{"id":4113,"date":"2020-05-07T12:45:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T12:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/coreqenglish1\/chapter\/pacing\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T22:49:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T22:49:20","slug":"pacing","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/chapter\/pacing\/","title":{"raw":"Pacing","rendered":"Pacing"},"content":{"raw":"<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-260\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2025\/2017\/07\/10205220\/stopwatch.png\" alt=\"decorative image\" width=\"200\" height=\"212\" \/>\r\n\r\nOur Composition I course <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/chapter\/learning-outcomes\/\">is designed as twelve modules to support these English Composition outcomes.<\/a> Most teachers use one module per week for a twelve-week term using extra time to slow down or stretch out specific modules. The modules can easily be re-arranged, deleted, and added to your already existing course materials. We recommend the following pacing for 12, 8, and 6 week courses:\r\n<div align=\"left\">\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>12 Weeks<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>8 Weeks<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>6 Weeks<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Module 1: Success Skills<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 1: Success Skills\r\n\r\nModule 2: Reading Strategies<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 1: Success Skills\r\n\r\nModule 2: Reading Strategies<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Module 2: Reading Strategies<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 5: Grammar Essentials\r\n\r\nModule 4: Writing in College<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 5: Grammar Essentials\r\n\r\nModule 4: Writing in College<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Module 3: Writing Essentials<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 3: Writing Essentials\r\n\r\nModule 4: Writing in College<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 3: Writing Essentials\r\n\r\nModule 4: Writing in College\r\n\r\nModule 11: Research\u2014Using Sources<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Module 4: Writing in College<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 6: The Writing Process\r\n\r\nModule 8: Analysis and Synthesis<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 6: The Writing Process\r\n\r\nModule 8: Analysis and Synthesis<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Module 5: Grammar Essentials<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 9: Academic Argument<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 9: Academic Argument\r\n\r\nModule 10: Research\u2014Finding and Evaluating Sources<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Module 6: The Writing Process<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 10: Research\u2014Finding and Evaluating Sources<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 7: The Writing Process\u2014Revising and Proofreading<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Module 7: The Writing Process\u2014Revising and Proofreading<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 11: Research\u2014Using Sources<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Module 8: Analysis and Synthesis<\/td>\r\n<td>Module 7: The Writing Process\u2014Revising and Proofreading<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Module 9: Academic Argument<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Module 10: Research\u2014Finding and Evaluating Sources<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Module 11: Research\u2014Using Sources<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Module 12: Grammar Basics<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Readings, Assignments, and Discussions<\/h2>\r\nWe have readings, assignments, and discussions you can customize on our <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/chapter\/assignments\/\">Assignments page.<\/a>","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-260\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2025\/2017\/07\/10205220\/stopwatch.png\" alt=\"decorative image\" width=\"200\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our Composition I course <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/chapter\/learning-outcomes\/\">is designed as twelve modules to support these English Composition outcomes.<\/a> Most teachers use one module per week for a twelve-week term using extra time to slow down or stretch out specific modules. 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