Grading+Rubric

You will be assessed on the WPA guidelines: Rhetorical Knowledge, Meta-Cognition, Composing, Conventions

By the end of first year composition, students should
 * Rhetorical Knowledge**
 * Focus on a purpose
 * Respond to the needs of different audiences
 * Respond appropriately to different kinds of rhetorical situations
 * Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation
 * Adopt appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality
 * Understand how genres shape reading and writing
 * Write in several genres

By the end of first year composition, students should
 * Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing**
 * Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating
 * Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources
 * Integrate their own ideas with those of others
 * Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power

By the end of first year composition, students should
 * Processes**
 * Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text
 * Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading
 * Understand writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and re-thinking to revise their work
 * Understand the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes
 * Learn to critique their own and others' works
 * Learn to balance the advantages of relying on others with the responsibility of doing their part
 * Use a variety of technologies to address a range of audiences

By the end of first year composition, students should
 * Knowledge of Conventions**
 * Learn common formats for different kinds of texts
 * Develop knowledge of genre conventions ranging from structure and paragraphing to tone and mechanics
 * Practice appropriate means of documenting their work
 * Control such surface features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

As has become clear over the last twenty years, writing in the 21st-century involves the use of digital technologies for several purposes, from drafting to peer reviewing to editing. Therefore, although the //kinds// of composing processes and texts expected from students vary across programs and institutions, there are nonetheless common expectations. By the end of first-year composition, students should:
 * Composing in Electronic Environments**
 * Use electronic environments for drafting, reviewing, revising, editing, and sharing texts
 * Locate, evaluate, organize, and use research material collected from electronic sources, including scholarly library databases; other official databases (e.g., federal government databases); and informal electronic networks and internet sources
 * Understand and exploit the differences in the rhetorical strategies and in the affordances available for both print and electronic composing processes and texts

"WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition." //Council of Writing Program Administrators.// Council of Writing Program Administrators, 2010. Web. 8, Jan. 2010.