ENGL 1121 - College Writing and Critical Reading

1. Use a methodical process to produce academic writing.
2. Produce writing that is tailored to meet the needs of a target audience and achieve a specific purpose.
3. Demonstrate critical reading by analyzing a variety of student and published writings, including texts written by members of underrepresented groups.
4. Apply the rules of standard English grammar, mechanics, and spelling in academic writing.
5. Recognize that while standard English usage is typical in academic writing, there are writing situations in which other equally valid English usage approaches are appropriate.
6. Apply a variety of persuasive strategies in argumentative writing.
7. Use a variety of information-gathering techniques, including library research, to evaluate and select evidence to support an argument.
8. Use writing techniques such as summary, paraphrase, and quotation to integrate source material into writing.
9. Apply the rules of the academic citation style most appropriate for a given communication situation, such as MLA or APA style.
10. Develop a research-based academic essay.

1. The writing process (prewriting, composing, revising, editing, and proofreading)
2. Rhetorical analysis
3. Academic essay organization and development
4. Rhetorical strategies for persuasion and argument
5. The research process
   • Selecting a topic and identifying the related issues
   • Developing research questions
   • Designing a research plan
   • Locating, analyzing, evaluating, and synthesizing sources
   • Integrating sources through summary, paraphrase, and quotation
   • Documenting sources using a standard formatting and citation style
6. Grammar, punctuation, spelling, and mechanics.