WR 090A Corequisite Support for WR090 (Fundamentals of Writing)

Lab Hours: 3
Credits: 1

Focuses on the foundational skills and concepts needed to be persistent and successful in WR 090 WR 090 (Fundamentals of Writing). Provides support in learning, practicing, and accessing resources related to developing essential writing skills at the sentence and paragraph levels and an understanding essay structure. Emphasizes fluency in the writing process through use of invention strategies, drafting, revising, and editing to produce organized and coherent writing.

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 090 with corequisite support via multiple measures placement, or placement into WR 080 , or consent of instructor.

Corequisite: WR 090 and WR 105
Concurrent: Requires concurrent enrollment in specific section of WR 090 and WR 105 .
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Demonstrate relevant skills to effectively engage with the concepts and skills needed in WR090

2. Reflect on and improve proficiency with the WR090 content.

3. Utilize study habits and learning strategies that promote success in WR090.

Content Outline

Apply multiple strategies to learn academic vocabulary related to WR090: Fundamentals of Writing.
Use reading techniques, such as previewing, scanning, and skimming to increase reading fluency and comprehension.
Analyze information and ideas gained from college courses to written assignments and exams.
Use multiple planning and invention strategies to produce legible and grammatically correct and comprehensible content-related documents.
Use several simple revision strategies to monitor writing, to make edits based on review and feedback from others, and to practice the skill of giving feedback in constructive ways, to produce required assignments.
Make edits of grammar, spelling, sentence structure, language use, and structure to produce accurate written assignments related to WR090.
Use technology necessary to be successful in WR090.
Use college resources to enhance learning in WR090.
Use strategies to critically read assigned texts for WR090.