Assignment 1: "My Learning Yearning"

The first assignment for Advanced Writing 1 is drawn from Chapter 1.

In this Chapter Patrick Chamiseau told a story about how he yearned to learn how to write. What you need to do is write and essay of about 350 words in which you tell about what you yearn to learn while here at KAIST and why. Use storytelling to show how you decided you needed to learn this thing. Use conversations whenever you want to make an important point more memorable.

If you can, see how you go following the writing steps highlighted in Chapter 1, namely:

Before you write

1. brainstorm for a topic using tools like spidergrams and pie charts (see page 4).

2. develop an essay plan (see page 15).

3. budget you time (see page 16).

After you write

1. revise your draft (see page 18).

2. put your draft up for peer review (see page 18).

4. rewrite (see page 19).

5. edit (see page 20).

For some extra reading you can have a look at the following articles:

spidergrams & mindmapping
essay planning
peer reviews