Formal Writing Assignments
English Department Rubrics and Standards
- English 1 Grading Rubric
- English 1A Grading Rubric
- English Department Writing Standards
Text-Based
- Exploring Oneself as a Writer
- Rhetorical Analysis of "Responsible" Writing
- Rhetorical Analysis of "Irresponsible" Writing
- Community Discourse and Assimilation
- Extended Definition: What is Gender Identity?
- Compare/Contrast: Melting Pot or Salad Bowl?
- Analyzing Media Messages
- Compare/Contrast: Mike Rose's Lives on the Boundary
- Language, Identity, and Power
- Finding Purpose in Creative Fiction
- Male & Female Communication Styles in the University
- Analyzing Audience with Analytical Support
- Analyzing to Draw Conclusions & using MLA for Sources
- Bringing the Course Together: Consumerism, Gender & Argument
- Imagine an Audience/Interpret Material from Another Culture
- Influence of Discourse Community on Language
- Iraq War as an Essay Topic
- Kingston's "No Name Woman"
- Media Analysis
- Advertising and Culture
- Pratt's Contact Zone
- Rhetorical Analysis
- Rodriguez & Hoggart: Working with Texts & Quotations
Research
- I-Search Packet
- Propaganda
- A Language Issue of Current Debate
- Popular Culture
- Political Correctness, Speech Codes, and Language of Sexual Discrimination
- Heritage
- Paper Proposal & Annotated Bibliography
- Choose a Topic Related to Maus I & II
- Argumentative Research Paper: Identity and/or American Popular Culture
Narratives
- Analyze Your Writing Process
- Argue your Grade
- Writing Process
- Education Narrative
- Defining Good Writing
- Using Rhetoric to Persuade Readers
- Defining the Abstract through Personal Experience
- Exploratory Essay - Analyzing Response Papers
- Satire
- Why I Attend College
- What is Good Writing?
Portfolios
Writing Across the Curriculum