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fantastic prof; very very fair marker.

I am not a huge fan of hers. was pretty boring and she was a really hard marker I found. you must attend class and get involved as there are participation marks. bring your book or she will get mad. if you can relate or make connections to religion concepts in your essays do it as she is fond of that type of subject.

A little bit on the boring side, but a very fair marker. She offers great feedback and tries very hard to engage the class in discussions.

Overall a good teacher, nice and helpful. Tries to get the class to participate but won't single anybody out either. Emails out all the powerpoints but you still have to make notes on class discussions. Only homework is to read, plus two hand in essays. Bring texts to every class. Attendance mandatory as each class is usually on a different story

Never liked English much, being in her class didn't make it any better. She knows her stuff but you must be sincerely interested in English literature to enjoy this class.

Nice, relatively reasonable prof. Explains what she wants on the essays fairly well and usually you can get good points from what she talks about in class. Tends to really nitpick at the way you word things in papers. Expects you come to every class or otherwise just get the notes off other people. You can get an extension on an essay if you ask.

Great prof, very nice lady. Have respect for yourself by doing the work and have respect for others while participating in class and you will get a good grade. She offers CSL (look it up) in many of her classes which is a fabulous opportunity. And she loves when students go to her office and ask questions, she happily helped me with my paper.

Must attend lectures since she gives a participation grade and they are full of essay ideas. Will help you before/after class or in her office. Tells you format of midterm+final, and it was easy to guess the topics. Gives good feedback and will give/expand more if you ask. Will extend a deadline for you as well.

This is definitely a course you have to be interested in prior to enrolling, but Professor Woodman teaches it well. Going to class is pretty important and she is always willing to help you with any assignment. Fairly easy marker; I'd recommend taking a class with her!

Dr. Woodman is an extremely nice lady and a good prof! She's definitely willing to go over anything and everything if you need clarification. However, maybe it's because I had such high hopes, but I feel as though she could've taught this class a little differently. Regardless, she's fantastic and I definitely do recommend her!

Professor Woodman is very approachable and accommodating, and she's also a very fair marker. While she assigned a lot of projects and expected lots of hard work, her teaching style made the class less stressful than it could have been. I recommend this prof!

Dr. Woodman is a very approachable and helpful instructor. Her grading is fair and she gives lots of room for students to improve their writing.

Dr. Woodman is very passionate about the works she assigns her class, making her lectures always interesting. She really works on improving your writing and gives constructive feedback. She also quite enjoys hearing new interpretations of the texts. By far one of the best classes I ever took.

Dr. Woodman was fantastic! She explained complex concepts in a way that was easy to understand. I really learned a lot in her class. The readings were actually interesting, which generated lively class discussions. Would highly recommend.

She is the most sincere helpful prof. I found her to be really understanding and helpful. She is a great fair marker and gives great tips on how to write a paper. Her lectures are straightforward also. Very happy with her.

Awesome prof. I really enjoyed this class and its content. I think it's one of the few classes at university I've actually learnt something applicable to the real world. There is a CSL (community service learning) component to this class, and I would recommend taking it (if time schedule allows).

Easy marker, explains everything in detail, willing to help if asked.

Loved Woodman's class! (Also had her for Engl 123) and she was great both classes! Very very helpful if you go and see her regarding your papers, so if you want to do well don't be afraid to go and see her, she will help! Also, participate in class as she will see that you are trying. Her Women Studies class- amazing! a lot of interesting topics!

The class involves a group poster project, which is clear cut and an excellent chance to make friends in the class. The readings are long, and the tests are hard but as long as you take notes in class it's not too bad. She's an excellent lecturer and makes things easy to understand. Gives good feedback, and is very passionate about the subject.

If you attend class, take detailed notes and ask her any questions regarding the material, you will do well. She provides great feedback and really helps improve analysis skills. Tough grader but with effort put into papers you can do well.

She was a really good prof as she allowed you to improve on your writing significantly. She's helped me tremendously and is a very fair marker. Will justify all her grades.

