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Community College Consortium for OER

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CCCOER is a growing consortium of community and technical colleges committed to expanding access to education and increasing student success through adoption of open educational policy, practices, and resources. Our activities support this dynamic community with information, resources, news, projects and building connections.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Composition 1 WRT 101 Objectives and Goals

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Student Learning Objectives As a result of meeting the requirements in this course, you will be able to:1.     Employ a variety of approaches to analyze and interpret texts.  2.     Respond to texts, in discussion and writing assignments, demonstrating an understanding of rhetorical strategies employed in the texts. 3.      Incorporate the fundamentals of academic essay writing such as gathering ideas, developing and clearly stating theses, organizing, drafting, revising, and editing.  4.      Compose essays in several rhetorical modes, such as description, comparison/contrast, and argument.   5.     Move from personal responses to formal academic essays, including appropriate, properly formatted evidence from outside sources. 6.     Accurately incorporate the ideas of others using summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation. 7.     Incorporate the academic requirements, tools, and techniques of research through the resources of contemporary information science.  8.      Employ current MLA style for text presentation, in-text citations, and Works Cited pages for essays and research papers.  9.      Write an argumentative research paper accurately incorporating material from outside sources.Course RequirementsYou will be required to do the following:Write at least four multi-paragraph assignments of at least 500 words.(Meets student learning objectives 1-5)Write at least one in-class essay.     (Meets student learning objectives 2-5)Complete other writing exercises such as summaries, journals, reading responses, reading comprehension questions, quizzes on reading assignments, letters, resumes, etc.      (Meets student learning objectives 1-6)Read, interpret, and analyze a variety of texts.      (Meets student learning objectives 1, 2)Conduct independent research and write a 5-7-page research paper, using MLA style.      (Meets student learning objectives 6-9)Submit papers that adhere to MLA manuscript requirements and which demonstrate effective proofreading and editing.      (Meets student learning objectives 1-9)Participate in class discussions and other in-class (individual or group) activities necessary to produce quality expository prose.      (Meets student learning objectives 2-7)

Material Type: Module

Author: Ellen Feig

WRT101 Objectives and Goals

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Student Learning Objectives As a result of meeting the requirements in this course, you will be able to: 1.     Employ a variety of approaches to analyze and interpret texts.  (PLG 1) (Gen Ed Goal 1 a)2.     Respond to texts, in discussion and writing assignments, demonstrating an understanding of rhetorical strategies employed in the texts. (PLG 2) (Gen Ed Goal 1a, b; 6 a, b)3.      Incorporate the fundamentals of academic essay writing such as gathering ideas, developing and clearly stating theses, organizing, drafting, revising, and editing.  (PLG 3) (Gen Ed Goal 1 c, d)     4.      Compose essays in several rhetorical modes, such as description, comparison/contrast, and argument.   (PLG 3) (Gen Ed Goal 1c, d)5.     Move from personal responses to formal academic essays, including appropriate, properly formatted evidence from outside sources. (PLG 4, 5) (Gen Ed Goal 1 c)    6.     Accurately incorporate the ideas of others using summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation. (PLG 4, 5) (Gen Ed Goal 1 c; 6 b)7.     Incorporate the academic requirements, tools, and techniques of research through the resources of contemporary information science.  (PLG 6) (Gen Ed Goal 4 a, b, c, d)8.      Employ current MLA style for text presentation, in-text citations, and Works Cited pages for essays and research papers.  (PLG 5, 6) (Gen Ed Goal 4 a, b, c, d)9.      Write an argumentative research paper accurately incorporating material from outside sources. (PLG 4, 5, 6) (Gen Ed Goal 1 a, b, c, d; 4 a, b, c, d; 6 a, b) Course Requirements You will be required to do the following: Write at least four multi-paragraph assignments of at least 500 words.(Meets student learning objectives 1-5) Write at least one in-class essay.     (Meets student learning objectives 2-5) Complete other writing exercises such as summaries, journals, reading responses, reading comprehension questions, quizzes on reading assignments, letters, resumes, etc.      (Meets student learning objectives 1-6) Read, interpret, and analyze a variety of texts.      (Meets student learning objectives 1, 2) Conduct independent research and write a 5-7-page research paper, using MLA style.      (Meets student learning objectives 6-9) Submit papers that adhere to MLA manuscript requirements and which demonstrate effective proofreading and editing.      (Meets student learning objectives 1-9) Participate in class discussions and other in-class (individual or group) activities necessary to produce quality expository prose.      (Meets student learning objectives 2-7)

