Maricopa Community Colleges  WAC101   19964-20045 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 03/26/96
WAC101 19964-20045 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Writing Across the Curriculum
Emphasis on the elements of sentence and paragraph structure, the four stages of the writing process for personal-based and expository. Extensive journal entries, editing and revision of written assignments. Prepare and write multi-paragraph essays. Assigned readings, participation in extensive workshops and groupwork. Prerequisites: None.
Go to Competencies    Go to Outline
 
MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
WAC101   19964-20045 Writing Across the Curriculum
1. Explain and use the four stages of the writing process to include invention, composition, arrangement, and revision. (I)
2. Identify and use four types of sentence construction. (II)
3. Write clear, focused, and fully developed paragraphs containing specific evidence, facts, statistics, examples and statement by authorities. (III)
4. Use a thesis statement that states the organization of an essay and develop a controlling theme or idea to organize an essay. (IV)
5. Analyze audience and purpose for specific types of paragraphs and essays. (V)
6. Use appropriate rhetorical patterns for personal-based and expository writing employing a combination of the following: definition, narration, description, exemplification, comparison-contrast, classification, process analysis, causal analysis, and argumentation. (VI)
7. Use appropriate diction in personal-based and expository writing. (VII)
8. Use specific introduction and conclusion strategies within an essay. (VIII)
9. Analyze and use global and local revision to create essay unity and coherence. (IX)
10. Write multiple drafts of four multi-paragraph essays and revise based on audience, purpose, organization, style, mechanics, and sentence structure. (X)
Go to Description    Go to top of Competencies
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
WAC101   19964-20045 Writing Across the Curriculum
    I. Four stages of writing
        A. Invention
        B. Composition
        C. Arrangement
        D. Revision
      II. Sentence construction
          A. Identification of four basic sentence types
            1. Simple
            2. Compound
            3. Complex
            4. Compound-complex
          B. Application of four, basic sentence types
        III. Fully developed paragraphs
            A. Examples
            B. Facts
            C. Statistics
            D. Statement by authorities
          IV. Essay organization
              A. Clear thesis and topic sentences
              B. Controlling theme
            V. Audience analysis and purpose
                A. Analysis process
                B. Selection of audience and purpose
              VI. Rhetorical modes
                  A. Narration
                  B. Description
                  C. Exemplification
                  D. Cause and effect
                  E. Comparison and contrast
                  F. Process analysis
                  G. Classification
                  H. Definition
                  I. Argumentation
                VII. Personal-based and expository diction
                    A. Informal
                    B. Formal
                  VIII. Introduction and conclusion strategies
                      A. Analysis of different strategies
                      B. Use of different strategies
                    IX. Global and local revision
                        A. Global revision
                          1. Content
                          2. Organization
                          3. Unity
                          4. Coherence
                        B. Local revision
                          1. Sentence construction
                          2. Coherence
                          3. Unity
                      X. Multi-paragraph essays
                          A. Audience
                          B. Purpose
                          C. Organization
                          D. Style
                          E. Mechanics
                          F. Sentence structure
                          G. Editing process
                          H. Revision of drafts
                      Go to Description    Go to top of Competencies    Go to top of Outline