Dear Students, Please write your last “Dear Will” letter. Below are some of prompts that you might use in your letter. You are required to use our course name (English 112+section number),  the date (5/10/07) and please remember to use your signature at the end of the letter.  You will write a letter in which you evaluate the course, the professor, and your relationship to English 112 as a student and writer. Your letter can be as formal or informal as you wish, but please try to offer thoughtful, specific, and powerful writing. To safeguard your critical thinking and to promote your candor, your letter will be opened and read after grades are submitted. If we’ve learned nothing else, we have at least practiced the idea that when writing is true it is most effective. I truly appreciate your last “assigned” words offer my thanks for a great term!  (I’ll miss you !)

I PLEASE COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THESE CLASS ELEMENTS:

What did you think about the 3 main writing assignments and how they were divided into three stages each? What did you think about in-class writing and research? Were lectures, discussions, videos, class links, and class activities were helpful? What did you think of building your own class notebook? Were readings, peer responses, texts, handouts, home page, class message board, chats, library instruction and conferences with your instructor useful resources for you to learn to improve your writing?

II PLEASE COMMENT ON WILL’S TEACHING

Were the course materials and professor’s activity adequate for your learning needs? Did you see value in class instruction? Your critical and/or creative thinking are valued by your teacher. What did you think about feedback on your writing from the professor? Did you have conferences with the professor? What did you think the letters and writing comments to and from your professor help? Can you suggest alternatives ways of responding to your writing that you would have preferred? Did your writing professor do anything “extra” or “less-than” what you’d expect? How is he like or unlike other SCSU professors you know.

III PLEASE COMMENT ON YOUR WORK AS A WRITER IN THE CLASS AND ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE CLASS   

How has your writing changed? What have you discovered? What surprised you? What was fun? Did you get good feedback from other students? Did you learn to offer more effective help to others? What was difficult? What will you continue doing? What will you be glad to never do again? Did you work hard? What would have made you work harder? Why were you interested (or not) in the learning challenges of our writing community? Were class activities enjoyable for you overall?

IV PLEASE COMMENT ON THE COURSE

What elements of the course best addressed your learning needs? Did you enjoy the challenge to write creatively, to respond to other’s writing, and to learn about the craft of poetry and fiction writing? Did you enjoy the guidance given to learn about academic writing and research? Which aspect of the course did you like best and why? Which aspect of the course did you like least and why? What aspects of the course would you like to see dropped or changed for students in future English 112 classes? Finally, knowing what you know now, would you take this course if it wasn’t required?

V PLEASE COMMENT ON HOW COURSE & PROFESSOR COMPARE WITH OTHERS AT SCSU AND ON ANYTHING ELSE YOU’D LIKE TO MENTION