Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Project Definitions and Entry Categories



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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