This course will be conducted in the style of a writer's workshop. Students will write a series of formal essays, and receive feedback from the teacher and other students. This class has a lot of homework. There will be weekly short readings, followed by in-class quizzes and conversation practice. Students are asked to write about their lives, and to provide analysis of the writing of classmates. There is in-class writing every week. Please be prepared to write a lot on SFC Moodle. This class also asks you to speak a lot, and read a lot.