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Nicole Beveridge
KCC students take Freshman Composition either during their first or sophomore year. This writing intensive
English course will be offered as a hybrid (blended) course with the major theme being Sustainability. Many students at
KCC lack the skills necessary to write college -level prose. In this writing-intensive course, we will examine the
conventions of academic discourse in writing. Course readings will focus on sustainability and environmentalism and how
they are shaped and defined through a variety of literary, scientific, political, and popular texts. Class discussions will also
trace the roots of sustainability in environmental writing; students will analyze the diverse debates surrounding
sustainability, and will consider local, national, and international texts about sustainability. Students will interact with
invited guest speakers, conduct field research on sustainability in local communities and institutions, and create their own
narratives and scenarios for sustainable futures based on their findings and speculations. Students will develop written
communication skills for diverse audiences as well as learning how to write across several genres - including memoir,
autoethnography, popular history, and theoryhelping them and others to question, formulate, challenge, and re-
Presentation: Present
this information to the
class in your assigned
groups.
Student will describe Class Project: Reading, Group Work Students will work in Reflection: Review
what constitutes a Argument is and Class small groups of three (1) of each Newspaper
credible and Everywhere discussion: What or four and list the and magazine articles,
supported argument makes a good characteristics that bumper stickers,
based on assigned argument? Students make these arguments advertisements,
course readings. will read and analyze effective. movies, television
two short arguments programs and music.
and discuss what Indicate in your
makes them credible reflection whether
and successful or or not they fulfill
superficial and the requirements
unsuccessful. of an argument.
Terminal Objective: Learners will critically review and edit writing for accuracy and clarity.
Enabling Objectives Assessment Idea Absorb Activity Do Activity Connect Activity
Students will apply the Summary Writing Read and annotate- Learners will Tourism is a major
rules of grammar and Activity How the BP oil spill complete multiple economic factor in the
style to correct errors affected the Gulf Coast choice MLA Gulf coast region
in writing. article. quizzes ad affected by the oil
complete spill.
Click hyperlinks in the worksheets filling
Course documents on in appropriate in- Conduct some
Blackboard and watch text citations. research on how
the videos pertaining the tourism
to the BP oil spill. Write a reflection industry has
on the BP Oil Spill. addressed these
Review MLA Power problems in a 2-3-
Point Presentation page paper and in
an audiovisual
presentation.
Student will clearly Argumentative Follow links on Writing Conference Research paper 4-
express their Research Essay Blackboard for and Outline for 6 pages.
arguments verbally or Sustainability: Research essay
in writing based on Connection to local Thesis must be
evidence of research and urban carefully outlined.
and assigned readings environment
Select course
materials must be
incorporated in the
research project.
Students will evaluate Research Project- Follow the links on Visit public spaces and Written
their own arguments Prompt: Choose a Blackboard in the conduct fieldwork- Argumentative
based on the evidence way in which a public Course Documents (Observations, research paper (5-6
or experience of space in New York click the hyperlink and Interviews and pages).
applying new City has changed or is watch NY77: The surveys). Conduct
knowledge verbally or being changed and Coolest Year in secondary research on
in writing. argue for your point of Hell your preferred public Annotated Works
view on the effects you space. Cited List
think the change has
had, is having, or Oral Presentation- Sources should show a
could have. Students will range that includes
prepare and some combination of
Select a focus from present an the following: the
one of the areas listed
below. You can choose audiovisual history of the space,
an example listed presentation the economic impact
there or something discussing their of the change, the
else, but regardless, preferred public social impact of the
you need to be specific space. change, the
about the change to a environmental impact
physical space in NYC of the change, and/or
in your essay. demographic impact
of the change
Urban
Development:
World Trade Center,
Barclays Center,
Willets Point, Times
Square, Coney Island,
Other:
_____________
Greening NYC:
Community Gardens,
Bike Paths or trails,
city parks, greening
roof top spaces, other:
_______________.
Gentrification of a
Specific
neighborhood: e.g.,
Bedford Stuyvesant,
Harlem etc.
Governing or
policing of public
spaces: Policies and
laws that govern
public spaces (e.g.,
sidewalks or privately
owned public spaces
(or POPS, as they
are known, such as
Zuccotti Park in
Manhattan) that can
affect quality of life
issues.
Size 12 Times
New Roman
font
No big spaces
between
paragraphs
Content
Give your essay
a title
Ensure there is
a thesis
statement
Use MLA style
to cite sources
(in-text
citations are
required)
No more than
2-3 quotations
from each
reading
Summarize and
Paraphrase
information
rather than
copy it directly
from your
research
sources
Insert page
numbers
Sources
You are
expected to
include two
scholarly
articles in your
final papers- (at
least one per
essay). Refer to
at least three of
the course
readings and
videos.
Include a
minimum of at
least three (3)
external
sources (never
used in class) in
each research
paper).
Works Cited
Include a
separate page
for your Works
Cited
List all your
sources that
you used in
your paper-
your work cited
page should be
in alphabetical
order.
Use MLA style
Synthesize Graded Discussion Read Assigned Post a summary Review the discussion
information from Posts Articles in the and reflection of the post rubric in the
several sources to Course Documents reading to the Assessment schedule
support a written on Blackboard and assigned dropbox. folder.
thesis statement watch video clips that
connect with the Written discussion
article you read. posts at least (3)
paragraphs.
Incorporate evidence
of external research to
support your
arguments and make
connections to self,
text, and world.