"the story of 1103"
UWRT 1103 is full of fun activities, intriguing assignments, and a lot of hard work. Throughout the semester I have written three papers, numerous blog posts, and now I have created a website. The following narrative is about my UWRT experience.
The very first day of class was about trying to understand who you are because if you don't know yourself you wont be able to write in a way that is unique to you. This was an important step because it caused people to take a second look at themselves and allowed them to describe who they think they are. Once we figured out who we were, we focused on broadening our understanding of writing and learning how to write better. At this point, we learned about Metacognition, Defamiliarization, and Problematizing. These concepts were what drove our future writing in the class; I started to really think about what I thinking about. I started to turn something familiar and making it strange.
A good portion of the semester focused on literacy. I thought that this was a very limited topic and that it only pertained to writing, boy was I wrong; we learned that literacy deals with everything you do. You are literate in walking, talking, driving, sleeping, and maybe playing an instrument. This was when I realized how this class was going to be; this was when I stared to like the class. I actually enjoyed writing a paper for a change; usually I was told what to write about or was just told to write about anything. In UWRT, you are given a topic and you make of it what you want. There are some guidelines but for the most part it is all about what you want to write about. In class we were given numerous opportunities to grow our ideas and collaborate with our peers.
The conversational aspect of the class was probably the most helpful. Not everyone always talked, but we were put in a very relaxed classroom setting. Toward the midpoint of the semester, we were grouped with people that had somewhat similar inquiry papers. This was very effective because it allowed you to collaborate with people who could help us the most with our topic. Our professor also contributed to the conversational aspect of the class; she was very helpful and approachable as well. She was willing to meet with us about our papers and was eager to help when we needed it.
The very first day of class was about trying to understand who you are because if you don't know yourself you wont be able to write in a way that is unique to you. This was an important step because it caused people to take a second look at themselves and allowed them to describe who they think they are. Once we figured out who we were, we focused on broadening our understanding of writing and learning how to write better. At this point, we learned about Metacognition, Defamiliarization, and Problematizing. These concepts were what drove our future writing in the class; I started to really think about what I thinking about. I started to turn something familiar and making it strange.
A good portion of the semester focused on literacy. I thought that this was a very limited topic and that it only pertained to writing, boy was I wrong; we learned that literacy deals with everything you do. You are literate in walking, talking, driving, sleeping, and maybe playing an instrument. This was when I realized how this class was going to be; this was when I stared to like the class. I actually enjoyed writing a paper for a change; usually I was told what to write about or was just told to write about anything. In UWRT, you are given a topic and you make of it what you want. There are some guidelines but for the most part it is all about what you want to write about. In class we were given numerous opportunities to grow our ideas and collaborate with our peers.
The conversational aspect of the class was probably the most helpful. Not everyone always talked, but we were put in a very relaxed classroom setting. Toward the midpoint of the semester, we were grouped with people that had somewhat similar inquiry papers. This was very effective because it allowed you to collaborate with people who could help us the most with our topic. Our professor also contributed to the conversational aspect of the class; she was very helpful and approachable as well. She was willing to meet with us about our papers and was eager to help when we needed it.