Title: Credit Unit 2 Introduction
Course: SkillsCom WR 121 16.0 > Section: Credit Unit 2 Module 1

Credit Unit 2 will focus on the steps for writing an informative paper. You will explore finding, using, and citing sources, along with organizing your paper around a thesis. This Credit Unit will culminate in an informative paper on a topic of your choice.

This Credit Unit will also invite you to become an expert on a conversation happening outside this course. The conversation you choose to explore will be completely up to you. One of the example papers you will read during this Credit Unit is an informative essay surrounding the conversation people and communities are have about cities banning pit bulls.

Course Outcomes:

- Analyze the rhetorical needs (the needs of their audience in relationship to the assignment) for academically-oriented writing assignments requiring them to use a broad range of critical thinking strategies, particularly analysis and evaluation.
- Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in their written assignments.
- Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (introduction, thesis, development and support, definition, narration, comparison, conclusion, etc.) in their written assignments.
- Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion appropriate for college-level analytical and evaluation assignments.
- Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions at a college level to make their writing clear, credible and persuasive.