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The following objectives should be included on every greensheet. 

Revised Information -- Please Read!    
As of Spring 2008, our composition greensheets must also connect assignments with course Learning Objectives (LO). And we must indicate specifically on our greensheets how the required 8,000 words are being spread throughout the semester. It is recommended that instructors include the Learning Objective number for each assignment for each class session on the class schedule. For example, include this information in an English 1A Course schedule as follows:

Tuesday February 15 Peer Editing ( LO 1)
Thursday February 17 Essay #3 due (LO 1, 2, 3, 4) 1000 words

See the complete learning objectives in the Required Syllabi Information section.

English 1A--Composition

• Students should be able to perform effectively the essential steps in the writing process (prewriting, organizing, composing, revising, and editing).
• Students should be able to express (explain, analyze, develop, and criticize) ideas effectively.
• Students should be able to use correct grammar (syntax, mechanics, and citation of sources)at a college level of sophistication.
• Students should be able to write for different audiences (both specialized & general).

English 1B--Composition

• Students shall be able to refine the competencies established in Written Communication 1A (see above).
• Students should be able to use (locate, analyze, and evaluate) supporting materials, including independent library research.
• Students should be able to synthesize ideas encountered in multiple readings.
• Students should be able to construct effective arguments.

English 100W—Writing Workshop

• Students shall be able to refine the competencies established in Written Communication IA and 1A (see above).
• Students shall be able to express (explain, analyze, develop, and criticize) ideas effectively, including ideas encountered in multiple readings and expressed in different forms of discourse.
• Students shall be able to organize and develop essays and documents for both professional and general audiences, including appropriate editorial standards for citing primary and secondary sources.
• Students shall be able to communicate using a variety of technical writing formats.

English 100WB--Writing Workshop for Business

• Students will be expected to demonstrate the ability to write documents and make oral presentations that are clear, correct, concise, concrete, coherent, complete, courteous, and culturally appropriate;
• format, compose, and revise written documents for a variety of organizational situations;
• identify and articulate the audience “take-away” message in every communication;
• utilize a variety of communication tools, techniques, and modes;
• communicate numerical and statistical data appropriately and effectively in both written and oral formats;
• employ advanced research strategies and methodologies and incorporate research appropriately and effectively into both written and oral communications for a variety of organizational and rhetorical situations;
• appreciate the importance of timely communication in organizational settings;
• recognize a variety of organizational communication needs and constraints and employ appropriate communication strategies to meet those needs and/or constraints in a variety of business situations;
• analyze various audiences and compile appropriate options and strategies to communicate effectively with those audiences;
• evaluate and critique communication strategies and techniques for their effectiveness, including the strategies and techniques of their classmates;
• make common-sense communication decisions and use logic to defend those decisions;
• recognize when imagination and “vision” are appropriate to business communications;
• communicate appropriately and effectively in cross-cultural situations;
• create documents and make oral presentations that are ethically and legally defensible.