English300Goals&Objectives

Published on Nov 20, 2015

Introduction to English 300

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

English 300

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What are we doing together?

reading

research skills

English 300 should give students adequate instruction in finding, evaluating, collecting, citing,
and synthesizing appropriate scholarly sources and should include instruction in the appropriate
use of sources as support for original arguments
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WRITING

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research

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play?

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Diverse reading

Reading assignments should come from a variety of disciplines and should stress how and why authors make rhetorical choices that are appropriate to
writing in particular disciplines
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  • close reading
  • active reading
  • scholarly reading
  • Summarizing/critiquing academic texts
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Diverse writing

Because English
300 is a course about writing
and reading
in the disciplines, students should receive
instruction
on how to read disciplinary research.
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short

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informal

journals/blogs

hodie quid egisti?

[translated: what have you done?]
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You will

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sum up

critique

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synthesize

lots of sources

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in your major

How much?

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5-6k

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1 PAPER>3K

PURPOSE?

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ARGUMENT

[with support]
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citation

appropriate

[voice, tone, format, structure, usage]

collaborate

presentation

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may 16, 2014