COURSE TITLE:

Introduction to College Writing

COURSE HOURS PER WEEK:

COURSE NUMBER:

WR 115

Lecture: 

COURSE CREDITS:

Lec/Lab:

COURSE PREREQUISITES:

Appropriate scores on Lane's Writing Placement Test or a passing grade (C- or better) in WR 95

Lab:

Three to five papers per term in both draft and final form for 8-10 pages of final draft copy (2000-2500 words). At least one essay develops an assertive/argumentative thesis, and at least one essay incorporates source material and uses MLA citing conventions.

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One or more of the following:  peer critiques, instructor conferences, journals, in-class writing, class discussions of papers, class discussions of assigned essays and stories for critical reading, small group work, quizzes, and presentations.

B. Think, read, and write critically:

• Use reading and writing for college-level inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating;
• Balance openness to the ideas of others with a healthy skepticism and questioning attitude;
• Objectively summarize source material;
• Identify the thesis/purpose, sub-points, and means of support;
• Recognize how other writers and speakers adapt language for audience, situation, and purpose.

C. Assess and meet different writing situations:

• Recognize and use academic writing strategies appropriate to specific audiences and purposes;
• Select appropriate methods for developing ideas in paragraphs and essays, such as analysis, facts, explanations, examples, descriptions, quotations, and/or narratives;
• Adopt appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality.

D. Develop essays through a flexible writing process that proceeds through discovering ideas, planning, drafting, revising, and editing:

• Base each essay on a clearly stated or understood controlling idea or thesis;
• Write a well-focused and logically organized essay, one having an introduction, discussion, and conclusion in which the relationship of ideas to one another is clear;
• Weave a relevant quotation from source material into an essay;
• Support sub-points with examples and specifics;Work effectively with other writers to evaluate and revise essays constructively;
• Identify strengths and address weaknesses of one's own and others' work.

E. Observe most of the conventions of Edited Standard Written English (ESWE) and make effective stylistic choices as a writer:

• Express ideas carefully and coherently so that errors and problems of style do not obscure or detract from the writer's meaning;
• Demonstrate basic competence with the standards of grammar, usage, and mechanics that is compatible with success in WR 121;
• Use MLA quoting conventions.