By approaching writing as a process, instructors encourage students to avoid closure on a piece of writing before exploring its full possibilities. The goal is for students to become personally invested in their work. By demystifying the elements of writing, instructors help students develop the confidence to take risks and challenge themselves. Level 1 students use the writing process to accomplish three projects:

1. a poem,
2. a nonfiction narrative, and
3. a fictional narrative.

For each project, students complete one assignment for each of the writing process' three stages:

1. prewriting to discover an idea,
2. drafting to see what you have to say about that idea, and
3. revising to express that idea to readers.

Students also write an autobiographical sketch. As they write each assignment, students apply their instructor's extensive comments about the previous assignment. Exchanging letters with the instructor about the experience of writing and about each others' comments on the assignments is an important part of the instructorial.

Sample Assignment 

Time Required:

• 2 hours weekly for 20 week sessions (Fall & Early Spring)
• 3.5 hours weekly for 12-week session (Early Summer)

• 1.5 hours Monday - Friday during 6-week session (Intensive Midsummer)

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• 4 hours per assignment (9-month Flexi-paced)

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Course Code: ema1