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Welcome to CompPost

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 …

Student Writing Award Winners, 2017-2018

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 …

Welcome Back

  While we’ve been in session for a few weeks by the time you read this post, we have just entered the fall season. Soon leaves will be changing colors, and then falling, and we’ll …

An Acting Teacher in a Composition Classroom

  By Scott Harman After two decades of working in professional and educational theatre, I have learned how to be comfortable in uncomfortable situations. I have performed Shakespeare without rehearsing with my scene partners. I …

Making Time for Classroom Community

Community is central to the philosophy of English 100. Small class sizes, peer review, and student conferences are all pieces of the curriculum that aim to create spaces for students and instructors where everyone feels …