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ENG 121 Entire Course

ENG 121 Week 1 Diagnostic Essay
ENG 121 Week 1 DQ 1 Strengths and Weaknesses in Writing
ENG 121 Week 1 DQ 2 Reading Strategies
ENG 121 Week 2 DQ 1 Generating Ideas for Writing
ENG 121 Week 2 DQ 2 Elements of Narration
ENG 121 Week 2 Narrative Essay Draft
ENG 121 Week 3 DQ 1 The Qualities of an Editor
ENG 121 Week 3 DQ 2 The Importance of Grammar, Mechanics, an
d Style
ENG 121 Week 3 Final Narrative Essay
ENG 121 Week 4 Descriptive Essay Draft

ENG 121 Week 1 Diagnostic Ess

ay
Diagnostic Essay. The diagnostic writing exercise will help your inst

ructor discover who you are as a writer. The essay will be used to h
elp you identify your strengths and weaknesses as a writer, and it
will allow the instructor the opportunity to identify grammatical, m
echanical, and stylistic problems specific to each student. You will e
arn full credit for completing this assignment, as long as you follow
instructions.
Word Range: 400-500 Estimated Time on Task: 1hour
Please select one of the topics below as the subject of a short essa
y.
Topic 1: Favorite Location

ENG 121 Week 1 DQ 1 Strengths

Weaknesses
inIn Chapter
Writing
and
Strengths
and Weaknesses in Writing.
1 of Essentials of
College Writing, you reviewed a comprehensive list of typical colleg
e writing tasks, and you had the opportunity to identify three tasks
as strengths and three tasks as weaknesses. Identify and share the
se strengths and weaknesses, citing examples from past experienc
es. Then, tell specifically how you plan to resolve the three weakne
sses you identified.

ENG 121 Week 1 DQ 2 Reading Strategies

Reading Strategies. After studying the active reading strategies in C

hapter 2 of Essentials of College Writing, read Chapters 1 and 2 an
d the Instructor Guidance for Week One again, applying the Surv
ey-Question-Read-Recite-Review (SQ3R) strategy as you reread the
materials. Discuss how this reading strategy is similar to and/or dif
ferent from the way you read course material previously. Relate ho
w this strategy improved your comprehension of the course materi
als in just the first two chapters. Do you think this strategy will be h
elpful to you in other college courses? Explain with support from y
our reading.

ENG 121 Week 1 Quiz

ENG 121 Week 1 Quiz

ENG 121 Week 2 DQ 1 Generating Ideas for Writin

g

Generating Ideas for Writing. Review the material in Chapter 3 of t

he Essentials of College Writing text regarding development of thes
is statements. Then, review the techniques for generating ideas dis
cussed in Chapter 4 of Essentials of College Writing. In preparation
for your narrative essay, use both chapters to experiment with gen
erating ideas for your narrative essay and to produce a working th
esis statement for your draft this week. Share your experiences in t
his discussion indicating the topic you have chosen, your working t
hesis statement, and the technique(s) you have employed to prope
rly organize your essay.

ENG 121 Week 2 DQ 2 Elements of Narration

Elements of Narration. After reading the essay The Death of My Fa

ther by Steve Martin in Chapter 5 of Essentials of College Writing, i
dentify at least three elements of narration in Martins essay and a
nalyze the effectiveness of those elements by describing what mad
e those elements effective. You should also be able to state the aut
hors purpose for writing the narrative, determine the intended au
dience, and identify the thesis statement

ENG 121 Week 2 Narrative Essay

Draft
Narrative Essay Draft. The body of the essay draft must be 500 to 6
00 words in length (approximately two body pages), and it must ha
ve a title page. The essay must be formatted according to APA style
as outlined in the Writing Center, located within the Learning Reso
urces tab on the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.
Choose one of the following topics:
a. Draft a narrative about returning to school. You may explore the
issues regarding why you decided to return to school, the benefits
of obtaining a college degree, changes in your lifestyle required for
you to pursue your degree, obstacles to successful completion of y
our degree program, strategies you will use to overcome these obs
tacles, or any other subject related to your educational pursuits.

ENG 121 Week 2 Quiz

ENG 121 Week 2 Quiz

ENG 121 Week 3 DQ 1 The Qualities of an Editor

The Qualities of an Editor. A good editor often pays close attention

to detail, practices patience and self-discipline, demonstrates good
organization, and seeks to correct issues in content without losing
the original intent of the work. Select two qualities of an editor that
are likely to prove important to your editorial work in this course a
nd explain why they will be instrumental in improving the quality o
f your written work as you go forward.

