26 Suggested Assignments
The ENG101 Course description in Maricopa sets these expectations:
Description: Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on expository writing and understanding writing as a process. Establishing effective college-level writing strategies through four or more writing projects comprising at least 3,000 words in total.
This contextualized book supports and ENG101 course with these competencies:
- Analyze specific rhetorical contexts, including circumstance, purpose, topic, audience, and writer, as well as the writing`s ethical, political, and cultural implications. (I, III)
- Organize writing to support a central idea through unity, coherence, and logical development appropriate to a specific writing context. (II, IV)
- Use appropriate conventions in writing, including consistent voice, tone, diction, grammar, and mechanics. (I, IV)
- Summarize, paraphrase and quote from sources to maintain academic integrity and to develop and support one`s own ideas. (III, IV)
- Use feedback obtained from peer review, instructor comments and/or other resources to revise writing. (II)
- Assess one`s own writing strengths and identify strategies for improvement through instructor conference, portfolio review, written evaluation, and/or other methods. (II, III)
- Generate, format, and edit writing using appropriate technologies. (II, IV)
Each of the following major essays utilizes the writing process including pre-writing, drafting, revision, peer review, and editing.
Major essays for this course which add up to 50% of the grade include:
| Essay | Description | Details |
| Rhetorical Analysis | Choose an article about your topic that is no more than two pages long.
Write a rhetorical analysis in MLA format. You will write an introduction; short paragraphs with a few sentences about each of these elements; and a conclusion.
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100 – 300 words MLA format Include the article on the Works Cited |
| Evaluation | In this essay you will evaluate potential obstacles for learning. Think about the health and wellness of a college student during an international pandemic. What do you need to be successful? Do you have access to resources? Are the GCC resources adequate to support the community and its students during the pandemic?
You will evaluate at least three campus resources. Your recommendation should clearly state which of the resources should be maintained, which should be improved, and which might be eliminated, if any.
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750 – 1000 words MLA format At least three (3) sources on the Works Cited; these could be from your personal experience, college web pages, public health information, or sources related to quality college resources.
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| Position Argument | Using the same issue from the rhetorical analysis, complete a detailed argument essay:
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1000 – 1200 words
MLA format At least three (3) sources on the Works Cited; at least ONE must be a scholarly source |
| Literary Analysis | Select a poem, folktale, legend, or myth that shows someone’s personal struggle with wellness, different abilities, or other ideas from our course.
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800 – 1000 words
MLA format At least three sources |
| Final Reflection | The final Reflection should contain these sections:
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100 – 300 words
MLA format |
