Standing Ovation

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Part 1) Hey there! I am currently a running start student attending Squalicum High and Whatcom. This is my first quarter attending Whatcom and so far it has been a great experience. I love the college’s atmosphere and all the new faces. I’m also currently searching for a job. Some things about me are that I was born in Walnut Creek, California, soon after moved to Washington and have been living here since. I love living in Bellingham! It’s a beautiful place I enjoy hiking with my dog and taking in all the beautiful sights to see. I’ve been snowboarding for a long time and love it! I love going up to Baker and being blown away by the beautiful mountains surrounding me, it never gets old. My perfect day would definitely consist of going up to baker and riding on a sunny day with fresh powder.
Part 2) Sadly, I would have to say texting is currently the most writing I do, since I’m not a big writer. I’m definitly not one of those people who are constantly clicking buttons on their phone, but I think it’s a good way to keep in touch with people!

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Welcome

Welcome to our Eng 100 Blog “Standing Ovation”! The title of this blog refers to the audience of active readers we are creating by sharing our academic writing for Eng 100 with a larger group of students, instructors, academics, and just about anybody who chooses to follow our blog! When you write and post your reader responses here (and, later, as you write your essays for the course), I encourage you to use this audience to conceptualize who you are writing for and, most important, how to communicate your ideas so that this group of academic readers and writers can easily follow your line of thinking. Think about it this way: What do you need to explain and articulate in order for the other bloggers to understand your response to the essays we’ve read in class? What does your audience need to know about those essays and the authors who wrote them? And how can you show your readers, in writing, which ideas you add to these “conversations” that take place in the texts we study?
As students of Eng 100, you will use this blog to begin conversations with other academic writers on campus (students and instructors alike). We become active readers of each other’s writing when we comment on posts here. And, best of all, we are using this space to share ideas! I encourage you to use this blog to further think through the topics and writing strategies you will be introduced to this quarter. As always, be sure to give credit to those people whose ideas you borrow for your own thinking and writing (you should do this in the blog by commenting on their post, but you will also be required to cite what you borrow from your peers/instructors if and when it winds up in your essays. More details on that later).
Finally, keep in mind that writing to and for this audience is a good way to prepare for the panel of readers (faculty at WCC) who will be reading and assessing your writing portfolio at the end of the quarter. I hope that as a large group of active readers, we can better prepare each other for this experience. But, in the meantime, let’s have fun with it!