WR 122 Competencies: As stated
in the WR 122 Syllabus, the Humanities Department Composition
Committee has identified the following core competencies, or student learning
outcomes, for all WR 122 courses. Essay #1 Analysis and Evaluation
& preparatory assignments were designed to help you achieve the following
targeted competencies. Please
read each competency statement and rate your skills using this scale:
5=Excellent/A;
4=Very
Good/B; 3=
Satisfactory/C; 2=Weak/D; 1=Poor/F
___Competency 1. Demonstrate the ability to
use a variety of analytical and argumentative essay patterns, such as evaluation
of a published argument…
___Competency 2. Demonstrate the ability to use
several quotations from …published sources…, which are (1) integrated
into the student's
own writing (at both the paragraph and the sentence level), and (2) correctly
documented according to some currently accepted practice.
___Competency 3(a): Demonstrate the ability to adopt a
persona or tone [e.g. integration of Bias statement and presentation
of your Character/Ethos as a fair-minded critical thinker and evaluator] that
serves one's
persuasive purposes in written argument [evaluation is the type of
argument in the case of Essay #1];
___Competency 3(b): . . . and [demonstrate the
ability] to identify and anticipate audience considerations (e.g.
readers'
knowledge, assumptions, beliefs/values, attitudes, needs) in the selection
of evidence and presentation of the writer's argument [in
the case of Essay #1, addressing a diverse audience of college-level critical
readers effectively, and choosing persuasive criteria for analyzing and
evaluating the AofA argument--other than simply that you agree or disagree
with the author’s position]
___Competency 4: Summarize published arguments and
analyze components of written arguments…[i.e. applying the Methods of
Analysis and Evaluation that we have studied in WR 122 this term to the AofA
argument in Essay #1]
___Competency 5: Use writing [or oral
communication] to provide a peer [i.e. other student writers] with alternative
viewpoints and suggestions for revising and editing.
___Competency 6: Adopt a[reading, analysis, and]
writing process…[effective for completing Essay #1 assignment
successfully]
___Competency 7: Analyze and evaluate one's own argument [i.e.
your own Essay #1], identifying strengths, weaknesses and potential
biases…--and suggest some means of improving [your own] argumentative
practice [i.e. through feedback and revision opportunities].
