perez-Combs, shared information Continue reading