Material Type: Module

Author: Ellen Feig

Brainstorming

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This handout discusses techniques that will help you start writing a paper and continue writing through the challenges of the revising process. Brainstorming can help you choose a topic, develop an approach to a topic, or deepen your understanding of the topic’s potential.

Material Type: Reading

SOC101 - Unit 9 - Stratification by Gender

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Unit 9 – Stratification by GenderChapter 12 – pages 255 – 2651.  Differentiate between Sex and Gender.2.  Influence of Socialization on Gender RolesWatch: Gender Stratification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GtwNW4oca8Watch: Lifting the Veil, Women in Afghanistan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Z2HFeshvkWatch: Why Afghan Women Set Themselves on Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjw7IFirXuM3. Class Discussion: Review definition and examples of social institutions. How is gender stratification embedded in social institutions in Afghanistan?4.  What is meant by the “Feminization of Poverty”?Watch: Meet the Press: The Shriver Report Female Poverty in America: http://www.nbcnews.com/video/meet-the-press/5047098#540470985.  What does the “Glass Ceiling” refer to?Watch: In US Women Still Face Glass Ceiling:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiQnDtjrBcE     

Material Type: Module

Author: Annemarie Roscello

Summary Paraphrase Quote

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Learning Objectives:Student Learning ObjectivesAs a result of meeting the requirements in this course, you will be able to:1.     Employ a variety of approaches to analyze and interpret texts.  (PLG 1) (Gen Ed Goal 1 a)2.     Respond to texts, in discussion and writing assignments, demonstrating an understanding of rhetorical strategies employed in the texts. (PLG 2) (Gen Ed Goal 1a, b; 6 a, b)3.      Incorporate the fundamentals of academic essay writing such as gathering ideas, developing and clearly stating theses, organizing, drafting, revising, and editing.  (PLG 3) (Gen Ed Goal 1 c, d)     4.      Compose essays in several rhetorical modes, such as description, comparison/contrast, and argument.   (PLG 3) (Gen Ed Goal 1c, d)5.     Move from personal responses to formal academic essays, including appropriate, properly formatted evidence from outside sources. (PLG 4, 5) (Gen Ed Goal 1 c)    6.     Accurately incorporate the ideas of others using summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation. (PLG 4, 5) (Gen Ed Goal 1 c; 6 b)7.     Incorporate the academic requirements, tools, and techniques of research through the resources of contemporary information science.  (PLG 6) (Gen Ed Goal 4 a, b, c, d)8.      Employ current MLA style for text presentation, in-text citations, and Works Cited pages for essays and research papers.  (PLG 5, 6) (Gen Ed Goal 4 a, b, c, d)9.      Write an argumentative research paper accurately incorporating material from outside sources. (PLG 4, 5, 6) (Gen Ed Goal 1 a, b, c, d; 4 a, b, c, d; 6 a, b)Course RequirementsYou will be required to do the following:Write at least four multi-paragraph assignments of at least 500 words.(Meets student learning objectives 1-5)Write at least one in-class essay.     (Meets student learning objectives 2-5)Complete other writing exercises such as summaries, journals, reading responses, reading comprehension questions, quizzes on reading assignments, letters, resumes, etc.      (Meets student learning objectives 1-6)Read, interpret, and analyze a variety of texts.      (Meets student learning objectives 1, 2)Conduct independent research and write a 5-7-page research paper, using MLA style.      (Meets student learning objectives 6-9)Submit papers that adhere to MLA manuscript requirements and which demonstrate effective proofreading and editing.      (Meets student learning objectives 1-9)Participate in class discussions and other in-class (individual or group) activities necessary to produce quality expository prose.      (Meets student learning objectives 2-7)

Material Type: Module

Author: Ellen Feig