Standard Freshman Composition Course Analysis

I teach "Introduction to Literature" and "Standard Freshman Composition" courses at Suffolk County Community College. I personally design both of my courses, which adhere to the mission statement of the college. In "Introduction to Literature," my students engage in imaginative works of literature, analyze major literary themes and forms, continue training in effective prose writing skills, and demonstrate maturity and thought and style when deconstructing literary elements such as image, plot, character, theme, and conflict. In "Standard Freshman Composition," I prepare my students to produce quality work that utilizes writing techniques, analyzes reading material, and incorporates research techniques that will aide them in their academic future. The outcomes of this course are for the student to be able to construct a central purpose in their expository work, to have coherent organization, improved writing mechanics, to formulate effective thesis statements that demonstrate complex thought, and to integrate relevant, cited sources into their work. It is a personal goal that in this class, my students learn to reach for an elevated, academic voice through improvement in diction, tone, and writing style. In this class, students write three unit papers (a personal narrative, an argumentative paper, and a research essay), several …show more content…
For this event, I taught two classes of thirty high school students about the fundamental elements that are integral to crafting original poetry. I also had the students read successful, published work by established authors in the genre. I instructed them in three separate "free writes" during the session that allowed them to attempt some of the techniques discussed. Lastly, I had the students construct a fully completed poem from their "free writes" and read their work aloud to their