Students receive instruction in grammar, planning, organizing, and developing a variety of compositions. They also learn basic research and documentation techniques. Upon completion students should be able to write unified, coherent essays nearly free of mechanical or structural errors. Students should refer to the schedule of classes for sections of this course in which word processors are used to plan, organize, develop, and revise papers. Students learn to evaluate literature critically and to write essays in which they use evidence effectively.
Students write several essays based on selected short stories, poems, and plays.
Collaborative and individual writing projects may include essays, reaction papers, summaries and abstracts, advertising copy for print and non-print media, newspaper and magazine articles, press releases, and scripts. They write research papers and essay exams. Through a survey of the development of English literature from 1798 to the present, students become acquainted with works of major British writers from each literary period. They write research papers and essay exams. They write reports and essay exams.