I. PREREQUISITES:
These include completion of ENG 030 with a “C” or
better grade or placement by examination.
II. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Principles of rhetoric, grammar, and usage; the
development of vocabulary; and extensive use of selected materials
are stressed as fundamentals in the writing of themes as well as
extended papers. Students will be required to take a writing
competency exam as part of this
writing-intensive
course.
III. COURSE GOALS:
This course provides students the opportunity:
GOAL 1:
(1a) to develop critical thinking, critical reading, and
analytical aptitudes in response to college-level texts, thereby
sharpening communication skills essential for future success in
college, career, and interpersonal endeavors;
(1b) to recognize that writing is indeed a recursive process and,
consequently, to develop written documents implementing
writing-as-a-process methods, such as pre-writing, drafting,
editing, and revision;
GOAL 2:
(2) to develop, from clear and concise thesis statements,
written documents that demonstrate a sense of audience and purpose,
that utilize specific evidence and concrete details, and that
incorporate logically organized and unified paragraphs;
GOAL3:
(3a) to recognize, practice, and implement such methods of
development as description, narration, example, process-analysis,
division/classification, comparison/contrast, definition;
(3b) to employ said rhetorical patterns in multi-paragraphed
documents that emphasize exposition and argumentation;
GOAL4:
(4) to employ proofreading techniques to produce
college-level essays and extended papers that utilize a developed
vocabulary and selected materials, that exhibit clear and precise
prose, and that conform to Standard English usage, grammar,
punctuation, and spelling;
GOAL5:
(5) to increase information literacy via the major
facilities, services, and tools of the college library;
(5b) to judge the scholarly value of data;
(5c) to utilize professional databases for scholarly research;
(5d) to recognize and employ quotations, summaries, and paraphrases;
(5e) to identify and avoid plagiarism
IV. STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES OR
OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be
able:
Goal 1:
(1a) to use critical thinking, critical reading, and
critical writing skills to analyze and
respond to college text-book essays;
(1b) to use a variety of prewriting techniques to generate topics
for writing;
(1c) to use strategies of drafting, editing, and revising to produce
clear, effective, and
interesting writing;
Goal 2:
(2a) to translate a specific topic into a clear, concise
thesis statement;
(2b) to create a sense of audience and purpose within the written
document;
(2c) to support that thesis using specific evidence and concrete
detail;
(2d) to plan and develop a unified, coherent, and logically
organized document;
Goal 3:
(3a) to create written, multi-paragraphed documents
utilizing a variety of rhetorical patterns (methods of development);
(3b) to create written, multi-paragraphed documents emphasizing
exposition and argument;
Goal 4:
(4a) to revise a multi-paragraph essay to include complete
and correct sentence structure;
(4b) to revise a multi-paragraph essay to include appropriate and
correct punctuation;
(4c) to revise a multi-paragraph essay to include correct mechanical
usage;
Goal 5:
(5a) to use the major facilities, services, and tools of the
college library;
(5b) to evaluate scholarly information and resources;
(5c) to recognize and handle quotations, summaries, and paraphrases
to avoid plagiarism
V. ASSESSMENT and GRADING:
The following are acceptable assessment methods for this
course:
(1) within the first week of class: students will provide a
writing sample to assess appropriate skill level within ENG 101.
(Use scoring rubric provided by the department.)
(2) minimum: 7 revised/edited multi-paragraph papers
utilizing all 7 different rhetorical methods for a minimum of
3000-4000 total word count excluding journal writing, immediate
response questions, group activities.
(3) drafts
(4) quizzes
(5) tests
(6) journals
(7) group and individual projects
(8) participation
(9) portfolio
(10) conferences
(11)
Writing Competency Exam (required of all
students—see attachments)
VI. REFERENCE, RESOURCES, AND LEARNING
MATERIALS:
v
Howard, Rebecca
Moore. Writing Matters; A Handbook for Writing and Research.
New York: McGraw Hill, 2011. Print.
v
ConnectComposition 2.0
o
companion site to
handbook (code w/book)
o
http://www.mhconnectenglish.com
VII. ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:
Additional References:
• Dictionary (current edition)
• Thesaurus (current edition)
Required Equipment:
• 3.5” floppy disk (or equivalent—i.e., portable hard drive)
• Computer with Internet access and Microsoft Word
