Students will review the memoir writing genre and the centrality of descriptive elements to it.

The class will consider the structure of the memoir essay and optimal strategies for building this type of text.

Students will review common grammatical errors in college writing, conduct a systemic review of their fellow classmates’ drafts, and make final edits and revisions to their essay drafts.

The class will familiarize themselves with the argumentative style of writing.

Students will review structural and content-related issues concerning the argumentative essay.

The class will conduct thorough reviews of their argumentative essay drafts and provide feedback about their colleagues' progress.

The class will consider rhetorical appeals and the efficacy of their use in films. Students will conduct research and locate ideal secondary sources.

The class will review an exemplary film analysis and its structural logic. Students will consider the organizational logic of their own rough drafts.

Students will focus upon the organization and content of film analysis body paragraphs, conduct careful analyses of their colleagues’ current drafts, and make final revisions and edits to their own texts prior to submission.

Course members will review the college research essay writing genre and consider how they may best go about composing an analysis of a selected text or topic.

The class will organize their research findings, make important connections between their sources, and develop a clear plan for their research essay.

The class meeting will focus upon possible rebuttal research and the synthesis of contradictory viewpoints.

Students will consider models of college research essay writing before moving on to complete final revisions of their essays.

The class will review each of our major assignments. Students will then revise the lowest scoring of their first three essays (the memoir, film analysis, or profile).