Final Meetings-

DECEMBER 1st-  Write Placer Test

December 3

800-  Stephen
810-  Kevin
820-  Maiah
830-  Rada
840-  

Dec  5


800-  Myrna
810-  Daniel
820-  Briana
830-  Andres
840-  Rosy

Dec 8

800- Arwen
810- Hadley
820- Samuel
830-  Eduardo
840-  Katlyn 

Sample Prompt

Some schools require each student to participate in an organized school sport chosen by the student.  People at these schools argue that athletics is an important part of the educational experience and that there should be a rule requiring participation. Others argue that students should be free to decide whether or not they wish to participate in organized school sports.

Write an essay for a classroom instructor in which you take a position on whether participation in organized school athletics should be required.  Be sure to defend your position with logical arguments and appropriate examples

If you could spend the day with any famous person, who would it be and why?

Write an essay for a classroom instructor in which you discuss how time spent with this individual would benefit you.  Be careful not to only describe the person and his or her qualities.

Sample Prompt

Passage

An actor, when his cue came, was unable to move onto the stage. He said, “I can’t get in, the chair is

in the way.” And the producer said, “Use the difficulty. If it’s a drama, pick the chair up and smash it.

If it’s comedy, fall over it.” From this experience the actor concluded that in any situation in life that

is negative, there is something positive you can do with it.

Adapted from Lawrence Eisenberg, “Caine Scrutiny.”

Assignment

Can any obstacle or disadvantage be turned into something good?

sequences). This essay exhibits clear and consistent mastery and merits a score of 8.

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WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition

Rhetorical Knowledge

·       Gain experience reading and composing in several genres to understand how genre conventions shape and are shaped by readers’ and writers’ practices and purposes

Define: 

This means I’ve written different types of essays and I know that different types have different appearances and rules.

Explain:

I’ve written several different types of essays in class.  The first was a narrative where the rule was to write about myself in first person.  Here is a quote from my narrative essay:  “I was a victim when I blamed others for my own actions.”  Since I’m using I, the reader can tell it is a narrative.  In another essay, I had to follow different rules.  For my argument essay, I had to use research from On Course and cite the information I provided the reader.  The rules for this are different from a narrative and I wrote, “In On Course Skip Downing writes, “Time is money” (24).  As you can see, this is not in first person, and I am following citation rules.  These examples show that I can write different types of essays with different rules.

Critical Thinking, Reading, and Composing

Use strategies--such as interpretation, synthesis, response, critique, and design/redesign--to
compose texts that integrate the writer's ideas with those from appropriate sources

Define:   I'm able to put together my ideas with those of others.

Explain: 


Processes

Develop a writing project through multiple drafts

Define:  I know that writing an essay takes lots of tries to be perfect.

Explain: 


Develop flexible strategies for reading, drafting, reviewing, collaborating, revising, rewriting,
rereading, and editing.

Define:  I have many ways to compose a great essay.


Explain:

Learn to give and to act on productive feedback to works in progress


Knowledge of Conventions

Develop knowledge of linguistic structures, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling,
through practice in composing and revising
. Learn common formats and/or design features for different kinds of texts
. Practice applying citation conventions systematically in their own work

Full Body Paragraph.

To be successful, students should focus on time management.  In fact, Skip Downing, author of On Course, a student success text, mentions that, “The secret of effective self-management is making choices, maximizing, the time you spend” (108).  When students make the right choices to manage themselves, then they are managing their time as well.  If students make the correct decisions when it comes to prioritizing their lives, they will have enough time for school and enough time for their other responsibilities as well.  Furthermore, Downing also writes that “Time is equal to money” (146).  He says this to remind students that they are paying for their education, and when they waste their time, they are wasting their money.  Additionally, when these students realize that time spent on something equals money later in life as well as in school, they will begin to buckle down and focus on their time.  This focus will help them become successful.