ENGL 101A - Introduction to College Writing

• Demonstrate the recursive writing process (pre-writing, outlining, drafting, revising, and editing).
• Generate an idea that allows an essay and each of its paragraphs to be unified.
• Use thesis, either clearly stated or implied, as the organizing principle for writing essays.
• Use computers to draft, write, edit, and revise papers according to a standard manuscript format.
• Apply the writing process under a time constraint to respond to a variety of academic situations.
• Incorporate appropriate feedback from peers and instructors when revising essays and provide effective peer feedback .
• Assess his or her own writing progress and recognize areas for improvement .
• Select and prepare appropriate writing assignments to be included in final portfolios.
• Write a minimum of 4 essays of three pages or more (approximately 750-1,000 words), including an in-class essay independent of external feedback and of a length appropriate to the timed setting.
• Write a self-assessment essay of 3 or more pages (approximately 1,000 words).
• Develop unified essays using personal observations, critical thought, and readings.
• Develop logical and coherent college-level essay structure.
• Use rhetorical strategies, based on audience and purpose, to develop academic essays with a balanced expository exploration of a topic .
• Write essays that demonstrate facility with grammar and mechanics.
• Summarize and analyze college-level readings .
• Articulate and support a position in response to readings.
• Develop own ideas in relation to words and ideas of others.
• Integrate information into essays by quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing, based on assigned readings.
• Demonstrate standard citation and documentation procedures.
• Write with academic integrity; recognize and avoid plagiarism.

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