Loved this prof, actually made me like English. There was a lot of material, but it was paced perfectly with lots of feedback, asked or unasked, from Dr. Woodman. All assignments were also very clear and she seemed sincerely concerned about student welfare. Recommended.

Lots of easy marks like attendance, peer reviews, participation. CSL component is really helpful and I would recommend it, and she also assigns you shorter papers if you do it. If you go to her with a rough draft of an essay she really helps you out and tells you what she needs. Discussions are full of essay topics and texts are very interesting

Prof. Woodman is a fair professor who delivers interesting lectures. Her feedback on essays is informative and geared towards pointing out improvements. Her grading criteria are straightforward and she leads class discussions well. Office hours can be helpful for feedback.

She is great for English 103 so far. Her lectures are interesting and she is passionate about the subject, and there is minor assignments that build up to final project. Leads interesting discussions and is very nice and helpful with papers during office hours. Only minor issue is that she sometimes goes 1-2 minutes over time. She is great so far!

Dorothy was great. Very nice lady and had interesting classes. Fair marker and if you go to her office hours, she tells you what she wants in your writing.

Dorothy was a very friendly lady, class discussions helped us understand the literature and helped for essay writing. Would definitely recommend her for future first-year students.

Dorothy was great for 123 last year. Helped a lot in her office hours and was willing to leave lots of comments on your work to help your grade.

Dorothy was wonderful for 103 this fall. She had interesting class discussions and assignments all led up to the final research project that was due in the end (no final). Her office hours were quite helpful, she tells you what she wants. Relatively easy marker and gives lots of helpful comments and feedback on your work. Would take again!

Dorothy is amazing! She is a great lecturer and has many connections with the course topic (Healing/Illness), and is passionate about the texts shown in class. Has several easy assignments that build up to final research paper (no final ). Very fair and easy marker, and is always willing to tell you what she wants in your paper during office hours.

An amazing first year English professor. Gives very long and detailed, helpful comments for essays. Very lax on marking papers as long as you meet the grading criteria. Interesting topic and discussion. CSL is helpful. However she has a tendency to ramble on about things in lectures, and didn't teach us enough about MLA citations.

Dorothy is great, she is passionate about what she teaches in class, leads good and interesting class discussions, and is always willing to help you and tell you what she wants in your papers at her office. She is a fair and easy marker and I would definitely recommend her for first year students.

Dorothy is a very good, approachable, and interesting prof and very good for first year students. She is always willing to help with your papers at her office and is definitely an easy marker. Would recommend her for first-year English classes.

Great professor and an easy class. She is a very easy marker.

Great professor! Makes 8 AM English classes a little bit less horrible. She is an easy marker and what she expects in your assignments is clear. Would definitely recommend.

WOODMAN is the best!! Her lectures are interesting & engaging. She rewards those who put in the work (attendance & participation is accounted for). Dorothy is an easy marker-- her office hours are SO helpful. Do CSL, it was worth it. The easiest A ever!

Dorothy was awesome! Very passionate about the material presented in class, and helped a lot with your papers in her office hours. She is a very friendly and kind lady, and an easy marker. Would definitely recommend her as a first year English prof!

Dr. Woodman was great - her lectures are interesting (although they can veer off course a bit sometimes), but she was very accessible for office hours and definitely puts in the effort to make sure we're all comfortable with the assignments. Definitely a fair marker and gives good feedback.

Had her for Race and Gender in Comic Books and had an amazing time. The course load was pretty heavy for a spring course, but it's definitely worth it in my opinion. Dorothy is an excellent prof and is great at critical analysis. She's also very helpful outside of class and is very understanding (gave our class a couple of extensions). Love her!

I love taking Dorothy'a classes, I find her style to be collaborative, interesting, and engaging. I am currently taking Ethics with her, unfortunately the class doesn't always engage. She's very knowledgeable, professional, and cares about student success. She grades fairly and always gives you detailed feedback when you request it. 100/100

Professor Woodman is fantastic! She cares about her students, is thoughtful and engaging. She expects what most English profs do in your writing. She is a tough but fair marker and if you use her feedback (which is clear btw), for your next paper you are sure to do well. Love the variety of reading material. Be sure to show up for class.

