First of all, you need your brain.  Be sure to take it out of park and put it in gear, too.  The second thing you need is attitude–the  one that is ready to work and learn and try anything.  Besides that, there are a few tools that will make your life much easier:

• a three-ring binder (1 1/2 or 2 inches is best) with
• five dividers,
• lots of paper,
• pens and pencils (any color as long as it’s dark enough for my tired, old eyes to read),
• colored pens for editing (again, any color as long as it’s dark).

In a short while you will also need a writer’s notebook.   Any notebook will do as long as you have plenty of pages and space to write.  You can grab one now or wait until we talk about them in class.