Objective:
The course objective is to teach foundational writing skills that will enable students to be successful in a college-level English composition course; and learn how to construct sound sentences, craft effective paragraphs, and write cohesive compositions, developing their writing skills through all stages of the writing process.
Learning Outcomes:
- Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to use parts of speech effectively
- Construct effective sentences
- Develop effective paragraphs
- Describe and engage in the writing process
- Structure essays effectively
- Write in the argumentative mode
- Write in the informative and descriptive modes
- And apply proofreading, editing, and revising skills
General Course Topics:
- Parts of speech
- Subjects, verbs, and verb tense
- Pronouns and antecedents
- Commas
- Apostrophes
- Independent and dependent clauses
- Run-on sentences
- Modifiers
- Parallelism
- Paragraph development and organization
- Developing an effective topic sentence
- Writing effective narrative, descriptive, and informative paragraphs
- Modes
- Purpose, audience, and tone
- The writing process
- Prewriting
- Revising, editing, and proofreading
- Reflection
- Defining your essay topic
- Introductions and thesis statements
- Body paragraphs and transitions
- Conclusions
- Writing an effective argumentative essay
- Using evidence in an argumentative essay
- Giving and receiving feedback on a piece of writing