• Course Description

• Objectives

• Institutional Competencies

Course Description

ENG 104 students will complete four formal writing assignments in addition to other graded and ungraded work through which they will learn how to discover ideas, respond to texts, and summarize others' ideas. In these assignments, students will learn how to analyze readings and share information with others by reading and responding to course texts and other materials gathered through research. Final drafts of all formal writing assignments must be word-processed. All students are expected to be prepared for class and participate in class discussions related to reading and writing assignments. In addition, students will keep complete portfolios of all their writings.

Before any grade appeal will be processed for a student in ENG 100, 104, or 108, the complete portfolio of writings will have to be submitted to the Departmental Review Committee. In order for an ENG 104 student to be admitted into ENG 108, he or she must earn at least a C in ENG 104.

Objectives

Learning to write for different audiences and purposes
Students will…

• make journal entries to explore their minds and to extend the range of their personal lives.
• write essays to communicate ideas and impose order on their thoughts and experiences;
  
• use organizational methods and genres appropriate for different purposes;
  
• construct academic essays that meet criteria for thesis, rhetoric, organization, development, and language.

Learning to use active reading and critical thinking
Students will…

• identify the main concepts and locate supporting details in written works;
• read actively for greater understanding;
  
• develop their ideas and concepts with specific details, examples, and explanations;
  
• write summaries that accurately reflect the main ideas and supporting reasons of written texts.
  
• explain the organization of written works;
• analyze the needs of different audiences.

Learning to use writing processes
Students will…

• practice various invention techniques;
  
• use prewriting to recreate and reflect on their experiences;
• use prewriting to generate information and discover ideas;
  
• move easily from writing for self-expression to writing for readers;
  
• write at greater length more easily, more quickly, and more usefully;
  
• reread early drafts to rethink what they want to write;
  
• revise for clear presentation of their ideas;
  
• revise for depth of insight, clarity of organization, and suitability for different purposes.
  
• identify and correct their own spelling, grammatical, and mechanical errors, especially in the final stage of the writing process.

Learning written conventions
Students will…

• use thesis statements, topic sentences, and transitions;
  
• apply all types of common developmental and organizational forms;
  
• identify the main qualities of effective sentences;
  
• practice active sentence style and rich, efficient modification;
  
• practice systematic approaches to editing sentences;
  
• craft more effective paragraphs.

Institutional Competencies

State-Level Goals: SKILL AREAS