By far, one of the best professors at UCLA! Writing is not my strongest suit but I'm glad to have taken this class with Professor Martinez. His live and welcoming energy made 8 am classes very much bearable! You'll feel your writing improve as the quarter goes on. The only homework assigned is usually short readings (provides PDFs so you do not have to buy them) that are briefly reviewed at the start of class. We had 3 different essays throughout the quarter, and each time we'd do peer reviews which made it very helpful to see what could be improved on before our final submission. His grading was fair and feedback was helpful. I felt he was always prepared for class with slides/handouts. We had to keep a notebook (physical or digital) with our notes, readings/annotations, essays, etc. in which he would do notebook checks here and there just to make sure we were keeping up with the class. If you have the opportunity to take this class with Professor Martinez, PLEASE DO! Highly recommend it.

This review is for both Peter Sellars and Andrew Martinez, since they both taught the class. The class is very easy, and is structured to make you learn more about yourself, rather than to get a certain letter grade. The class helped me reflect on my life and what I wanted in the future. I learned better ways to live my life and this class helped me re-examine my goals. Attendance is mandatory, but it's only once a week for an hour (even though it's listed as 3). Discussion is definitely mandatory though, but I found that discussion was fairly enlightening. Even if you miss class, just let your TA know and they'll let you make things up. Everybody is very understanding and kind, and I definitely enjoyed this class.

As a FSP student, I had the amazing opportunity to have Dr. Martinez as a professor! I heavily recommend taking any form of English class with him. As someone who was initially afraid of taking a Writing II course in their first quarter because of insecurity about their writing, I left as a stronger and slightly more confident writer.

Dr. Martinez assigns readings (PDFs are provided) that will be discussed in the lecture and relate to the assignments. Overall, the workload consists of 1 weekly essay and 1 response (related to the readings).
Dr. Martinez also coordinates peer reviews (2 classmates), therefore, completed essay drafts are expected. As long as you manage your time properly, you will be fine. The final was a 6-7 page I-Search Research paper, where you select a topic that interests you. I'm unsure if this is exclusive to ENG100W, but he does set deadlines at 5 PM for all assignments. In the beginning, I thought that was odd, however, reflecting now, I believe this was to discourage procrastination (which helped in my case).

To note, Dr. Martinez is a very sweet and friendly professor, and I regret not attending his office hours. I can not emphasize enough that if you ever have the opportunity to take a class with him, do it.

I really enjoyed this class! Professor Martinez is extremely sweet and engaging and it is clear that he works hard to make the class interesting and straightforward. We focused on relevant issues and frequently discussed current events, an aspect I especially enjoyed. There were quite a few readings for this course but they weren't too long and were usually pretty fascinating. Martinez only assigned three major writing assignments the whole quarter and gave ample time and feedback for each. Overall I would highly recommend this professor and class, on top of being actually interesting and relatively easy Martinez is so kind and funny!

I loved this class! Professor Martinez is kind, engaging, and funny. He cares a lot about the success of his students and his class is fair and organized. The theme of the class is loosely about trauma, and all of the assignments were unique and engaging. He has you write about 4 papers throughout the class with other weekly assignments that aren't too difficult. The workload is decently tough, but manageable. Overall I would absolutely recommend taking a class with him.

Martinez was a wonderful professor and would recommend this class to anyone who needs to satisfy their Writing 1 requirement. He was extremely helpful during his office hours and critiqued your essays in ways to greatly improve your writing. His grading was very generous and as long as you put some thought and time into your essays and assignments, it is fairly easy to receive an A in the class. If I had the opportunity to take another class with Professor Martinez I absolutely would and hope people have the chance to do so as well.

Professor Martinez is an amazing person. He genuinely cares for his students. Despite being an 8 am class, he brightens the rest of my day. Professor Martinez learned most of our names after the first week and encouraged us to learn from each other. In this class, we had three main papers: a rather creative personal narrative (the story of my name), a literary analysis of one of the readings, and one persuasive essay on any topic. I loved how we got to explore the three different types of writing, and he gave us a lot of time and opportunities to brainstorm and make progress. He is also a very lenient grader, and he gives readings that are interesting and aren't super essential to the class. Overall, I think I grew a lot as a writer, so if you need Engcomp 3 or 3D, definitely take his class!

I LOVED this class. I was originally worried about my very first writing class at UCLA, but Professor Martinez was amazing. He gave great feedback, and all of the readings we did for class I found very applicable. Each of the assignments seemed to climb in difficulty, and I found no issue progressing from one to another. He gave ample time for us to complete each assignment, and also gave us class time for peer review for our bigger papers. Professor Martinez gave a lot of effort to individually get to know everyone in my class, and also was super available for questions. I always excited to go to his class, and I think I learned so much about writing and how to revise my own writing. I wish I could take more classes with him!!

If you have to take English, take this class. Martinez is an actual goat and makes you want to go to class. He is very understanding and if you try in his class, it should be no problem to get the grade you want. Great professor :)

Professor Martinez is really fun and made the class very enjoyable!