ENGL 080

The student who successfully completes English 080 will be able to:

1. Use writing processes that develop exploratory drafts into revised prose for specific audiences, including the ability to:
   1. Generate, select and focus writing topics
   2. Plan, organize, and structure writing to develop a focus and purpose
   3. Support positions in a manner convincing to targeted audiences
   4. Review, critique, revise
   5. Edit writing to conform to the general conventions of Standard English.
2. Produce formal college level essays that exhibit the requisite skills to attain a C level or better on the course rubric, which signals that a student is prepared to enter English 111 and engage in academic discourse at the university level.
3. Read critically and analyze material written for multiple audiences.
4. Effectively participate in interactive/collaborative reading and writing activities

1. Students will write approximately 5000 words in the course, at least half of which will come from four formal essays.
2. Students will be provided with opportunities for in-class writing with some attention to instruction in essay exam strategies.
3. All English 080 students' products will be assessed using clearly defined criteria, including course rubric, sample papers, and other materials provided by the instructor.
4. Both product and process (journals, drafts, portfolios and conferences) may be taken into account when assessing student performance in the course.
5. At least 75% of a student’s final course grade in English 080 will be based on the evaluation of formal essays.
6. English 080 instructors will actively engage in strategies that work toward student retention and student success.