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Syllabus for Basic English Writing COURSE DESCRIPTION English Composition I fulfills one third of the English Composition Requirement for the University of Cincinnati General Education program. It contributes to your developing competency in Effective Communication and Critical Thinking. This first course in the first-year writing sequence is designed to provide the basis for your continuing development as a writer throughout the year and in subsequent academic courses. The writing we will do will help you understand how best to approach a variety of writing situations and to develop an understanding of yourselves as writers. In this course, we will approach writing in the spirit of inquiry, seeing each writing task as an opportunity to explore questions about content, as well as about audience and purpose. To emphasize the social nature of writing and reading, we will engage in dialogue with each other and with the various texts we read, allowing the various perspectives and viewpoints to increase our understanding. We will also engage in reflective activities, so that you may better understand your own reading, writing, and thinking processes. Required Text Ramage, John D., John C. Bean, and June Johnson. The Allyn Bacon Guide to Writing. Custom Edition. New York: Pearson, 2009. OUTCOMES Upon successful completion of this course, you should know and be able to do the following: Rhetorical Knowledge Focus on a specific purpose Anticipate the needs of different audiences Recognize the differences among kinds of writing situations and genres Respond appropriately to different types of rhetorical situations Demonstrate a basic understanding of academic writing Recognize the difference between writer-based and reader-based prose Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking Skills Use reading and writing to explore, organize, and communicate Analyze and respond critically to a variety of texts Integrate critical responses to other texts in your own writing Develo