ENGLISH 101: INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE WRITING at Local College
3 Credits
English 101 focuses on engaging students as writers and building the reflective awareness needed for success in a wide range of writing experiences within the university. In English 101, students write consistently, receive feedback on their writing and give feedback to others, are introduced to academic writing conventions (including using the library, integrating sources, and using a citation system), engage with challenging readings, and begin putting others’ ideas in conversation with their own. Because writing in the 21st century means composing in a wide variety of print-based and digital environments, the 101 curriculum encourages students and instructors to work in online environments as is appropriate.
ENGLISH 101: INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE WRITING at Local College
Dates: Aug 27 to Dec 7
Lecture Meeting: Monday Wednesday and Friday
Time: 9:00am to 9:50am
Instructor: Professor Moody
Location: The State University Building #1 Room 210
By the end of English 101, students will be able to
- apply strategies for generating ideas for writing, for planning and organizing material, for identifying purpose and audience, and for revising intentionally;
- produce writing in non-fiction, inquiry-based genres appropriate to the subject, context, purpose, and audience;
- integrate evidence gathered from experience, reading, observations, and/or other forms of research into their own writing in a way that begins to complicate their own understanding;
- use a variety of strategies for reading and engaging with a range of material;
- use an academic documentation style, even though they may not show mastery;
- revise to extend their thinking about a topic, not just to rearrange material or “fix” mechanical errors;
- articulate the rhetorical choices they have made, illustrating their awareness of a writer’s relationship to the subject, context, purpose, and audience;
- provide appropriate, engaged feedback to peers throughout the writing process;
- produce prose without surface-level convention errors that distract readers from attending to the meaning and purpose of the writing.