ENG 121 Week 3 DQ 2 The Importance of Grammar,

Mechanics, and Style

The Importance of Grammar, Mechanics, and Style. You have recei

ved feedback on the Diagnostic Essay and Diagnostic Quiz from We
ek One as well as your Narrative Essay Draft from Week Two. You h
ave also read about and explored common writing problems after
visiting the Writing Center. Review the feedback you have received;
then, identify and discuss three errors noted in grammar, mechani
cs, or style. Explain why you think the errors occur, how you plan t
o correct the errors (specifically), and how you might avoid the err
ors in future work.

ENG 121 Week 3 Final Narrative

Essay
Final Narrative Essay. After reviewing instructor feedback from you

r Narrative Essay Draft, revise, edit, and proofread your draft to pr

oduce a polished narrative essay. The body of the Final Narrative E
ssay must be 500 to 600 words in length (approximately two body
pages), and it must have a title page. The essay must be formatted
according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center, located wit
hin the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar, in yo
ur online course.
Your revised, Final Narrative Essay must:
a. Demonstrate effective techniques of narration as outlined in you
r textbook.
b. Support your thesis statement by utilizing effective evidence and
details.
c. Demonstrate logical order.
d. Be proofread for grammatical, mechanical, and stylistic errors.

ENG 121 Week 3 Quiz

ENG 121 Week 3 Quiz

ENG 121 Week 4 Descriptive Essay Draft

Descriptive Essay (Draft). The body of the essay draft must be 500 t
o 600 words in length (approximately two body pages), and it must
have a title page. The essay must be formatted according to APA st
yle as outlined in the Writing Center, located within the Learning R
esources tab on the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.
Choose one of the following topics:
a. Have you ever felt drawn to a work of visual art, such as a photo
graph, painting, mural, or sculpture? If so, consider taking the art
work as the subject of your descriptive essay. In your essay, you wi
ll need to help your reader visualize the art work while explaining
what features of the art work compel your attention and/or provok
e an emotional response. You will also need to explain why your re
sponse to the art work is meaningful to you and is likely to be mea
ningful to others.

ENG 121 Week 4 DQ 1 Elements of Description

Elements of Description. After reading, Good boy, Beau. Stay, wh

at did you notice about the way Anna Quindlen uses description an
d the way she organizes her essay? What point is she trying to mak
e? What sensory details stood out for you and why? Be specific in y
our explanations.

ENG 121 Week 4 Quiz

ENG 121 Week 4 Quiz

ENG 121 Week 5 DQ 1 Appeals to Logic and Reasoning

Appeals to Logic and Reasoning. In Chapter 7of Essentials of Colleg

e Writing, appeals to logic and reasoning are important component
s of persuasive writing. Take a moment to review one of yourown
problems of grammar, mechanics, or style that you have been able
to remedy as a result of working through this course. Your job is to
convince others to avoid this error before revising, editing, and pro
ofreading their final descriptive essays. Use examples from your o
wn experiences, evidence from your own essays, and good old-fas
hioned logic and reason to persuade people to avoid the pitfalls of
the grammatical, mechanical, or stylistic error you have chosen

ENG 121 Week 5 DQ 2 Looking Back and Looking Forward

Looking Back and Looking Forward. As you near the end of this cou
rse, reflect on what you have learned about English composition ov
er the past five weeks. What are the most important concepts you l
earned from this course? Which chapters in your reading were the
most valuable for you and why? What guidance provided by your i
nstructor or TA was most useful? What areas of your writing do yo
u think have improved the most? Going forward, what areas will yo
u focus on to continue to improve your writing skills?

ENG 121 Week 5 Final Descriptive Essay

Final Descriptive Essay. After reviewing instructor feedback from y

our Descriptive Essay Draft, revise, edit, and proofread your draft t
o produce a polished descriptive essay. The body of the Final Descr
iptive Essay must be 500 to 600 words in length (approximately tw
o body pages), and it must have a title page. The essay must be for
matted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center, loc
ated within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolb
ar, in your online course.
Your revised, Final Descriptive Essay must:
a. Demonstrate effective techniques of description as outlined in y
our textbook.
b. Support your thesis statement by utilizing effective evidence and
details.

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