Official Course Description:  MCCCD Approval:  4-27-2010
ENG297  2010 Summer I - 9999	LEC  1.0 Credit(s)  1.0 Period(s)  1.0 Load  Acad
Writing Program Portfolio
Emphasizes reflection and revision through compiling and critiquing student's own accumulated writings.  Uses previously composed documents and projects to demonstrate a complex understanding of writing as a rhetorically situated process, to assess his or her strengths and weaknesses, and to address potential methods of writing improvement and growth. Prerequisites: Grade of "C" or better in ENG270.   Course Notes: Develops advanced college-level writing strategies through the compilation of a portfolio which should include four or more composition projects comprising at least 4,000 words (final drafts)three or more writing projects comprising at least 4,000 words in total.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
ENG297  2010 Summer I - 9999	Writing Program Portfolio

 

1.         Demonstrate a complex understanding of rhetorical strategies, evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses, and reflect on plans for continued growth by producing a portfolio. (I, II, IV, V)

2.         Identify intersections between individual projects and discourse community expectations. (I, IV, V)

3.         Explain how a specific composition meets the needs of a specific rhetorical context, including circumstance, purpose, topic, audience and writer, as well as the ethical, political, and cultural implications of the discourse. (I, III)

4.         Analyze how a specific composition uses rhetorically appropriate conventions in writing, including content, consistent and appropriate visuals, voice, tone, diction, and mechanics. (I, III)

5.         Specify how a specific composition uses format and documentation styles appropriate to a specific rhetorical situation and discourse community. (III)

6.         Recommend appropriate technologies to engage specific composition processes. (II, V)

7.         Evaluate one's own composition strengths and identify strategies for improvement.(IV, V)

 

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
ENG297  2010 Summer I - 9999	Writing Program Portfolio

 

I.          Analyzing Rhetorical Contexts

            A.        Discourse community

            B.        Circumstance

            C.        Purpose

            D.        Topic

            E.         Audience

            F.         Writer

            G.        Text

II.        Assessing Effective Processes

            A.        Invention

            B.        Drafting

            C.        Collaborating

            D.        Feedback

            E.         Revision

            F.         Presentation

            G.        Technology

III.       Assessing Appropriate Conventions

            A.        Format

            B.        Structure

            C.        Mechanics

            D.        Content

            E.         Appropriateness

            F.         Clarity

IV.       Self-Assessment

            A.        Strengths

            B.        Weaknesses

            C.        Methods for continued growth

V.        Constructing Portfolios

            A.        Table of Contents

            B.        Explanation of portfolio (preface)

            C.        Artifacts

            D.        Artifact reflections

            E.         Format

            F.         Organization

            G.        Visual presentation