WR115 OWEAC Outcomes: Students will produce 2000-2500 words of revised, final draft copy over the term, including at least one essay that incorporates source materials and
practices MLA citing conventions.
Academic Discourse and
Conventions
1. Engage in and value a
respectful and free
exchange of ideas
2.
Participate in class
discussion and activities
3.
Explore varying points of
view through reading
college-level texts and
writing
Organization, Thesis and
Development
1. Foreground the
importance of focus,
organization, and logical
development of written
work
2.
4.
5.
6.
Practice active reading
skills, including: annotation,
cultivation/development of
vocabulary, identification of
the thesis and main ideas of
source material
Listen to, reflect upon, and
respond to the ideas of
others in discussion and in
written work
Use appropriate
technologies in the service
of writing and learning. For
example: use word
processing tools to prepare
and edit formal writing
assignments (spell
check/grammar check, find
and replace); understand
3.
4.
Audience, Purpose, and Voice
Writing Process
Research and Documentation
1.
Develop rhetorical
awareness:
1.
Use informal writing to
explore the ideas of others
1.
Read various texts to
notice more than one
documentation style

Learn about the roles
played by situation,
purpose, and audience in
directing a writer’s choices
of style, voice, word choice
and amount of detail
2.
Use prewriting tools such as
brainstorming and free
writing to develop topics
and purpose
2.
Objectively summarize
source material
3.
Weave a relevant quotation
from source material into
an essay
4.
Practice crediting source
material using MLA style
5.
Maintain academic honesty
by acknowledging all
sources in written work,
beginning with use of signal
phrases
Try more than one
organizational strategy in
essay drafts
Track evolution of ideas in
essay drafts and choose
the best from among
them
Link essay paragraphs to
thesis/main idea including
the use of transitional
phrases or cues
5.
Write unified and
coherent paragraphs
6.
Use summary, paraphrase,
and synthesis as part of a
writing assignment
7.
Develop the ability to
integrate and connect one
writer’s ideas with
another’s

Recognize differences
among audiences

Practice writing for
different audiences and
purposes

3.
Develop paragraphs and
short essays through a
flexible writing process that
proceeds from discovering
ideas through drafting,
peer review, revising,
editing and proofreading
4.
Work effectively and
collaboratively with other
writers to evaluate and
revise essays , sharing work
in process and providing
constructive feedback to
others according to
established guidelines
5.
Begin to appraise own
writing skills and writing
process, identifying
strengths and addressing
weaknesses including
revising essay drafts to
emphasize thesis/main idea
and foreground the
relevance of evidence
6.
Improve essays through
revision incorporating
Develop an understanding
of how voice, tone, and
level of formality inform
written texts
the limitations of such
tools; locate course
materials and resources
online; and use online
communication tools such
as e-mail
7.
Practice using Edited
Standard Written English to
address an academic
audience
8.
Gain familiarity with the
uses of a writer's handbook
and/or other resources
instructor feedback
7.
Discover available writing
assistance/resources