Expository Writing

Expository Writing                                           Fall 2023

Miss Stelmachowicz                                         Email: [email protected]                         

One semester .5 Credits                                     Dual Credit Course – Concordia University Nebraska

Course Description

  • Expository Writing is a course focusing on developing student processes for writing in multiple genres. This writing will include both research-based academic work and creative works. Students will use multiple techniques for idea generating (pre-writing); giving and receiving feedback; finding, evaluating, integrating sources; adapting strategies based on audience and context; revising; and editing.

    Materials

  • Pens, paper, notebook, binder. This class has no textbook but we will be writing a great deal. Please have something to journal in and a binder to hold all of your papers

    Goals/Objectives

  • Improve abilities to write clearly and concisely
  • Understand and improve the writing process to produce more effective texts
  • Refine writing abilities in multiple genres
  • Expand abilities to give and receive helpful and constructive feedback
  • Improve basic information and literary skills

    Outcomes

  • 30 pages of published (final copy) material covering a variety of genres
  • Over 60 pages of typed rough draft work
  • One major research project. This will require students to frame a research question and integrate source material while properly crediting their sources
  • Essays of definition, division and classification, analogy, cause and effect, comparison/contrast, persuasive, description, and evaluation
  • Writing group collaboration will allow them to give and receive feedback on preliminary drafts
  • A writing notebook – included will be all written material, drafts, revisions, writing in class assignments, etc.
  • A summary portfolio exhibiting their best works

    Methods

    The instructor will…

  • Facilitate discussions
  • Write along with students and share strategies
  • Offer critique and consultation
  • Share examples of excellent writing for students to study and imitate
  • Assign in and out of class writing prompts
  • Guide students in peer review and critique

    Evaluation

  • Involvement and participation in the writing process (in-class writing, notebook) 30%
  • Demonstrated effectiveness of published writing (final drafts submitted) 40%
  • Completed research paper 20%
  • Demonstrated understanding of editing and evaluation techniques 10%

    Late Work

  • Late work will affect a student grade negatively. Please communicate clearly and effectively if you are falling behind in the class.

    Cell Phone Policy

  • Cell phone use is prohibited in this class unless otherwise noted by the instructor. Students should keep phones put away unless they are told they may be used for a certain assignment on the given day.

    Academic Honesty

  • Every student will be expected to produce his or her OWN work. Anyone caught plagiarizing or cheating will have a meeting with me to discuss the situation. Plagiarism can take many forms. Please ask any questions about citing works, websites, people, etc. to avoid this infraction.