CCV COURSE OFFERINGS

The CCV Foundations of Reading and Writing courses that I lead in instruction involve 4 major assignments with a unifying theme of self-awareness. These four major assignments include: A Personal Narrative; Presenting and Lecturing on a Short Story; Presenting and Lecturing on a Piece of Media; Writing a Critique on Current Pedagogical Practices.

These assignments emphasize student participation and self direction. Within these frameworked projects, the semester often moves along at a fast clip providing for plenty of thrills and spills in an interactive classroom environment.



Foundations of Reading and Writing Syllabus

MEDIA PRESENTATIONS(All audio will go off simultaneously -- Please shut all but one off for maximum coherency and enjoyment!)

Listen here as Andrea Royer discusses the dissociative quality of reading articles on the Internet.




Almir Saljic presents information about India's "Untouchable" class with a focus on their poor working conditions.






Amber Thibault recounts her life in the Carribean and her views on the media's portrayal of the situation in Haiti.





Sanja Billic Sanja Billic discusses her impressions of "The Passion of the Christ."





SHORT STORY LECTURES(All audio will go off simultaneously -- Please shut all but one off for maximum coherency and enjoyment!)

Amber Thibault discusses both the life of W.W. Jacobs and his famous work "The Monkey's Paw" (1902).





Florentina Iiona gives context to the life of Frank Stockton as she explains the major themes at work in "The Lady or the Tiger".





Toshiharu Saitoh discusses character development and the life of Anton Chekhov as he details the narrative pathways in "Difficult People".

The CCV Composition 1 courses that I lead in instruction generally involve critical analysis of at least 4 major rhetorical modes: the Narrative; the Definition Essay; the Process Analysis Essay; the Persuasive Argument Essay.

These assignments emphasize student participation and analysis of the classic modes of discourse. All essays attempt to capture modern day connections online and in print.



One of the more interesting essay modes is process analysis. Within this particular essay assignment, students both produce a traditional essay and put together a corresponding visual application. In most situations, CCV student writers work with PowerPoint and make poster boards that detail a particular life direction that they hope to put into motion. The following examples display both the essay and the corresponding "visual form" of the composition.

The final essay of Composition 1 is actually a hybrid in that it is both a persuasive argument essay in addition to fulfilling the CCV Writing Requirement of "research paper with MLA citations." Essentially, students learn the principles of argumentation and apply them towards taking a stance on a social issue. At the same time students fully research and report on this social issue.