{"id":3221,"date":"2017-07-19T21:28:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T21:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/basicreadingandwriting\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=3221"},"modified":"2017-12-19T18:55:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T18:55:47","slug":"about-this-course","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-basicreadingwriting\/chapter\/about-this-course\/","title":{"raw":"About This Course","rendered":"About This Course"},"content":{"raw":"Basic Reading and Writing was developed by Lumen Learning in collaboration with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cerritos.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cerritos College<\/a>\u00a0(Norwalk, CA). It was designed\u00a0to be a resource for the\u00a0precollege English composition classroom and is the first of a\u00a0three-course \"Path to College Composition\" series. All courses in this series focus on the same primary content areas:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Critical Reading<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Writing Process<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Research Process<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Grammar and Mechanics<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIn Basic Reading and Writing, all learning outcomes in each of these four areas are written to the <strong>identify<\/strong> level\u00a0of Bloom's Taxonomy\u00a0(e.g., \"Identify\u00a0thesis statements in texts,\" \"identify prewriting activities\").\r\n\r\nAn optional fifth content area is also included:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>College Success Skills<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe college-success\u2013skills content is focused specifically on success in a writing classroom. It contains outcomes across several levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.\r\n<h2>Module Design<\/h2>\r\nAs you read through the following pages, you'll notice common elements. \u00a0Each module includes an introduction and conclusion that provide explanatory context for students. The content pages in between contain the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Learning outcomes<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Topic-level introductions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Readings, videos, and slideshows aligned to learning outcomes<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\"Self-check\" quizzes that provide formative (non-graded) feedback<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Licenses and attributions for all content<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nEach module also includes written assignments and\/or discussion assignments.\r\n<h2>Use It Your Way<\/h2>\r\nAs an OER-based course, this content is all adaptable to suit <strong>your<\/strong> needs in <strong>your<\/strong> course. Don't need Success Skills content in your semester? Lose that module. Prefer to teach reading and writing as an integrated strategy? Combine those two modules in the way that best fits your students' needs.\r\n\r\nThis is intended to be a broad offering of resources, and so it will probably contain more than you actually need. Feel free to trim down to exactly what you want. Revise the language to convey exactly what you want to convey.\r\n<h2>Faculty Resources<\/h2>\r\nThe publicly accessible content in the book contains a series of customizable, scaffolded assignments that build up to four final projects. Verified instructors can also access the more than 400 quiz questions aligned to course content.\r\n\r\nYou can use as many or as few of these resources as you'd like. Again, since they're all\u00a0OER, they\u00a0can be adapted to fit projects and primary reading materials you already enjoy teaching and find effective in your classroom. Use them as exact guides, loose templates, or airy inspiration.\r\n<h2>Additional Composition\u00a0Goodies<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Primary Resources<\/h3>\r\nTraditionally, composition classes require (at least) three types of resources for students:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>a <strong>textbook<\/strong> that addresses strategies\u00a0and processes for writing<\/li>\r\n \t<li>a <strong>style guide<\/strong> that addresses formal rules and citation guidelines, often used as a reference text<\/li>\r\n \t<li>a <strong>reader<\/strong> that gives students primary material for in-class discussion and writing assignments<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nThis text includes the first two components. You're welcome to use it with whatever primary reading material you'd like. If you'd like a reader that's also fully Open, here are two options that pair nicely with this text:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/readinganthology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Composition I Reading Anthology<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>(ideas for additional customization of a similar reader in this format <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/readinganthology\/chapter\/sources-for-additional-material\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can be found on this page<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wmreadinganthology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English Composition Reading Anthology<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>presented in 3 levels of complexity<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Other Composition Textbooks<\/h3>\r\n<h4>Path to College Composition Series<\/h4>\r\nIf you need some content aligned to higher-level or different Bloom outcomes, consider mixing and matching content from the other courses in this composition series:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/basicreadingandwriting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Basic Reading and Writing<\/a> (this course)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\"identify\"-level outcomes<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/introtocollegecomp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction to College Composition<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\"analyze\"-level outcomes<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/engcomp1-wmopen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English Composition I<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\"evaluate\"-level outcomes<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>Lumen-Curated Composition Collections<\/h4>\r\nContent from other Lumen composition\/reading texts can also be incorporated into your customized course, as desired:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/developmentalreading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Developmental Reading<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/developmentalwriting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Developmental Writing<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1v2xmaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English Composition I<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp2kscopexmaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English Composition II<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>Basic Reading and Writing was developed by Lumen Learning in collaboration with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cerritos.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cerritos College<\/a>\u00a0(Norwalk, CA). It was designed\u00a0to be a resource for the\u00a0precollege English composition classroom and is the first of a\u00a0three-course &#8220;Path to College Composition&#8221; series. All courses in this series focus on the same primary content areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Critical Reading<\/li>\n<li>Writing Process<\/li>\n<li>Research Process<\/li>\n<li>Grammar and Mechanics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Basic Reading and Writing, all learning outcomes in each of these four areas are written to the <strong>identify<\/strong> level\u00a0of Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy\u00a0(e.g., &#8220;Identify\u00a0thesis statements in texts,&#8221; &#8220;identify prewriting activities&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>An optional fifth content area is also included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College Success Skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The college-success\u2013skills content is focused specifically on success in a writing classroom. It contains outcomes across several levels of Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy.<\/p>\n<h2>Module Design<\/h2>\n<p>As you read through the following pages, you&#8217;ll notice common elements. \u00a0Each module includes an introduction and conclusion that provide explanatory context for students. The content pages in between contain the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learning outcomes<\/li>\n<li>Topic-level introductions<\/li>\n<li>Readings, videos, and slideshows aligned to learning outcomes<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Self-check&#8221; quizzes that provide formative (non-graded) feedback<\/li>\n<li>Licenses and attributions for all content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each module also includes written assignments and\/or discussion assignments.<\/p>\n<h2>Use It Your Way<\/h2>\n<p>As an OER-based course, this content is all adaptable to suit <strong>your<\/strong> needs in <strong>your<\/strong> course. Don&#8217;t need Success Skills content in your semester? Lose that module. 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Use them as exact guides, loose templates, or airy inspiration.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Composition\u00a0Goodies<\/h2>\n<h3>Primary Resources<\/h3>\n<p>Traditionally, composition classes require (at least) three types of resources for students:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>a <strong>textbook<\/strong> that addresses strategies\u00a0and processes for writing<\/li>\n<li>a <strong>style guide<\/strong> that addresses formal rules and citation guidelines, often used as a reference text<\/li>\n<li>a <strong>reader<\/strong> that gives students primary material for in-class discussion and writing assignments<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This text includes the first two components. You&#8217;re welcome to use it with whatever primary reading material you&#8217;d like. 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