WRDS 1104 Mind Map
SLO 1: Students will enact rhetorical choices, moves, and strategies for effective composing in print and online contexts.
Demonstrate the ability to meet readers’ expectations by being adaptive, flexible writers
Use research-based views of writing to explain how texts work and what readers and writers are doing
Theorize about the work that language does in the world
Demonstrate the ability to shift voice, tone, formality, design, medium, and layout to achieve a specific purpose
SLO 2: Students will develop the ability to navigate the stages of writing through a variety of composing processes.
Create new composing habits for unfamiliar tasks in both print and multimodal projects
Develop composing processes for different tasks and occasions
Use multiple strategies to conceptualize, develop, and finalize projects
Respond to feedback by instructor and peers for effective revision
SLO 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically through diverse reading and writing tasks.
Engage critically with a variety of source material to analyze, synthesize, interpret, and evaluate ideas, information, and texts
Locate and use a diverse range of digital and print texts as resources for writing
SLO 4: Students will identify and navigate new and diverse reading and writing situations and tasks that require their adaptation to shifting expectations and genres.
Apply the tone, style, organization, graphics, and document design that meets the expectations of the genre
Analyze how genres are constructed through various discourse communities
Demonstrate understanding that meaning is shaped by readers’ and writers' understanding of context and genre
Use citation practices consistent with the genre and demonstrate an understanding of fair-use
SLO 5: Students will use reflective writing to improve their writing.
Reflect on deliberate choices made in a piece of writing
Learn and apply the language of writing studies and rhetoric by employing key words in their reflective writing
Synthesize and integrate insights from one project into another through reflective learning
Reflect on how approaches learned in the course may apply to future writing situations
Understand the purpose and process of inquiry
Where I Started
Reflecting on Failures
Writing as Situated
Understanding Genre
Identifying a Myth
Providing Feedback
Permission to Fail
Responding to Scenarios
Genre as an Activity
Debunking Myth
Process and Revision