Rhetorical Knowledge
- Focus on a purpose
Define:
Explain:
- Respond appropriately to different kinds of rhetorical situations
Define: I can write any type of assignment.
Explanation:
- Write in several genres:
Define: I
can write narrative, descriptive, argumentative, and other types of essays.
Explanation:
Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
- Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources
Define: This means I can locate, think about, and put
together sources in my writing.
Explain:
- Integrate their own ideas with those of others:
Define: Combining my ideas with others’ to make
something new.
Processes
By the end of first year composition, students should
- Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text
Define: It takes lots of tries to create a finished
writing product.
Explain:
- Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading
Define: This means I have lots of ways to create
ideas, re-think, and check my written work.
- Understand writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and re-thinking to revise their work:
Define: I know that writing successfully means I’ll
go forward and backwards through the steps I use to complete my essay.
Knowledge of Conventions
- Learn common formats for different kinds of texts
Define: I know the way that different types of
writing should be set up.
Explain:
- Practice appropriate means of documenting their work
Define: This
means I can give credit where credit is due.
Explain:
- Control such surface features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling
Define: This means I can write SWE mistake free.
Explain:
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