The present study examined whether simple, in-class factual rehearsal and emotion reflection writing activities and use of minimal instructor acknowledgment increase students' objective academic performance, academic entitlement, perceived instructor support, and course/instructor evaluation. Three hundred fourteen undergraduate students in two introductory psychology courses (N Course 1 = 126 and N Course 2 = 188) were randomly assigned to one of five in-class writing activity conditions (poem-control, factual rehearsal, factual rehearsal plus instructor acknowledgment, emotion reflection, emotion reflection plus instructor acknowledgment). After completing weekly writing assignments, students' objective academic performance, academic entitlement attitudes, perceived instructor support, and course/instructor evaluations were obtained. Results revealed no statistically significant or practically meaningful impact of experimental condition on any of the outcome measures. The findings suggest that although minimal instructor acknowledgment of work on simple factual rehearsal and emotion reflection assignments does not increase academic entitlement, completion of multiple such assignments also has no meaningful impact on objective academic performance or course/instructor evaluations. The results suggest college instructors should be cautious in assuming that simple, in-class writing activities will enhance student learning in their courses.