Chapter 1: Introduction to College Writing at CNM
This textbook was designed for English 1110 and 1120, Composition I and Composition II, respectively. If you are enrolled in one of these courses, you may be nearing the end of your studies at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), you may be just starting your studies at CNM, or you may have already taken this class but didn’t finish. The reality is every English 1110 and 1120 course at CNM contains a diverse range of students. If you are enrolled in English 1110 or 1120 at CNM, you are likely a resident of New Mexico (NM). You might have gone to an elementary or secondary school here. You might feel like a part of the unique culture here in NM. Wherever you started, we welcome you to CNM!
The graphic below lists the outcomes for English 1110 and 1120, which will be introduced by your instructor and included in your syllabus.
Course Outcomes: Composition I & II
Composition I: English 1110
- Analyze communication through reading and writing skills.
- Employ writing processes such as planning, organizing, composing, and revising.
- Express a primary purpose and organize supporting points logically.
- Use and document research evidence appropriate for college-level writing.
- Employ academic writing styles appropriate for different genres and audiences.
- Identify and correct grammatical and mechanical errors in their writing.
Composition II: English 1120
- Analyze the rhetorical situation for purpose, main ideas, support, audience, and organizational strategies in a variety of genres.
- Employ writing processes such as planning, organizing, composing, and revising.
- Use a variety of research methods to gather appropriate, credible information.
- Evaluate sources, claims, and evidence for their relevance, credibility, and purpose.
- Quote, paraphrase, and summarize sources ethically, citing and documenting them appropriately.
- Integrate information from sources to effectively support claims and for other purposes ( to provide background information, evidence/examples, illustrate an alternative view, etc.).
- Use an appropriate voice ( including syntax and word choice).
Did You Know
Being a CNM student means that you are enrolled at the largest post-secondary institution in the state.
CNM offers resources that can help you not only with your studies but also with managing your responsibilities as well. In this textbook, we’ll cover the conventions of writing, and we’ll also cover some of the resources available to you as a CNM student. And since this book is free and available on the internet, you can keep it…forever!
This textbook is an Open Educational Resource (OER) text, which means it was created using free and available sources on the Internet, namely eight different open access books. Our compiled textbook will shift between free, outside writing resources and the plural first pronoun voice, or the we voice, signaling the English teachers who compiled and developed sections of the text.