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Esl 103 - Intermediate English As A Second Language, Maria L. Plochocki Mar 2026

Esl 103 - Intermediate English As A Second Language, Maria L. Plochocki

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The enclosed is a sample syllabus for an intermediate ESL class, created with Open Educational Resources. It includes essential course information such as a schedule of meetings and assignments, as well as course and institutional policies and resources.


A Low-Stakes Assignment That Introduces Ai Technology Into The Analysis And Writing Process, Tim Mccormack Jan 2026

A Low-Stakes Assignment That Introduces Ai Technology Into The Analysis And Writing Process, Tim Mccormack

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In this ENG 225 assignment, students use AI (ChatGPT) to perform tasks related to summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting, and responding to a text, then compare the AI-generated work to their own. Using Blitzer’s article “The Rhetorical Situation”, students create APA citations, summaries, paraphrases, key quotes, and personal responses with AI guidance. The assignment emphasizes critical evaluation by having students analyze the accuracy, effectiveness, and differences between human and AI-generated work. This exercise develops skills in rhetorical analysis, source engagement, and reflective assessment of AI as a tool for writing and research.


Eng 110 Rhetorical Situation Worksheet, Catrina E. Vininski, Missy Watson Oct 2025

Eng 110 Rhetorical Situation Worksheet, Catrina E. Vininski, Missy Watson

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This rhetorical situation worksheet asks students to analyze a text based on the rhetorical situation. Students must identify the significance of the context for which the text was published, the author of the text, the genre, the audience, the purpose, the argument, and the evidence that the author uses to support their claims. This can be used for course readings, films, or other types of texts that you assign over the course of the semester.


Ztc Eng 151 Syllabus: College Writing, Nicolette Guida May 2025

Ztc Eng 151 Syllabus: College Writing, Nicolette Guida

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This syllabus provides a curriculum for an introduction to research writing. In this course, students develop introductory skills for academic research writing, work on critical thinking and analysis skills, and build an awareness of the rhetorical situation both in texts read in class and in their own writing. This course focuses on the impact that culture has in shaping behavior and life experiences. Included course texts are centered on the exploration of the different cultural groups that people occupy and the specific cultural norms, values and beliefs for each of these groups. This is zero textbook cost (ZTC) course, so …


Eng 110 Language And Literacy Narrative And Rhetorical Analysis, Catrina E. Vininski, Missy Watson Jan 2025

Eng 110 Language And Literacy Narrative And Rhetorical Analysis, Catrina E. Vininski, Missy Watson

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The assignment gives students the option to either write a narrative based on their own experience with language and literacy, utilizing aspects of the rhetorical situation, or write a rhetorical analysis based on a text of their choice while applying the rhetorical situation. Both options include an overview of the assignment, along with requirements and a rubric. This is intended to be taught in the middle of the semester, after the instructor has already thoroughly explained the rhetorical situation and students have been given the opportunity to apply their learning.


Writing For The Humanities And The Arts, Olivia Wood Apr 2023

Writing For The Humanities And The Arts, Olivia Wood

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This is the syllabus, course calendar, and grading contract used for Olivia Wood's section of ENGL 210: Writing in the Humanities and the Arts at City College in Spring 2023. Students write opinion editorials in the first unit, research a genre of their choosing and create a "genre guide" to help others write in that genre during the second unit, and then complete a multimodal project in the third unit, perhaps using their own or a classmate's genre guide to assist them.


Engl 110 (College Writing I): Controversy In Literature, Language, And Literacy, D. Salazar Monarrez Jun 2021

Engl 110 (College Writing I): Controversy In Literature, Language, And Literacy, D. Salazar Monarrez

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Eng 111 First Year Writing, Stephanie Corrente Apr 2021

Eng 111 First Year Writing, Stephanie Corrente

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This is a sample syllabus for a first-year writing course. The course is designed for online remote classes but can be used easily face-to-face as well.


Fiqws Composition: People, David Stoler Jan 2021

Fiqws Composition: People, David Stoler

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A week by week syllabus that includes instructions for student groups to create an on-line "guide book" instead of a basic portfolio.


The Prince -- Brief Synopsis -- Powerpoint, Zach Davidson Jan 2020

The Prince -- Brief Synopsis -- Powerpoint, Zach Davidson

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This is a very brief PowerPoint covering some key ideas in Machiavelli's THE PRINCE.


Fiqws Fall 2018: Phase 2 Assignment Prompt The Exploratory Essay, Sabina Pringle, Missy Watson Jun 2018

Fiqws Fall 2018: Phase 2 Assignment Prompt The Exploratory Essay, Sabina Pringle, Missy Watson

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This phase two writing assignment prompt for FIQWS 10003 - HA1 WCGI History & Culture and FIQWS 10103 - HA1 Composition for WCGI History & Culture (fall 2018) provides guidelines for writing an Exploratory Essay in which students will consider the ideas of course readings and compose an essay that demonstrates their engagement with those ideas. The rhetorical purpose of this assignment is for students to demonstrate the ways in which their thinking about language and literacy has developed so far in the course, using evidence based on interpretations, ideas, and examples as well as passages from four or five …