In Composition I, students will learn to:
1. Use different strategies for generating ideas, such as brainstorming, free writing, and clustering,
2. recognize and produce writing that has a main idea (topic sentence & thesis statement) and supporting details,
3. write compare and contrast essays that are well organized,
4. write classification essays that are organized either in degree, chronology, or in location order,
5. write process analysis essays that are organized in the order of chronological and complete process that is persuasive enough for your reader,
6. write cause and effect essays which contains multiple causes with a single effect that are organized either in order of familiarity, order of interest, or order of importance.
7. write process argumentative essays that can clearly show the opinion they stand, and give enough reasons and evidences to support the points to which students have mentioned.
8. use transitions sentences and words to increase coherence.

The first semester of the course is focused on paragraph writing with a variety of methods of support. The second semester is focused on the five-paragraph essay (introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion) that can be used for basic academic writing and that can provide a platform from which to develop more advanced kinds of writing. Students will do numerous activities and exercises both in and out of class to help them recognize and execute the rhetorical structures commonly found in English composition. Students will also work on sentence-level and word-level difficulties. In order to pass this course, students must be able to exhibit their ability to execute the aforementioned skills.

In Composition I, students will learn to:
1. Use different strategies for generating ideas, such as brainstorming, free writing, and clustering,
2. recognize and produce writing that has a main idea (topic sentence & thesis statement) and supporting details,
3. write compare and contrast essays that are well organized,
4. write classification essays that are organized either in degree, chronology, or in location order,
5. write process analysis essays that are organized in the order of chronological and complete process that is persuasive enough for your reader,
6. write cause and effect essays which contains multiple causes with a single effect that are organized either in order of familiarity, order of interest, or order of importance.
7. write process argumentative essays that can clearly show the opinion they stand, and give enough reasons and evidences to support the points to which students have mentioned.
8. use transitions sentences and words to increase coherence.

The first semiconductor of the course is focused on paragraph writing with a variety of methods of support. The second semiconductor is focused on the five-paragraph essay (introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion) that can be used for basic academic writing and that can provide a platform from which to develop more advanced kinds of writing. Students will do numerous activities and exercises both in and out of class to help They recognize and execute the rhetorical structures commonly found in English composition. Students will also work on sentence-level and word-level difficulties. In order to pass this course, students must be able to exhibit their ability to execute the alienated skills.

Comp﹧Oral 1 is a required first-year writing and speaking course. The composition component, which introduces students to the writing process and to the conventions of written English, teaches students to write grammatically accurate sentences, well-formed paragraphs with clear topic sentences and supporting details, and coherent short essays. The oral component helps students improve their ability to communicate in accurate, fluent English. Written assignments may include journals, paragraphs, and short essays while oral assignments may include pronunciation exercises, role－play activities, panel discussions, group discussions, impromptu presentations, and planned speeches.

Comp﹧Oral 1 is a required first-year writing and speaking course. The composition component, which introduces students to the writing process and to the conventions of written English, teaches students to write grammatically accurate sentences, well-formed paragraphs with clear topic sentences and supporting details, and cooperative short essays. The oral component helps students improve their ability to communicate in accurate, fluent English. Written assignments may include journals, paragraphs, and short essays while oral assignments may include pronunciation exercises, role-play activities, panel discussions, group discussions, improvetu presentations, and planned speeches.

Refining Composition Skills: Rhetoric and Grammar, 6th edition, by Smalley, Ruetten, and Kozyrev
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Refining Composition Skills: Rhetoric and Grammar, 6th edition, by Smalley, Ruetten, and Kozyrev
Please respect intellectual property rights. Do not photocopy the textbook.