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- Effective Term:
- Summer 2014 through Summer 2021
- Course Number:
- WR 90
- Course Title:
- Writing 90
- Credit Hours:
- 3
- Lecture Hours:
- 30
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Instruction includes sentence structure, paragraph and essay development, and written expression. Students can expect to increase working vocabulary and improve skills in basic communications. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
- Communicate in writing using a variety of sentence structures, paragraphs, and short forms that
emphasize correct grammar, punctuation, coherence, and clarity. - Demonstrate critical thinking in written responses to text.
- Recognize and utilize pre-writing steps for composing a good essay.
- Utilize basic word processing in writing.
- Demonstrate successful college student behaviors.
- Perform successfully in Writing 115.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
- Grammar & punctuation practice exercises
- Paragraph Development practice exercises
- Written critical response to reading
- Final typed essays
- The following additional measures are encouraged:
a. graded homework assignments
b. written group projects
c. written responses to outside activities
d. a writing journal
e. in-class activities and participation
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
- grammar and punctuation usage in sentences
- simple, complex, and compound sentences usage in paragraph development
- appropriate use of support in fully developed essays
Skills
- Punctuation and capitalization.
- Grammar
- Paragraph Development
- The Writing Process
- The Essay
- Critical Thinking Skills
- Word Processing