COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course offers practice in composing
well-constructed paragraphs. Students write paragraphs in basic rhetorical
forms using skills of effective organization, unity, detail, and transition.
Emphasis is on understanding paragraph components to write well-developed and
coherent paragraphs. Course may be taken two times for credit.
COURSE MATERIALS
Reynolds, Ed and Huntington, Marcia.
Confidence in
Writing, 4th ed. Heinle & Heinle/ Thomson Learning, Inc.
Online Writing Lab (OWL) website (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/)
Literacy Education Online (LEO) website (http://leo.stcloudstate.edu)
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant (POWA) website (http://www.powa.org)
Spiral-bound notebook for Learning Journal
Additional materials will be available in the Centers for Independent Learning as assigned.
ORIENTATION/ATTENDANCE
Attendance required at weekly appointment.
EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE
Students will be evaluated by a combination of demonstrated competency of
the course objectives, completed assignments, and progress and mastery tests as
well as attendance and active course participation. Students may also be
required to visit the Writing Assistance Area during the term.