USI: English Composition ~ Instructors

English Composition in the Core Curriculum

Academics
Degree Requirements
Course Descriptions
4-year English Course Rotation
Course Schedule
English Composition in the Core Curriculum
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Student Opportunities
Amalgam
FishHook
English Majors @ USI
Internships
Medieval Studies Forum
RopeWalk Writers Retreat and Reading Series
Scholarships and Awards
Sigma Tau Delta
Southern Indiana Review
Student Writers Union
Travel Opportunities

Department Links
Creative Writing
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Literature
Rhetoric and Writing

Location:
OC 3074 (Orr Center third floor)
Faculty Office Locations

for Instructors

English 100

English 101

Course Description
Syllabus Template (doc)
Handbook (doc) (pdf)
- Course Description and Placement
- Course Objectives and Outcomes and Requirements
- Required Texts
- How to Use this Handbook
Sample Semester Schedules
- Option A: (doc) (pdf)
  - MWF, TR, Evening
- Option B: (doc) (pdf)
  - MWF, TR, Evening
Sample Unit Plans
- Option A (doc) (pdf)
  - Chapter 1: Writing Myths and Rituals
  - Chapter 2: Rhetorical Situations
  - Chapter 3: Observing
  - Chapter 4: Remembering
  - Chapter 5: Reading
  - Chapter 8: Explaining
  - Chapter 9: Explaining
  - Chapters 10 & 11: Problem-Solving & Argument
- Option B (doc) (pdf)
  - Introduction
  - Observation
  - Remembering
  - Explaining
  - Evaluating
Sample Assignments
- Option A: (doc) (pdf)
  - Observation, Description, Evaluations Proposal
- Option B: (doc) (pdf)
  - Observation, Remembering, Explanation, Persuasion