I feel like I might have gotten really lucky and gotten a good group. I tried tweaking how I do the first day because of our conversation at TA Camp. Usually I do the syllabus and then the icebreaker, but I switched it and there was a noticeable difference in how talkative the students were. Live and learn! The first 50 minutes was the icebreaker. The students interview a partner and then introduce that person to us. At the end the entire class is invited to interview me.
Then we went over the syllabus and broke for the day.
Here's the icebreaker:
· Icebreaker: What Name, year, major, place you were born, place you would most like to live, where do you want to be in 5 years? What was your favorite subject, why? Least why? Best writing experience? Worst? Best thing you’ve ever read. What do you know about writing? How do you know this? What don’t you know but would like to?
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