Description:
English 100 is a crucial, foundational course at any university. For, acquiring and strengthening the inseparable skills of thinking, reading, and writing in analytical ways are the means to success in college and beyond.
The textbook contains brief, thoughtful essays, stories, memoirs, and photography by a diverse group of writers and artists; their creative and insightful responses to an increasingly interconnected world invite you to also think deeply about where you are and where you’d like to be.
Sessions will consist of class discussions and small group work. The instructor will meet with you regularly in order to discuss drafts of essays.
Student Learning Outcomes (FW)
1. The ability to compose college-level writing, including but not limited to academic discourse that achieves a specific purpose and responds adeptly to an identifiable audience.
2. The ability to use effective strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proofreading a text in order to produce finished prose.
3. The ability to compose an argument that makes use of source material that is relevant and credible and that is integrated in accordance with an appropriate style guide.
Working definitions:
Review comments: the instructor and your peers will provide constructive comments on written work so as to assist you in strengthening your writing skills.
Revising: making global changes (e.g., adding, deleting, or moving content; rewriting for different audience; rewriting in a different tone)
Editing: making changes at the sentence level, including changes in sentence style, syntax, phrasing
Proofreading: correcting grammar, punctuation and mechanics, spelling, formatting.
Required Text:
Kirszner and Mandell, Patterns for College Writing, Brief Ed: Rhetorical Reader & Guide, 2015. (Available at UHM Bookstore.)
Writing requirements include:
Three papers (4 or more pages each); three short papers (3 pages each) (All papers must have substantial pre-writing, such as notes, outlines, rough drafts, invention exercises).