The content, assignments, and assessments for Waymaker English Composition I are aligned to the learning outcomes listed below. For a complete list of all the topics covered in the course, see the Detailed Learning Outcomes. 

Module 1: Success Skills

Define and evaluate college success skills

• Identify and practice habits for success
• Identify and apply critical thinking skills
• Analyze time-management practices
• Define successful approaches towards college-level writing tasks
• Apply word-processing skills to college writing tasks

Module 2: Reading

Evaluate academic reading strategies

• Evaluate various types of reading material
• Evaluate general reading strategies
• Evaluate reading strategies for specialized texts
• Evaluate vocabulary usage
• Evaluate thesis ideas of texts
• Evaluate supporting claims of texts
• Evaluate use of logic and structure in texts
• Evaluate summary skills for reading comprehension

Module 3: Writing

Evaluate the process of academic writing

• Evaluate topic selection activities
• Evaluate prewriting activities
• Evaluate activities to find evidence in support of a claim
• Evaluate essay organizational techniques
• Evaluate drafting activities
• Evaluate revision activities
• Evaluate proofreading activities

Module 4: Research

Evaluate the process of academic research

• Evaluate and practice preliminary, intermediate, and advanced search techniques
• Evaluate and practice methods of analysis to assess the quality and reliability of a source
• Evaluate issues of plagiarism and academic dishonesty
• Evaluate and practice MLA document formatting and citation practices

Module 5: Grammar

Critique patterns of academic grammar and punctuation usage

• Critique the use of nouns and pronouns
• Critique the use of verbs
• Critique the use other parts of speech, including adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and articles
• Critique the use of common punctuation marks
• Critique sentence structure and variety of sentences
• Critique the use of both active and passive voices