Waymaker English Composition I was developed by Lumen Learning in collaboration with Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA,) and is the third of a three-course “Path to College Composition” series (the other two are Waymaker Basic Reading and Writing and Waymaker Introduction to College Composition). All courses in this series focus on the same primary content areas:

• Critical Reading
• Writing Process
• Research Process
• Grammar and Mechanics

In this course, English Composition I, the learning outcomes in each of the four areas above are geared to the evaluate level of Bloom’s Taxonomy (e.g., “Evaluate thesis statements in texts,” “evaluate prewriting activities”).

An optional fifth content area is also included:

• College Success Skills

The college-success–skills content is focused specifically on success in the writing classroom. It contains outcomes across several levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Module Design

As you read through the following pages, you’ll notice common elements.  Each module includes a “Why It Matters” introductory section and a “Putting It Together” section at the end. Both provide explanatory context for students. The content pages in between contain the following:

• Learning outcomes
• Topic-level introductions
• Readings, videos, and slideshows aligned to learning outcomes
• “Self-check” quizzes that provide formative (non-graded) feedback
• Licenses and attributions for all content

Each module also includes written assignments and/or discussion assignments.

Faculty Resources

The publicly accessible content in the course contains a series of customizable, scaffolded assignments that build up to four final projects. Verified instructors can also access the 349 quiz questions aligned to course content.

Additional Composition Goodies

Primary Resources

Traditionally, composition classes require (at least) three types of resources for students:

1. a textbook that addresses strategies and processes for writing
2. a style guide that addresses formal rules and citation guidelines, often used as a reference text
3. a reader that gives students primary material for in-class discussion and writing assignments

This 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 reading anthology that’s also completely openly licensed, here are two options that pair nicely with this text:

• Composition I Reading Anthology
  • (ideas for additional customization of a similar reader in this format can be found on this page)
• English Composition Reading Anthology
  • presented in 3 levels of complexity/difficulty