RHET 1312

Composition II emphasizes critical reading and thinking, while placing a more strategic focus on argumentation, research, & further developing information literacy skills. In Composition II, instructors should work toward building on the outcomes developed within each course sequence. Although not all the WPA outcome are listed below, instructors should adapt their teaching to meet the needs of their students. If it seems students have not had enough time on one or more outcomes not listed, then instructors should include assignments that allow for student practice.

Objectives Organized According to WPA Outcomes

Rhetorical Knowledge

• Develop facility in responding to a variety of situations and contexts calling for purposeful shifts in voice, tone, level of formality, design, medium, and/or structure

Critical Reading, Thinking and Writing

• Locate and evaluate (for credibility, sufficiency, accuracy, timeliness, bias and so on) primary and secondary research materials, including journal articles and essays, books, scholarly and professionally established and maintained databases or archives, and informal electronic networks and internet sources
• Use strategies—such as interpretation, synthesis, response, critique, and design/redesign—to compose texts that integrate the writer's ideas with those from appropriate sources

Processes

• Develop a writing project through multiple drafts
• Develop flexible strategies for reading, drafting, reviewing, collaborating, revising, rewriting, rereading, and editing

Knowledge of Conventions

• Gain experience negotiating variations in genre conventions

Use these outcomes to plan the development of both mini assignments and major writing tasks. Think; what are the outcomes; ask; what objectives (goals) can I create to meet the outcomes, and finally, develop artifacts (assignments) that will enable students to demonstrate their learning.