General Education Common Graded Assignment: ENGL 102 F 2021
Working with Words in the World: Locating an Image
ENGL 102: College Composition II is a general education course designed to assist students in the development of critical life skills. One of the goals of this assignment is to assess student competence for each of these objectives:
Written and Oral Communication— apply conventions to varied and advanced writing assignments according to genre, discipline, and/or occasion (CCO7)
Critical Analysis and Reasoning—conduct independent research of a variety of texts from diverse perspectives and authorship using appropriate academic search tools (CCO 3)
Technological Competence— use contemporary technology to produce sophisticated responses to a variety of audiences (CCO8)
Information Literacy— integrate and cite in-depth resources, applying them to given rhetorical situations according to institutional standards of academic integrity (CCO4)
Local and Global Diversity— examine complex issues of global and local diversity through critical thinking, reading, researching, and writing (CCO5)
In addition to the above general education objectives, this assignment assesses students’ understanding and application of the following skills and knowledge specific to:
Recursive Writing
Critical Reading
Critical Thinking
Critical Research
ASSIGNMENT: This project asks students to engage in research about a topic of interest to them. The topics must be drawn from one of the readings from the poem or short story units. It includes three parts: a research component where students engage in inquiry; an image component where students use images to refine their thinking; and a genre component in which students write to specific audiences.
Purpose: This assignment gives students practice in the process of inquiry and rhetoric.
Audience: Part 1 & 2 should be written for the instructor; Part 3 will be based on the specific audience determined by the chosen genre.
Directions: Students will complete a multipart project that includes an annotated research document, a creative image with a reflection, and a written piece exploring issues of interest.
Please see attached detailed instructions.
ASSIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS:
Minimum 1,000 words, typed in Times New Roman 12-pt font, double-spaced with 1” margins.
MLA or APA style format(current version) and documentation for parenthetical citations and a Works Cited/References page.
Minimum of three academically appropriate sources in addition to assigned primary source/s.
Utilize library databases to locate appropriate sources.
GRADING:
This assignment will account for [_30__% of the total course grade.
