WR 115 - Introduction to Expository Writing

Placement into WR115.

Course Description: WR115 reviews the basic conventions, purposes, and strategies of college-level writing, with an emphasis on in-class writing. The course will survey a variety of rhetorical modes and prepare students for impromptu questions and essays.

Course Learning Outcomes:

• CLO#1: Develop writing with concrete examples relevant to the intended audience. (ILO: Communication)
• CLO#2: Express ideas in a clear and readily understandable manner.
• CLO#3: Apply knowledge of voice and style relevant to the audience and the specific writing task.
• CLO#4: Identify the demands of various rhetorical modes of writing. (ILO: Critical Thinking)
• CLO#5: Write fluent sentences of varying length and complexity that follow the conventions of English grammar and usage.
• CLO#6: Perform required writing tasks in a timely manner, with little or no outside mediation.

Mechanics:

Commas and comma splices

Sentence fragments, run-on sentences

Colons and semicolons

Dangling modifiers and sound-alike words

Creating sentence variety

Choosing the most effective word

Coordination, subordination, and parallelism

Essay Development, Voice, and Rhetorical Modes:

Introducing and developing an essay

Narration

Description

Comparison/Contrast

Argument and analysis

 

ACTI Code and Course Type
100 Lower Division Collegiate

Length of Course:
A required state minimum of (30) and a standard RCC delivery of (33) lecture hours per term, not to exceed (36) hours per term.