2023-2025 Catalog

ENGL 95 Foundations of Academic Writing I

Emphasis on writing complete, correct sentences, unified and coherent paragraphs, and short essays. Workbook exercises reinforce Standard English. Close reading skills practiced. Builds writing skills through use of templates, drafting, revising, editing, and developing analytical habits of mind. (N)

Credits

5

Outcomes

  1. Identify basic parts of speech.
  2. Write a variety of complex sentences with proper punctuation, spelling, and capitalization
  3. Identify audience, purpose, and voice and academic voice Lecture, practice writing to different audiences on same topic.
  4. Utilize close-reading techniques and paraphrase culturally relevant content while building vocabulary and spelling skills.
  5. Compose organized narrative paragraphs containing five to seven sentences and self edit
  6. Use a template to compose an organized five paragraph essay with all basic academic components.
  7. Use MLA format and understand the concept of intellectual property and citation.
  8. Articulate the connection between community and identity in an oral presentation appropriate to audience.