Cassie Miura (top) and Alison Cardinal teaching

Here are just some of the assignments and readings that faculty teaching FYW use to help students realize our course learning goals:

Assignments

Two common assignments in our FYW courses: 

  • Literacy narrative or reflective critical essay
  • Research or argument essay

Readings

Some of the readings commonly assigned: 

  • "They Say, I Say": The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing
  • Essays by Gloria Anzaldua and Amy Tan
  • The Academic Writer