Course title
COMPOSITION IPre-requisite
successful completion of English 1-2 and English 3-4Course description
This is a writing course that prepares the student for the types of communication and thought essential to academic and working-world success. The course focuses on writing as a process and is intended to help students identify and refine their own personal writing. Students will:
†∑†Write as a means of discovering and clarifying ideas.∑†Write in many forms?such as essays; reports; articles; and letters.∑†Implement a process approach to writing of generating ideas; drafting; revising; and
†††INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
editing.∑†Use appropriate writing strategies for varying purposes and audiences.∑†Develop an authentic; personal writing voice and tone appropriate for varying
purposes and audiences.∑†Organize essays which present logical progression and support through introduction;
body; and conclusion.∑†Polish individual writing style by using conventions of standard written English.†∑†Revise writings based on peer; instructor; and sometimes; NICC Writing Center
responses.∑†Reflect on their own writing in order to make necessary revisions and improvements
in content; style; and editing.
COMMENT: This is a concurrent enrollment course. In addition to high school credit; students will earn 3 college credits at NICC. Contact your school counselor and/or the admissions office of the postsecondary institution you plan to attend for more information on the transferability of the credits.
School country
United StatesSchool state
IowaSchool / district Address
N/ASchool zip code
52002Requested competency code
EnglishDate submitted
Approved
YesApproved competency code
- ENGL
- 4 years of English