ENWR 110: Template Syllabus |
       
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Writing 110: Accelerated Introduction to Academic Writing This course provides instruction in formulating academic problem statements, developing academic arguments, organizing texts at the global and local levels, and controlling a range of prose styles. The exact number and length of papers assigned will vary from section to section, but students in all sections of ENWR 110 will write at least 25 pages over the semester. Many sections of ENWR 110 are loosely built around themes (e.g., "The Family," "American Icons," or "Community"). This thematic focus allows assignments to build on one another; students are thus freed to focus their energies on writing (rather than research) while learning how scholars ask, define, and solve academic questions.
Unit I: Argument and Persuasion Week 1: Parts of argument; warrants and presumption Week 2: Making and supporting claims (Points; Issue/Discussion structure) Week 3: Acknowledgment and response Week 4: Argument workshops, Paper 1 due
Unit II: Academic Problem Statements Week 6: Problem statement workshops, Paper 2 due Week 7: Intro structure; preludes [reading day this week] Week 8: Conclusions; intro/conclusion workshop
Unit III: Focus, Cohesion, and Style Week 10: Old-to-new information flow, Paper 3 due Week 11: Terms of art, passives, and person; short-to-long info flow Week 12: Lexical ties [Thanksgiving break] Week 13: Information anchors (linking new to old); pacing and style, Paper 4 due Week 14: Workshops Exams: Portfolio due
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