How To Write In High School

My fellow peers, with the start of college never being more imminent than it is today, we must prep for the rigor of the classes, especially writing classes we will take at San Jose State University. Writing classes in high school are entirely different from writing classes in college, and some students may need to adjust to the new system. To be a writer in college means to be able to understand the works presented to you. In college, we will be exposed to new literary works of art, some even prevailing from ancient times, so we will need to be able to have the tools needed to decipher these literary works.
I know that some of us have been accustomed to the cycle of writing essays in typical high school format: the stereotypical five-paragraph