College Writing Where You’re Going

Joshua R. FoglemanEnglish 110:College Writing

June 25, 2010

Lenoir-Rhyne University

Academic Environment: is to liberate the mind and spirit, clarify personal faith and foster physical wholeness.

Mission Statement is HELP.

Helping students’ adjust maladaptive study habits, techniques and strategies to foster greater collegiate academic success.

Equipping students with useful resources that will positively impact their academic success.

Leveling professor/student classroom expectations.

Partnering with students for academic success.

Academic Environment

Lenoir-Rhyne University does not have a writing program.

The Writing Center offers free, confidential assistance with writing to students in all disciplines. Students who visit the Center have the opportunity to receive assistance with their writing. In addition, the Writing Center conducts a series of workshops on writing.

Writing Support

The WRI designation are designed to be relevant to Liberal Arts and Sciences. Level II courses accounts for students' develop as thinkers and writers in their introductory coursework. These outcomes and methods therefore build upon those for FYE and English 131.

Writing Intensive courses

The level II WRI courses will demonstrate The appropriate use of disciplinary writing conventions. The ability to locate and use sources relevant to the field in

their written work. The ability to communicate effectively with target

audiences typical of the discipline. The practice of the stages of the drafting process:

generating, revising and editing. The use of writing and reading for intellectual inquiry and

broader understanding.

Writing Intensive

To achieve these ends, it is expected that WRI instructors will:

instructional use of formal and informal writing assignments.

in-class instruction about the practice of writing, and/or conduct conferences with individual students or groups

Use collaborative writing activities (peer review) feedback to students at the drafting stage Require students to revise their work both instructor and

peer feedback. significant portion of the course grade to written work

Writing Intense Cont.

first-year composition requirement Critical Thinking and Writing There are other courses that are writing-intensive

component ENG131 requires 5000 words of revised prose also a research component.   Required writing in ENG131 consists primarily of exposition

and argument There is no standardization of the course, so sections vary

in thematic content and specific assignments.

Information from Dr. Ivey

writing assignment = 5,000 word essay = argumentative give a point = stand up = why you support that point put quotes within it = give reasons = audience should

believe you = your reasoning of the context

A type of writing that’s required

type 5000 words of revised prose Requirements consist of primarily of exposition and

argument mostly argument also a research component

Assignment that has a Quick Draw

What I learned

Previous writings = a length requirement and a prompt Present writing = a length requirement and a prompt Future writing = I don’t know, my guess = a length requirement

and the prompt being what I chose what the professor has chosenSimilarities All have a required length Timeframe to work on them Due datesSome differences Depends on who the teacher is what they require for your writings.

Differences in writing previous, present and future

Things I didn’t know before

No writing program A 5,000 word essay Argumentative The writing classes were recommended for students

majoring in Arts or Sciences