You will gain a foundation for college-level writing valuable for nearly any field. Students will learn how to read carefully, write effective arguments, understand the writing process, engage with others' ideas, cite accurately, and craft powerful prose.
Course Learning Objectives
• Summarize, analyze, question, and evaluate written and visual texts
• Argue and support a position
• Recognize audience and disciplinary expectations
• Identify and use the stages of the writing process
• Identify characteristics of effective prose
• Apply proper citation practices
• Discuss applying your writing knowledge to other writing occasions
English Composition I
proposé par
Duke University
À propos de ce cours
4.6
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Compétences que vous acquerrez
Essay WritingEnglish LanguageAcademic WritingEditing
Programme du cours : ce que vous apprendrez dans ce cours
Semaine
1The Writing Process
To start our course, we will examine your own writing process and what it means to respond to the writing of others. We will also think about what academic writing means.
4 vidéos (Total 37 min), 2 lectures
4 vidéos
I am a Writer6 min
Responding to Others' Writing11 min
What is Academic Writing?9 min
Understanding Your Writing Process8 min
2 lectures
I am a Writer Sample Feedback10 min
A Note About Deadlines10 min
Semaine
2Critical Reading
This week will concentrate on the skill of reading critically. Additionally, we will learn about the conventions of academic writing, including integrating evidence and schools of citation. Finally, you are encouraged to write your own critical review of "The Sweet Spot." This is an optional writing assignment, but it is a requirement to receive a honor's certificate.
5 vidéos (Total 93 min), 4 lectures, 1 quiz
5 vidéos
Active Reading13 min
Integrating Evidence15 min
Moving from Discussion to Draft7 min
Schools of Citation5 min
Critical Review Writing Workshop50 min
4 lectures
Daniel Coyle, "The Sweet Spot"10 min
Academic Writing Resources10 min
Critical Review Examples10 min
Critical Review: Sample Feedback10 min
Semaine
3Project 1: Visual Analysis
This week, the central topic is visual images in academic writing. The goal is to practice interpreting and writing about images convincingly. Plus, Dr. Comer will help you think about what area of inquiry you would like to focus on in this course and what it means to write a draft. Finally, you will write your visual analysis and learn how to give meaningful feedback.
9 vidéos (Total 87 min), 4 lectures, 1 quiz
9 vidéos
What is a Draft?2 min
Reading Visual Images7 min
Using Images in Scholarly Writing4 min
Effective Claims4 min
Responding Towards Revision4 min
Feedback on Visual Analysis Draft2 min
Workshopping Writing6 min
Visual Analysis Writing Workshop50 min
4 lectures
Geoffrey Colvin, "What It Takes To Be Great"10 min
Sample Essays for Project 110 min
More Resources for Visual Analysis10 min
Sample Feedback Visual Analysis Draft10 min
Semaine
4Revision Strategies and Visual Analysis Revision
Based on the feedback of your colleagues improve your visual analysis. After you receive feedback on your final submission, submit a self-reflection quiz about your experience writing this project.
4 vidéos (Total 24 min), 1 lecture, 2 quiz
4 vidéos
Strategies for Revision8 min
Crafting Effective Titles5 min
Editing Strategies7 min
1 lecture
Sample Feedback Visual Analysis Final10 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Visual Analysis Self-Reflection8 min
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par JR•Mar 8th 2017
Very helpful for writers and future career writers. Plus the professor is extremely down to earth. Was not expecting that and I forgive her for being a Duke fan. Go Tar Heels!!!! jk jk
par AA•Dec 15th 2017
I very excited to get this certificate and improved my knowledge writing and skills to get better understand for create a fiction with rules that I learned in Duke University
Enseignant
Dr. Denise Comer
Assistant Professor of the Practice; Director of First-Year WritingThompson Writing Program
À propos de Duke University
Duke University has about 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students and a world-class faculty helping to expand the frontiers of knowledge. The university has a strong commitment to applying knowledge in service to society, both near its North Carolina campus and around the world.
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