Welcome to English 101! For most if not all of you, this is your first semester in college, and your first college writing class. That can be intimidating! You’ve probably heard lots of rumors about what English 101 is like. Maybe you’re excited, maybe you’re worried, and maybe you just want to get it over with. All of those things are okay.

Instead of using Blackboard, I will be posting most of our class information, assignments, and readings on this website. Only your grades will live on Blackboard. Why? Because you will also be able to post content to our site, which makes our classroom environment more collaborative and enables you to get some practice using WordPress if you haven’t used it before.

What is on this website?

Right now, you can find our course policies under the “Syllabus” tab, and the calendar with all assignments and readings for the semester under the “Course Schedule” tab.  More will be added as we study writing and rhetoric together!

What do you need to do?

Click around, familiarize yourself with the layout of the website and where to find different things. Look at the course calendar. Write down any questions you have so that you remember to ask them later. Buy the books for this class if you haven’t already. Adjust your sleep schedule to get ready for our 8:00 meeting time. Enjoy your last few days of summer.

It will also be helpful to bookmark this site for easy access!

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