MS. GIFFORD IS GREAT, SHE'S NICE N HELPS YOU WITH YOUR WRITING INSTEAD OF CRITICXING YOU, I WOULD DEF TAKE ANOTHER CLASS WITH HER.

Ms. Gifford is a terrific teacher. She is friendly and helpful, and her lectures are clear and concise. As for the first student who gave her such low ratings...perhaps your remarks would be more meaningful if you were at least semi-literate.

No Comments

great teacher, talks about her life a lot, especially about drinking, very helpful...recommend taking her class

I hate english but she made it fun and relatively easy. Highly recommended. If you can take her, do it.

Very helpful, and made the class interesting. If I had more English classes to take, I would definitely take another class from her.

No Comments

I took this teacher three times. ENC1101, ENC1102, and ENC3213. I enjoyed her all three times. I thought she was such a good teacher. I wish she taught more classes!! I tell everybody to take classes with her.

Supereasy, I had already read everything she assigned. But, still it was nice, she was nice and understanding to situations....

She's a wonderful professor; makes everything really easy & fun. She's also very helpful when giving advice to future writers. I loved some of her assignments!

Sheryl takes attendance for every class meeting. Memos are due each class and she throws in an oral presentation at the end of the course. If you like to miss classes she might not be the professor for you. Assignments are laid out from the very beginning. She has a late policy, but does not always take points off for late work.

Good Teacher. Best english teacher ever!

Such a nice professor! She takes attendance at the beginning of each class. She's very understanding and helpful. She really prepares you for assignments and exams. Extremely interesting and smart. Highly recommend her if you are someone who goes to class, if not find a professor who doesn't take attendance.

She is too easy! It takes her like forever to grade papers. She barely comes to class. Too easy!

good teacher

Professor Gifford was amaziiinnnng! So nice, and extremly interested in the subject. Always fun to talk to, and very sweet. Loved her soo much taking her writing for managment class next semester even though its an elective.

Very nice and enthusiatic.Makes class fun and interesting which makes it a lot easier.Knows her stuff and knows how to communicate effectively.

She's a great teacher! Really nice, and sympathetic about student schedules/deadlines. I would highly recommend her, she was one of my best teachers this semester!

Nice, easy, gives away the A's like they grow on tree's, but if you're looking for an education - skip her. She may be decent for other English classes but she has no business teaching Business Communications course which is what I took. Also, consistently unprepared and pretty flaky.

Such a nice person! She is very understanding and will let you make up work that you have missed. She loves students in the arts. She often has to cancel her office hours but is willing to make an apointment anyway. very understanding and very helpful!

Good teacher but topic for paper are not so interested.soemof them but sh eis helpful

She is a great teacher. extremely helpful and understandable. She helps the students to understand what they read. Enjoyed the class!

she is very helpful. she give alot of asignment but it helps at the end. you have attend her class. i got an a- in her class. also do not hesistate to go to her office hours if you do not understand something.

she talks way too much about her personal life. very feminist. has a quiz on pretty much every chapter, but she'll give yu the answers right before you take it. has you write alot of papers that you'll never receive grades for. everyone ended up with an A. take her!

People, this is so simple. Attend class, read the book, and work hard on the writing assingments. That's it! Not sure about what some of the other are saying - she is organized and prepared for every class. And she didn't miss one class. A Great Instructor!

she's very knowledgeable about the materials & approachable when you need help, but prepare for alot of assignments and writing! she is perfectly clear about her expectations on assignments and as long as you follow them, you will pass the course. strength of your papers/argument will determine your grade- she is a challenge.

Amazing teacher if u need help! A lot of assignments but she gives such great explanations and also will read her emails constatntly to make sure her students aren't struggling. Take her if u are serious about school because she will impact your knowledge grreatly! I wish she taught a wider variety of classes so I could take her again!

I am not an english major and far from it. In professor Giffords class, if you attend, you learn to write for the future not just her class. Very easy and fair if you GO to class and write something acceptable not crap on paper. The post below is nuts and should not be accounted for. the kid is mad he got an F.

Take this professor. She is crystal clear. The only subject that was a little difficult was "you attitude." I highly recommend her.

Dr. Gifford is an excellent professor. She is very knowledgeable. Thanks to her instruction my professional written communication has improved . Her grading criteria is clear. Grades are mostly based on rewrites. If you follow the assignment instructions and heed her comments from the ungraded drafts, you will receive a good grade.

Good class and teacher

Ms Gifford is the best teacher I have had since I started at FAU. She is well prepared and takes great interest in her students. You have to work hard and complete your assignments but it will be worth it.I highly recommend her if you are serious about college.

Easy as hell...lots of breaks

Gifford was an OK professor. She grades pretty hard so if you're not good at writing, get some help. I did. Attendance is mandatory, you sign in at the beginning of class. We had 3 writing assignments (there was supposed to be 4), about 8 reading responses, and a presentation. It wasn't too bad, so if you have to take LIT2010, she's ok to take.

