A Guide to First-Year Writing at Grand Valley State University
Edition: 6
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 170
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A Guide to First-Year Writing at Grand Valley State University is meant to be the perfect asset to the first-year writing courses offered by the Department of Writing at Grand Valley State University. These courses are designed to build on and expand your writing, critical thinking, collaboration, and information literacy skills.
A Guide to First-Year Writing at Grand Valley State University:
- invites students into the community and celebrates student writing at all stages.
- explains shared course expectations for WRT 150.
- contains past students’ advice and A-level portfolios to guide revisions, class discussions, and overall course success.
Introduction
First-Year Writing Course Options
Overview of First-Year Writing
First-Year Writing Goals
How and Why We Write
Writing as a Process
Information Literacy and Academic Conversations
Documenting Sources
Avoiding Plagiarism
Focusing on Revision: One Student’s Process
University and Writing Department Policies
Required Passing Grade
Portfolio Submission Eligibility
Learning or Physical Disabilities
Attendance
Plagiarism
The First-Year Writing Portfolio
Characteristics of A, B, C, and D Portfolios
Grading in First-Year Writing
Process and Portfolio Grades
Portfolio Submission Guidelines
Portfolio Submission Eligibility
How Your Portfolio Will Be Graded
Semester-Long Evaluation
Midterm Evaluation
Grade Appeals
Portfolio Grading FAQ: Questions You Might Have
Resources for Student Writers at Grand Valley
Library Resources
Computer Classrooms
The Fred Meijer Center for Writing
Exemplary First-Year Writing Portfolios
Portfolio One by El Lowen
Perrenial
The Employment Problem
Attitudes Towards Obesity in Pediatric Healthcare
Portfolio Two by Natalie Feldpausch
Goosebumps and Stickers
The Solution to Smoothly Implementing Wind Turbines
Campus Ministry: A Community Built on Love
Portfolio Three by Kirsten Dykstra
Don’t Just Throw it Out
Support to Save a Life
The Beauty In the Soup
Exemplary Individual Essays
Eschew the Brew by Maximus Meehan
Rescuing Silent Voices by Mary Fergus
PAs: The Bridge Between Physical and Mental Health in Older Citizens of Rural Michigan by Emma Piasecki
Forgotten Atrocities: Unit 731 by Weston J. Kwiatek
The Importance of LGBTQ+ Education for All by Chad Steffes
A System Lacking Trust by Molly Mackey
A Friend Who Teaches by Gabrielle Worley
The Spiritual Social Contract by Cecelia Olson
The Trojan Horse of News Media by Tyler McCullough