First Day of School

Welcome to English 101!

Class Work

1. Welcome activity.
2. What is writing?

• Why write?


• When is writing important?


• Are there different types of writing?


• What is good writing?


• What kind of a writer are you?


• What personal experiences, good and bad, have you had with writing?

3. There are varied opinions about writing. Visit http://www.quotegarden.com/writing.htm

and locate a quotation that you feel best defines your idea of writing.

4. Explain your quotation to the others at your table.

5. This quotation will be the focus of your first compostion for this course.

Homework

1. Write the first draft of your paper. The purpose of this paper is for you to introduce yourself to me by telling me what you think about writing. Include a personal example.

2. Consider this an invitation to write. Do not worry about form at this point in time.

3. Bring a paper copy of your writing to class on Thursday. You may or may not be finished, but bring at least one typed page - double spaced. We will do more work on this on Thursday.

4. Just write!