ELA 088 - ELA Writing Essentials

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
This course focuses on the composition of well-developed sentences, paragraphs, short essays, and the writing process. Students will develop critical thinking through the use of expository, narrative, critical, analytical, and persuasive writing techniques. Instructors will use the WWCC writing rubric to evaluate competencies and ensure developmental progression.
Course Outcomes:

Apply writing Process concepts.
Create organized, unified, coherent and well-developed paragraphs and short essays.
Demonstrate clarity in writing through good grammar, punctuation, spelling, and manuscript skills in paragraphs.
Use academic writing style in voice, wording, and sentence construction.
Analyze short, college-level texts for key ideas.
Use basic information literacy skills, researching outside sources, and avoiding plagiarism.
Manage the academic demands of college classes independently.

Course Topics:

The writing process and understanding the WWCC writing rubric
Establishing academic tone in writing
Reading for the main idea, annotating texts, creating evidence-based claims and summaries
Finding and employing outside sources as well as simple formatting of in-text citations
Structuring both the paragraph and the essay as well a as employing patterns of organization
Review of grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation
Working with writing modes (narrative, expository/argumentative, persuasive)