I loved her! Just finished her class for Interp. of Fiction and could not have chosen a better professor! She is incredibly helpful and if you ask her for help on papers, she gives you great ideas to work with. She's really nice and friendly and allows you to make up assignments if you tell her in advance you won't be in class to turn them in!

Extremely caring about her students and passionate about poetry. I had her for Interpretation of Poetry. she gives plenty of helpful input on papers and is open to suggestions on covering material that the class is interested in. Class discussions are extremely interesting. attendance is required and the textbook(very cheap)is definitely necessary.

great professor helps with everything take her great with feed back amazing all around

Please take her if you can. She made writing so much fun. She offered lots of helps on your papers.She wants everyone to succeed in her class. she often go above and beyond for her students. The best English teacher I had!

Class seems overwhelming but it's not only 4 papers if you take it in her 6 week summer class. I got a B+ and did everything the night before. She is super nice and sweet just me it look like you care and you will do amazing just but little effort in.

Dr. Gifford is one of FAU's better teachers. She is very approachable and clear. There were no tests, only a group project which was not so bad. There are a couple of reader-response assignments and an 8 page paper at the end of the semester. It was a very interesting class and if you have to take it, you will not regret taking her class.

Absolutely love Dr. Gifford. She is such a nice and helpful professor. I had no problems with her and she explains papers so clearly. Her essays for 1101 only had to 3 pages long. She is there to help if needed. Attendance is a major part of your grade so GO TO CLASS.

Take advantage of the peer reviews. She helps comes up with ideas for the topics. Papers are only 3 pages long but they make you think.

Shes a very nice lady who likes to crack some semi-funny jokes. She is not a tough grader and is always willing to help, especially if you go to office hours. Class just consists of peer reviews which is fairly simple.

I really enjoyed her class! I undertood her teaching style, she was clear in her directoins and she helped me become a better writer overall. She does asign a lot of papers but she grades quite easy in my opinion. I would take her again.

She is willing to work with you and helps you. The class is paper based and make sure to do them and use the criticism to improve your writing.

I absolutely loved her. Her lectures were interesting and I actually enjoyed going to class. The down side is that there are quite a lot of papers assigned throughout the semester, however she does a good job with feedback in order to improve your grade. I did find that she can be a tough grader but if you put in effort you'll do fine. I got an A

I found this professor really inspiring. Poetry is a difficult subject and she handled it beautifully.

She really does care and understands student life! She is very relaxed and knows what shes talking about. A really sweet woman, highly recommended.

She genuinely enjoys teaching the wonders of poetry and helps as much as she can!! You have to go to class, though, especially on response days. She lets you have up to 4 absences before it starts to affect your grade.

Professor Gifford is an amazing teacher. If you are having difficulty and you voice it early on she will really work with you to better improve your grade. We were allowed revisions on outlines to improve grades. The final was a paper that we were given the prompt to a month before it was due. I would definitely take her again.

Okay professor. She grades very harshly and doesnt give clear instructions. She never puts anything in canvas not even midterm grades so you need to go to her office and schedule an appointment to see where you stand. She has two extra credit responses to help you out so show up to class do the work and you should at least get a B.

Overall she is a really sweet and caring woman and I did learn from her class. The class itself is not hard at all but she does give long prompts and a good amount of work. If anything, her class was just kind of quiet and boring but she was really nice :)

The teacher is respectful and matters what you think. The class is enjoyable if you actually enjoy poetry, but you learn a lot and the assignment really aren't as hard as you would think, I finished her assignments early and would just chill until next week because she had no lecture.

You get weekly discussion assignments, somewhere b/w 2-10 online assignments weekly, and 3-page drafts that are worth a majority of your grade. Tbh, she can be a pain in the ass at first, but she gives you extra credit opportunities and lets you make up one of your drafts near the end. Because of that, I went from a B to nearly 100% in the class.

Really nice professor. Easy class only consists of about 10 journal entries and 2 big papers.

I was scared to take this class, but she was actually caring and clear. She clearly outlined things she was looking for so you knew how to get a good grade. I had many questions, so I would email her or go after class, and she always gave good feedback. There are a lot of assignments though so I wouldn't call it a super easy class.

Only 4 essays throughout the semester to work on and minimal online quizzes through achieve. Her grading is amazing with feedback and suggestions for the next essay! Very lovely professor

As long as you do the work and peers reviews, you will pass. if you go to class you get extra points for participation and can get extra points for going to writing center for help.

One of the kindest teachers who truly cares about her students and is truly passionate about her job. She may give a lot of essays but the feedback she gives is amazing. She also gave so many chances for extra credit which you should take advantage of if you plan to take this teacher!

The class has a lot of assignments, but the professor provides clear guidelines and helpful feedback. While attendance is mandatory, I found the lectures valuable. For study prep, I used unstuck study along with the textbook and was able to do well in the class.