W011 Fundamentals of Expository Writing

EPGY Fundamentals of Expository Writing W011

First Quarter (W011A)

Critical Reading of Poetry, Short Stories, Speeches, and Novel Selections
Development of Ideas
Rhetorical Modes of Persuasion
Emphasis on Clarity of Writing and Development of Voice

Second Quarter (W011B)

Critical Study of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Further Topics in Rhetoric, Argument, and Persuasion
Introduction to Literary Analysis
Vocabulary Development

Third Quarter (W011C)

The Writing Process
Rhetorical Canons and Modes
Sentence Level Work
Paragraph Level Work
Discourse Level Work
Timed Writing Skills

The EPGY Fundamentals of Expository Writing course is designed to give students a solid foundation in essay writing, literary analysis, and critical reading skills. Critical reading of the play Julius Caesar forms the centerpiece of the sequence. Each quarter may be taken as a separate course. Placement into these courses is based on submission of student writing samples. The courses lead directly into the E001 Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Sequence.

Lectures

The course is divided into several lessons, where new concepts are introduced through lectures presented as graphics accompanied by digitized sound. During or after each lecture, students are given questions and short weekly assignments that complement and extend the concepts covered in the lecture. These assignments are turned in each week to the course instructor.

A sample lecture screen from the second quarter of Fundamentals of Expository Writing.

Virtual Classroom Sessions

Students meet with instructors both as a group and individually to receive further writing instruction. Virtual Classroom sessions form an integral part of the course by allowing synchronous discussion of questions and ideas. Students and instructors view a common whiteboard display and speak to each other using Internet video and audio feeds.

Essay Critique and Revision

Tutors also provide detailed comments on weekly student exercises, and may require students to go through multiple revisions of a single essay. Students receive the tutor's comments electronically.

Intermediate Writing || Table of Courses || English Language and Composition

First Quarter (W011A) Critical Reading of Poetry, Short Stories, Speeches, and Novel Selections Development of Ideas Rhetorical Modes of Persuasion Emphasis on Clarity of Writing and Development of Voice
Second Quarter (W011B) Critical Study of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Further Topics in Rhetoric, Argument, and Persuasion Introduction to Literary Analysis Vocabulary Development
Third Quarter (W011C) The Writing Process Rhetorical Canons and Modes Sentence Level Work Paragraph Level Work Discourse Level Work Timed Writing Skills
The EPGY Fundamentals of Expository Writing course is designed to give students a solid foundation in essay writing, literary analysis, and critical reading skills. Critical reading of the play Julius Caesar forms the centerpiece of the sequence. Each quarter may be taken as a separate course. Placement into these courses is based on submission of student writing samples. The courses lead directly into the E001 Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Sequence.