Students will write five compositions of various lengths and complexity relevant to village focus. Students will read and keep double entry notes on articles they read, noting diverse rhetorical moves by the writers. Students will participate as peer responders and editors, using reader- based criteria that is used with professional writing . Students will be able to word process all papers, to construct and maintain a web site, and to use synchronous and asynchronous methods of communication. Students will compile a portfolio from their semester's work and indicate through a reflective analysis their growth as writers throughout the semester.
Writing is both a creative endeavor and a critical thinking activity.
Thus, grades will be based on levels of participation, technical expertise in writing, and examples of creative and critical thinking. Each major writing assignment will have a criteria rubric for acceptable performance at the various grade levels. The Final Grade for the course will be determined in a grading conference with your professor in which the quality and quantity of your participation and written products will assessed overall. Your attendance is vital to your successful completion of this course. Many of our classroom experiences require collaboration.