Overall, she is a very caring and respectful prof. We discussed a broad variety of texts and the class was interesting. Marks generously for in-class assignments but is very demanding for take-homes. Downsides are that she'll dock marks without explanation, she expects us to share her opinions in essays and she grades participation harshly.

Easy grader, and she really cares about her students. She is very transparent, and encourages you to see her in her office hours if you have trouble understanding. She is one of those teachers that you will respect, and remember for a long time. Essay writing, will improve as long as you see her in her office hours. She is willing to help.

As a science student, I was quite intimidated by the prospect of taking an english class. Dr. Woodman makes the class very accessible. She is collected, wise and is not in any way arrogant or pretentious. She wants you to succeed and will help you along the way. However she can sometimes talk for a very long time.

Dorothy is amazing and is one of the best profs I've had in University. She does mark quite hard but gives great feedback and allows for a lot of growth in her class. If you need help just go to her, she really cares about her students! I will be taking another class with her as I believe she's made me a better writer and she's just great!

You are graded on participation and how often you show up to class. Your mark depends on how you write, you will either get a good mark or a bad mark depending on writing style. Very nice, very willing to help students. However, feedback on marking is not always clear and has very little detail.

All of the assignments are basically a build up to your final assignment, your research paper. Sometimes, corrections are unclear and she may be somewhat demanding, but still very understanding. You can tell she is genuinely a good person and truly cares. Would recommend to other first year science kids who are intimidated by english classes.

Personally, I was a big fan of Dorothy's, but I'm an English major. I don't think someone with no interest in English would enjoy this course, and I don't think it is fit to be a first year course either. All coursework pretty much leads to a final essay on the topic of your choice. Very enthusiastic, but a hard marker. Use her office hours.

A very solid professor for English 103. She has participation marks that are based on class participation and attendance. The only bad thing about her is that her comments on assignments tend to be very vague and will make it seem like your assignment is extremely good even though she doesn't give you that good of a mark.

A really kind, caring prof who seems to genuinely want her students to succeed and has a real passion for the course topic. She tries to make the class meaningful and explores the deeper significance in texts.

Hard marker, but her feedback can be useful. She has a very specific writing style that you need to follow or else you will get a bad mark. I got a C+ on my first essay and had to completely change my writing style to bring myself back up. Also, your participation mark is based almost completely on attendance so don't miss more than 2 classes.

Dorothy is an extremely passionate prof. This was her first time teaching this course, and I must say that she did a great job. She encourages class participation and takes attendance. Really hard marker, but gives good feedback. Gave us the final ahead of time to better prepare us for it, which shows just how much she tries to help her students.

Really good prof, but a hard marker. She's really knowledgeable and has really good ideas, but she marks really hard on essays.

dorothy was so sweet and really kept the class engaged, she was super easy to talk to and was available for help always! kind of a heavy marker with unclear criteria, but if you talk it out with her you'll understand what she's going for. you need the books, and you need to show up. her final was super easy and the reading quizzes were even better.

Excellent English instructor. Assigns phenomenal readings and steers clear of outdated works (ie. Atwood). Lectures are engaging, with lots of opportunities to further and expand on the materials; cynicism is welcomed. Coursepack is affordable and well organized. A rubric for quizzes would be helpful. Fantastic course, would take again.

She covers interesting topics her course pack and she's very nice. She's a relatively easy marker on papers and quizzes. Keep an eye on eclass because sometimes she doesn't remind you before quizzes.

Amazing prof! I got my first A+ in her class! Participation really matters to her. She is very caring and gives great feedback. She is definitely not an easy marker but she makes her expectations clear and was very helpful during office hours to discuss assignments.

she's my favorite prof, just brilliant. always willing to help and is patient. doesn't force anyone to participate - its up to you, so i always felt prepared. although i did present once in class because nobody in my group wanted to and i did pretty badly, but she didnt make me feel dumb. incredible lectures, sometimes run a bit late

Dorothy was a very caring professor and would always give a hand if you went to her office hours about an essay or assignment. Her readings were interesting and keep you engaged throughout the course. I would recommend her if you are taking a first year English course.

