Course Description English 100 –Composition I
Summer II: July 5-August 12, MTWRF 10:30-11:45
The theme of this Composition I course is sustainability. In this course we will explore our relationships to place, challenges created from living out of balance with natural and constructed environments, and how dominant cultural norms influence the way we see nature and our place in it. Through reading, discussion and reflective writing, we will work through these themes to create ways to envision sustainable practices of living in harmony with the natural world as you simultaneously develop your ability to comprehend academic discourse, write academic arguments, and approach research as a form of personal and academic inquiry.
In this course, students will be introduced to the rhetorical, conceptual, and stylistic demands of writing at the college level and instructed in composing processes, search strategies, and composing from sources. This course also provides students with experiences in the library and on the Internet and enhances their skills in accessing and using various types of primary and secondary materials.
Course Requirements:
Class Participation and Preparation
More specifically, you will write informally in class, analyze short texts for rhetorical, theoretical, and linguistic features, discuss what you read and write, listen to and show respect for everyone in our learning community, and use relevant feedback to improve all aspects of your written work.
Assessed Writing
You will write four formal pieces of polished prose including a description, a definitional argument, a rhetorical analysis, and a research-based argumentative essay. You will also complete a one-draft research justification and annotated bibliography. Finally, you will give a visual presentation, including edited prose, analyzing a text of your choice from our class resources. As you gain proficiency in selecting sources, using, and citing them appropriately, you will be expected to incorporate a greater number and variety of academic sources into your work.
Required Texts
The Value of Hawaii 2: Ancestral Roots, Ocean Visions. Ed. Aiko Yamashiro and Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua. Honolulu, University of Hawai’i Press, 2014. Print.
Selected texts available on Laulima from various genres focused on methods of argumentation and models of effective writing, which reinforce the themes of the course.