WR 121 Student Entry Survey

WR 121 Student Entry Survey - Week #1, Fall 2003
Instructor: Cora Agatucci

Student Name: _______________________________________________________________

WR 121 Fall 2003 CRN #:___________________________

Completed Survey DUE: _________________________________________

WR 121 Prerequisite Skills & Knowledge

Directions: Please identify with an X in the space provided, which of the following ways that you satisfied mandatory prerequisites needed register in WR 121:

____1. I achieved an ASSET Writing Placement TEST Score of 43 or higher;
OR
____2. I completed WR .5257, WR 40, or WR 95 with a grade of "C" or higher;
OR
____3. I completed RD 99A and RD 99B with a grade of "C" or higher;
OR
____4. I completed equivalent course(s) taken at a previous college with a grade of "C" or higher [coded on SOATEST, and documented with an official transcript from the previous college].

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Directions: Now read each of the WR 121 Prerequisite statements below and rate your current knowledge and skill in each area at Week #1 entry into WR 121, using this rating scale:

5 = A or Excellent; 4 = B or Very Good; 3 = C or Adequate;
2 = D or Poor; 1 = Failing; 0 = No Experience or Don't Know

___ 1. I understand and am able to follow the conventions of standard written English—that is, to write well-formed sentences with generally correct grammar, usage, punctuation, spelling, and mechanics.

___ 2. I am able to write paragraphs and short essays that are organized by a single central idea and supported by specific development.

___ 3. I am able to communicate clearly and coherently in writing to specific audiences.

___ 4. I am able to think critically, read actively with understanding, and analyze texts at the high school or college-entry level.

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WR 121 Learning Outcomes

WR 121 Learning Outcomes [also stated in our WR 121 Syllabus] identify key knowledge and skills that will be taught in WR 121 and that students must demonstrate they have learned
by the end of this term in order to earn a passing grade of "C" or higher in WR 121.
Completing the following B section of the Week #1 survey will help you and your instructor
assess your needs and progress in achieving WR 121 Learning Outcomes by the end of the term.

Directions: Read each of the WR 121 Learning Outcomes statements below and rate your current knowledge and skill in each area at Week #1 entry into WR 121, using this rating scale:

5 = A or Excellent; 4 = B or Very Good; 3 = C or Adequate;
2 = D or Poor; 1 = Failing; 0 = No Experience or Don't Know

___ Learning Outcome 1. Write essays that use a thesis to establish control over content; supply relevant and adequate supporting details drawn from observation, personal experience and/or responsive reading; employ the organizational strategies of effective beginnings, transitions, and endings; and conform to standard edited English.

___ Learning Outcome 2 Achieve outcome 1 under time constraints (prior to the final exam), while conforming to expectations of an assigned topic and of edited English appropriate for timed writing.

___ Learning Outcome 3 Demonstrate the ability to use a variety of expository essay patterns, such as definition, classification, analysis, problem-solution, and comparison-contrast.

___ Learning Outcome 4 Employ one or more sources responsibly (without plagiarizing) in a summary or another writing assignment.

___ Learning Outcome 5 Demonstrate, in an essay, a sustained style employing rhetorically effective tone, persona, diction, idiom, and syntax.

___ Learning Outcome 6 Use critical reading and writing to analyze and synthesize ideas in an academic writing sample, identifying rhetorical patterns, major assertions, and supporting details.

___ Learning Outcome 7 Complete appropriate written critical peer reviews of student essay drafts, including suggestions for revision and editing.

___ Learning Outcome 8 Complete at least one (formal or informal) written review of the student's own writing strengths and weaknesses, including effective self-prescriptions for improvement.

___ Learning Outcome 9 Demonstrate, monitor, and articulate the complete idiosyncratic process that the individual writer uses to complete an essay, including such steps as invention, thesis formation, organization, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading

___ Learning Outcome 10 Demonstrate an awareness of a variety of purposes and audiences.

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