Professor Anne Wilson uses a series of scaffolded writing assignments in her FYW 150 course. You can find her detailed course structure outline here. A scaffolded approach to writing is particularly helpful for first-year students as it not only helps Continue reading
An example FYW 150 syllabus that emphasizes academic writing skills by combining literary and other types texts for exploration and class discussion.
This syllabus explores multiple controversies in several different kinds of texts (journalism, fiction, Op-eds, research, and so on). The selected topics are ones that might be interesting and engaging to first year students on campus.
New instructors can use this template (linked to as a google doc, with space-holders for your class and official policy language) as a starting point to build their FYW150 syllabi.
Here is an example syllabus that uses one fiction novel as a single core reading for FYW150, but supplements it with other shorter readings in other discourses and genres. The paper sequence is Reflective writing with description with a purpose Continue reading
Here is an example syllabus that studies language and discourse explicitly, asking students to treat discourse as the subject of their reading and analysis (in this case, the connection between discourse and identity, and new discourse innovation). The paper sequence Continue reading
Attached is a syllabus for a FYW 150 course structured around a controversy on a single theme, and asks students to engage popular, trade, and academic texts. The paper sequence described in the syllabus is Map stakeholders and core positions Continue reading
