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
