Goal One: Process
ENG
112 will help students understand that writing is a process that develops
through experience and varies among individuals.
Outcomes
1.
Students
will engage in all phases of the writing process: prewriting, drafting,
revising, editing, and reflecting.
2.
Students
will incorporate reading and experience into their writing processes.
3.
Students
will learn to conform their texts to instructor-specified document formats.
4.
Students
will create, save, and print texts using word processing technology.
Goal Two: Rhetoric
ENG
112 will teach students to understand and apply rhetorical principles in order
to improve the quality of their writing.
Outcomes
1.
Students
will write for a variety of rhetorical purposes.
2.
Students
will employ a clear focus that guides their choices of evidence, language, organization, and rhetorical and
persuasive strategies.
3.
Students
will effectively apply organizational strategies to open and close their texts
and to move the reader between and within ideas, paragraphs, and sentences.
4.
Students
will synthesize information from a variety of sources.
5.
Students
will write a minimum of 15-20 pages of finished, graded text, including at least one documented essay using MLA style
formatting
6.
Students
will write a text of a minimum of 1,000 words that incorporates documented
research.
7.
Students
will appropriately employ grammatical and mechanical conventions in the
preparation of readable manuscripts.
Goal Three: Critical Thinking
ENG
112 will develop students’ ability to analyze and investigate ideas and to
present them in well-structured prose appropriate to the purpose and audience.
Outcomes
1.
Students
will develop strategies for critical thinking, reading, and writing processes.
2.
Students
will examine and analyze their experiences and readings as sources of material
for writing.
3.
Students
will competently read, summarize, analyze, evaluate, and write about
college-level texts – their own and others' – of varying lengths.
4.
Students
will examine subjects from multiple perspectives and formulate and express
their own perspective.
5.
Students
will apply their knowledge of composition to class discussions and peer
response workshops.
Goal Four: Research
ENG
112 will develop students’ ability to locate, evaluate, use, and document
information to support their thinking and writing.
Outcomes
1.
Students
will learn and apply methods of research, using primary and secondary sources
in print and electronic formats.
2.
Students
will learn to identify the merit and reliability of sources.
3.
Students
will appropriately employ the mechanics of introducing, integrating, and
documenting source material.
Course
Topics:
• The writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, reflecting
• Finding and narrowing a topic
• Purpose, audience, and voice
• Focus and unity
• Organization, including openings and closings
• Argumentative and persuasive strategies
• Locating print and electronic source material
• Evaluating sources and evidence
• Synthesizing sources
• Summary, paraphrase, and direct quoting
• Bibliography / list of works cited
• Clarity: syntax, semantics, and diction
• Sentence variety and coherence
• Critical self-awareness
• Critical reading
• Peer collaboration