ENG116
Discover the Writer in You

Writing is a lifelong skill that helps you share your thoughts and ideas with the world. This course will unlock the writer inside you by teaching you the fundamentals for how to harness the power of your words to engage and inform. Learn how your writing can help you take a stand and how to craft a clear and targeted message for any audience.

Course Outcomes

  • Develop a plan for writing using a writing process and technology tools.
  • Develop informative writings that are coherent and appropriate for a specific audience.
  • Develop writings that take a coherent and appropriate stance on an issue for a specific audience.

Media Assets

  • Features 11 Video Stories

Week 1: Words are Powerful and Personal

This week we will review the writing process steps and learn about your first assignment – the personal essay.

Week 2: First Step, Structure

This week is all about understanding point of view and practicing drafting a thesis and an outline. These three key writing concepts will help you structure your first assignment.

Week 3: Drafting a Fearless First Draft

This week we will look at how to transition from an outline to a draft. You will be drafting your essay and learning how to assess your work by learning from a sample essay and analyzing your own before your hand in your first assignment.

Week 4: Writing is Everyone's Business

This week you will learn about paragraphing, transitions, voice and tone, and how to avoid plagiarism.

Week 5: It Keeps Getting Better

This week you will learn how to incorporate feedback from your draft so you can revise your essay. Also, let’s revisit your mindset and priorities.

Week 6: Make Your Case

This week you will learn how to write your second assignment – the stance essay, switch point of view, and read source material critically.

Week 7: Getting it Right

This week is all about learning how to cite your sources, complete your stance draft and self-assess your draft.

Week 8: It's All in the Details

This week you will learn how to analyze your evidence, format your essay and generate a correct SWS sources list.

Week 9: The Power of Editing

This week is all about learning how to incorporate feedback from your draft so you can revise your essay. You will also learn about editing.

Week 10: Making Sense of it All

This week you will learn how to evaluate sources and use internet research for the future.

Week 11: Don't Forget the Grammar

This week is all about grammar. Feel free to complete any and all of this appendix at any time throughout the duration of the class.