Outcomes/Objectives
By the end of the semester students will demonstrate their ability to
- to correctly identify reliable electronic and print sources
- to correctly document sources and write a Works Cited page
- to paraphrase and quote from secondary sources without plagiarizing
- to use databases effectively
- to write a well-developed essay with a controlling, argumentative thesis
- to write focused and coherent paragraphs that support the thesis and
advance the argument
- to use texts effectively as evidence for the argument
- to use transitions within a paragraph
- to identify an audience
- to write English without the following
grammatical errors
syntactical
error
diction
errors