ENC 1101: Writing & Rhetoric I
I look forward to participating in a community learning experience in this first journey into college level academic writing. Students are invited to explore their voice, investigate the power of rhetoric and maximize the resources available to them at FIU. As instructor, my goal is to empower each student to assess their skills and push the limits of their communicative abilities.
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ENC 1101, the first of FIU's two-course writing sequence, introduces students to the writing, reading, and critical thinking skills required for college writing. Course materials and writing projects introduce rhetorical concepts and invite students to consider themselves as writers inside and outside the classroom. Students will read and analyze professional nonfiction texts to understand how experienced writers develop and present ideas through writing. They will complete four major writing projects for a variety of audiences and purposes.
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Three of these projects (800-1,800 words in length) will be written in a multi-draft writing process, while a fourth project will offer students practice in timed writing contexts.
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Course Outcomes
By the end of ENC 1101, students will
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Respond in writing to various rhetorical purposes and address the needs of various audiences;
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Develop their ideas through a recursive process of writing, revision, and editing;
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Display appropriate format, structure and stylistic choices to meet audience needs and to satisfy their rhetorical purpose;
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Develop an effective thesis and support it with reasons and evidence;
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Interact with complex texts, explore alternative perspectives, and articulate and support their own perspective in response;
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Incorporate sourced materials into their own work through effective use of quotation, summary, paraphrase and citation using MLA or other appropriate style manual;
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Exhibit appropriate syntax, punctuation, and spelling;
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Develop a rhetorical vocabulary for understanding and talking about writing.
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