Woodsman is a great professor for first year courses. She was very willing, and open to helping students. Multiple times during the semester she extended deadlines to help students. Her assignments were fairly standard, and I felt all critiques were fair. She also chose great and interesting texts. Her only flaw may be that her lectures were basic.

Professor Woodman is very caring and understanding. She extended deadlines a couple times as many students asked for extensions. No final exam, just another paper. All the novels were graphic novels. Our sync classes all had discussions. Overall pretty easygoing but had 4 writing assignments, for the most part they built off each other.

Dr. Woodman is such a delightful woman. Very sweet and super understanding- if she makes a mistake with explaining an assignment or a due date she never takes it out on the students. Very manageable reading and fair marking. Teaches you all the fundamental skills you need and marks in good time. 5 assignments so non is worth too much.

Her lectures were very boring, and very little of what she said actually mattered for the tests. The required textbook was useless. She graded somewhat tough on the oral presentations, but fairly light on everything else. She is super understanding for things like sickness, and common human error. Would take her class again.

Dorothy is the goat. there was a lot of reading but I think that comes with the class. she was always accessible after class, answered emails quick, and was always willing to set up a meeting to discuss your marks/ how to improve. also group activities every few classes so choose where you sit wisely, and don't skip class!

Lots of reading but less compared to some other classes. Group work almost every day. Lectures themselves are a bit dull, but you can get by without them as long as you go over the slides. Start writing assignments early and she will provide lots of feedback. You can always discuss your marks with her if you have concerns.

At first I didn't like her lectures, to be real. She's a very challenging Prof, and I'm saying this in a positive light now. The assignments require genuine reading and her expectations of us as students are understandably high. Thanks to her, my ability to write a critical analytical essay improved significantly. Take her class if you want to grow

Friendly and very approachable so don't be scared to ask questions. If you need an extension she is willing to give one if its a good reason why. My only thing is that she takes attendance, and has a participation grade though if you raise your hand every once in a while you should be okay.

I really enjoyed this class! Prof Woodman was very understanding about illnesses and extensions, and her feedback was helpful so I knew how to improve. The readings were interesting and the grading was spread out throughout the year, so nothing weighted very heavily was right at the start. Would recommend!

I loved Dr. Woodman. Her feedback was very helpful and the selection of books we read for this term were so much fun. I would recommend taking this class with her if it is offered again in the future!

I really enjoyed her spring class. Great course material, manageable course load. If you like English you'll enjoy this class!

Dr Woodman is extremely caring and kind to her students and always has their best interests at heart. Beware, this class has a ton of content and readings to complete and is very heavy on small group discussions in class. Fair grader for assignments, I enjoyed how sweet she is, she wants us to succeed! Lectures can get dry. Replies fast to emails.

Lecture and discussion heavy class. Make sure to check the syllabus, she requires you to email if you miss class but participation grade is a free A (worth 10%) if you raise your hand a few times/go to office hours. Marks hard on essays but does give free 100s on small assignments to raise grades. Covers lots of texts (~15) but some are shorter.

Overall, a great English prof. Participation is important but as long as you show up to class you'll get a good participation grade. Gives good feedback on work to help you improve on upcoming essays and has a few assignments that are just graded for completion to boost your grade.

I really enjoyed this class! Not even the biggest fan of english and was pleasantly surprised. Covers a lot of texts and can mark hard in essays, but like others have said there's a few mark boosters thrown in there. Very participation heavy class, had group discussions almost every lecture

Wonderful professor. Easy workload, yet simultaneously manages to inspire a love for the material she covers. I also highly respect how often she ties the class content to real life situations like the oppression of Palestinians, colonization of indigenous people in NA, etc.