Composition I

English
100 is a foundations course, which fulfills the Written
Communication Foundation requirement for degrees at UH-Mānoa. To satisfy
the Written Communication requirement this course will employ a writing
process, which includes gathering information and exploring ideas, developing
and supporting a thesis, organizing, editing, and revising; produce different
forms of college-level writing, such as narrative, analytical, and persuasive
essays; analyze and evaluate the logic, evidence, and strategies of an argument
(written and/or presented in a visual or digital medium); enable one to find
and evaluate information from a library, the internet, or other sources;
synthesize relevant findings in your writing without plagiarizing; and analyze
and interpret a literary work (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, or drama) or other
textual material.

The
textbook required for this class is The Little Penguin Handbook available at
the UH Bookstore.