English 1301

English 1302

“A WORLD IN YOUR EYE”

Essays from Freshman English Writing at Central Texas College

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Course Policies

Central Texas College has a diverse student population, and that diversity is expressed in the writing my students do in Composition I and II. Beginning with the 2006 spring semester at Central Texas College, I will choose student essays from my classes to publish on my web site. At the beginning of the semester, I tell my students that one of the last major assignments of the term is to choose the essay with the greatest potential or the essay they enjoyed writing the most and to revise that essay for possible publication. Submitted as an earlier assignment, the essay has been evaluated by peer groups and by myself and should therefore represent the student’s best work. Weaknesses may remain—in grammar or in development—but there will be strengths, as well, strengths that can best be measured by comparing each student’s earlier drafts with the final results.

Students in Composition I reflect on the effects of important events in their lives or the impact of places in which they have lived or visited. Others share the hardships of caring for disabled family members or of living a new life and of learning a new language in places far from home. Students in Composition II reflect on their responses to the literature they read. The richness of these experiences is truly satisfying and compelling.

Click on the links below to access the essays written during a particular semester. You can then read descriptions students have written about their goals and writing experiences before being further linked to individual essays.

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