From the First-Year Writing Program at UW-Madison
By Amy Gaeta Everyone tells you that you will write tons in English 100, but few tell you how much you will feel. When I was a college freshman, I noticed some students were terrified by the all the new requirements: MLA format, weekly discussion posts, and nightly readings. Other students, myself included, were …
We are thrilled to announce the winners of English 100’s Student Writing Awards for 2017-2018. These compositions are student submitted and evaluated by a team of experienced English 100 instructors and administrators. We award compositions in four categories: Narrative, Informative, Critical, and Multimodal. The winning essays in the Narrative, Informative, and Critical categories are published …
Welcome to CompPost, the blog for the English 100 Program at UW-Madison. The purpose of CompPost is to create an ongoing, online learning community around first-year writing at UW-Madison and beyond. We are part of a dynamic teaching community focused on the teaching of writing. This blog will capture and contribute to our ongoing conversations, …