This document provides instructions for students in Writing IV courses 1A and 1C on completing their final writing task of composing advice for future students. It explains that students should write a multi-paragraph essay responding to prompts about predicting challenges and opportunities in Writing III and IV, advice for those courses, and closing remarks. The essay must be posted as a comment on the designated Writing Studio Blog post by the specified deadline. The document aims to guide students through planning, writing, and submitting their final exam response.

1. The Writing Studio:
Writing IV, 1A & 1C
Final writing task: Advice for
repeaters and successors –
January 30, 2013

2. How does this work?
● The final exam for Writing IV calls for you
to prepare, compose, and post advice for
repeaters and successors.
○ This slideshow explains the exam, and
presents foci for preparing written advice.
■ You will need to post your advice in individual
comments on posts earmarked for them, on the
Writing Studio Blog (WSBlog).
● You should post only once.
○ Please read all of these slides carefully and
completely before you begin to write.

3. General instructions (1)
● Read all instructions
completely before
you begin writing;
○ Follow all instructions
carefully.
● Plan, organize, and
draft your written
responses carefully;
○ Use the Foci for
Advice map and the
four slides following it
as a guide.
● Compose paragraphlength (multiple
sentence) responses
to at least the first
three of the four
items.
● Respond as
completely and write
as accurately as
possible in the time
allowed (one hour).

4. General instructions (2)
● Combine your
● Post your essay in a
responses in a short
multi-paragraph
essay.
● Finish your essay in
time to double-check
and correct both
grammar and
spelling,
○ before you post it.
comment on the
Writing Studio Blog,
according to the
instructions for your
class (slide 10).
● Report any technical
problems to your
instructor
immediately.

5. Foci for Advice

6. 1. Predictions: Challenges and
opportunities for learning
● Realistic expectations can smooth the
transition from Writing I-II (1st year) to
Writing III-IV (2nd year).
○ Think back to when you entered Writing IIIIV. Consider expectations you had – about
both courses – that either matched what
happened, or did not.
■ Use your experience to predict in general, for
repeaters and successors, what to expect in the
way of challenges and opportunities in 2nd year
writing courses.

7. 2. Advice re: Writing III
● Responding
●
proactively to
learning challenges
takes forethought
and gumption.
○ Information and
suggestions from
predecessors can
help.
■ "Forewarned is
forearmed" (Tucker,
1768, [n.p.]).
Think back again to
challenges you faced
and opportunities you
had in Writing III.
○ What steps do you
suggest that students
take in Writing III next
year to:
■ Meet similar
challenges, and
■ Take full advantage
of available
opportunities?

8. 3. Advice re: Writing IV
● Responding
●
proactively to
learning challenges
takes forethought
and gumption.
○ Information and
suggestions from
predecessors can
help.
■ "Forewarned is
forearmed" (Tucker,
1768, [n.p.]).
Think back again to
challenges you faced
and opportunities you
had in Writing IV.
○ What steps do you
suggest that students
take in Writing IV
next year to:
■ Meet similar
challenges, and
■ Take full advantage
of available
opportunities?

9. 4. Reminders: Closing remarks
● In closing, please sum up what you've
written in responses for items 1-3.
● Remind your audience in general:
○ What to expect in Writing III-IV, both
■ Challenges, and
■ Opportunities;
○ What steps to take in order to:
■ Meet foreseeable or similar challenges, and
■ Make the most of available opportunities in
Writing III-IV.

10. Instructions for posting essays in
comments on the WSBlog
If you are in Writing IV,
section 1A, please post
your essay in a single
comment on the
WSBlog post entitled:
If you are in Writing IV,
section 1C, please post
your essay in a single
comment on the
WSBlog post entitled:
● KGUW_3-4_12-13_1A:
Advice from §1A
● KGUW_3-4_12-13_1C:
Advice from §1C
○ No later than 10:30:
00 sharp.
○ No later than 12:00:
00 sharp.

11. The Writing Studio:
Writing IV, 1A & 1C
Thank you for your
participation!