Enabling Objectives Matrix & Supporting Content Module 6

Freshman Composition Course

Module Title: Contemporary written Communication
Target Audience: Freshman Composition I students
The target audience for this course will be the following:

College students enrolled in Freshman Composition courses.

High school students who are taking college courses.

Terminal Objective: Learners will take compositional and intellectual risks

(Cognitive Domain)
Pre-Instructional Strategy: Introductory face to face (synchronous) lecture on the
conventions of academic discourse, research writing, and use of style.

Enabling Level on Learner Activity Delivery Method

Objective Blooms (What would (Group
Taxonomy learners do to presentation/lecture,
master this self-paced, or small
objective?) group)
Learners will Cognitive Learners will complete Essays will be accessed via
write fluent, Domain: several drafted essays the LMS (Blackboard) and
unified, coherent, Remembering, with feedback to guide submitted via the
and well- Analysis & error free writing. Blackboard Dropbox.
developed essays Evaluation
with vivid, Interactive writing
explicit and activities via online
effective details discussion boards
Learners will Cognitive: Learners will examine Instructor will conduct a
employ rhetorical Evaluation & the use of rhetorical mini lecture on rhetorical
strategies Application strategies (Cause and strategies. Learners will
effectively based Effect, analyzing, work in groups discussing
on targeted describing, several articles, while
instructional classification, highlighting/recording the
materials definitions) in sample strategies present.
essays provided by the
instructor.
 Enabling Level on Learner Activity Delivery Method
Objective Blooms (What would (Group
Taxonomy learners do to presentation/lecture,
master this self-paced, or small
objective?) group)
Learners will review
essays of their peers
and identify these
strategies and record
them.
Synthesize Cognitive: Learners will write Essay instructions and
information from Creating, critical analysis, essays rubric for grading will be
several sources to Evaluation, and reflection papers accessed online in the
support a written and using both sources from Course Documents Folder
thesis statement Application course readings and in Blackboard
external sources.
Document Cognitive: Learners will complete Quizzes will be done
research sources Application, multiple choice MLA online. Learners will have
fully and Creating & quizzes ad complete two (2) attempts at the
accurately using Remembering worksheets filling in quiz. Worksheets will be
MLA appropriate in-text distributed and completed
Conventions. citations. in class (on-campus).
Comments and feedback
will be posted online.