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Composition Committee

Final Composition I Mission Statement

Spring 2015

ENC 1101 develops students’ knowledge of wat writing is and ow it fun!tions in te world" #$

e%amining writing as an o&'e!t of stud$( te ENC 1101 !urri!ulum invites students to understandteir writing as situated witin a!ademi!( professional( !ivi!( and personal !onte%ts and to

develop teir identities and a&ilities as writers a!ross tese settings" )e reading and writing

tasks featured in ENC 1101*su! as anal$ses of writing pro!esses and pra!ti!es( patterns of

litera!$ sponsorsip( and !on!eptions of writing*provide te frameworks students will use to

e%plore te writing te$ do trougout teir lives( ow it is a!!omplised( and te various roles

and fun!tions it serves" In addition to elping students interrogate and e%pand teir

understanding of writing and writers( tese frameworks will allow students to !ontinuall$ adapt

teir writing+related knowledge and a&ilities to te new writing situations te$’ll en!ounter

trougout !ollege and &e$ond"

ENC 1101 immerses students in the work of:

• ,nderstanding writing as a !ontinual pro!ess of making meaning"

• -ppl$ing !on!epts from writing studies to re!ogni.e te ri!l$ literate lives te$ lead and

te wealt of writing+related knowledge te$ alread$ possess"

• /eepening and e%panding teir ideas a&out writing and te work it does in te world"

•  Navigating te !omple% te%ts emerging from te s!olarsip on writing( retori!( and

language"

• -nal$.ing teir identities as writers and te pro!esses( pra!ti!es( and te!nologies te$

use for writing in teir a!ademi!( professional( !ivi!( and personal lives"

• arti!ipating in writing as a so!ial a!tivit$ troug reading( !olla&oration( peer review(

and oter forms of feed&a!k"

• -ssem&ling a portfolio tat sow!ases &ot writing pro!esses and produ!ts from a variet$

of genres and tat demonstrates writing development trougout te semester"