· Is a mastery of writing skills required for a student to be considered an exemplary student? (Think dean’s list, merit based scholarships, applying to grad school, being chosen for an internship).
o In your paper, you will need to discuss what a mastery of writing skills means, before you can decide if the skill fits into your definition of an exemplary student.
**FOR WEEK 11 BLOG: SCENARIOS TO TEST YOUR DEFINITION AGAINST:
1) A youth is a finalist for a merit based scholarship. The finalists all have to write a four page essay on a prompt Given to them by the scholarship selection committee. She is one of five finalists. All five of them are straight A students with ACT scores of 25+. This youth does not really have good writing skills. Will she win the scholarship?
2) A professor is sifting through requests from students for letters of recommendation that will help them get into graduate school. Because he doesn't hasn't had any of them in his courses recently, and doesn't remember these individuals with a lot of detail, he decides to compare their letters against the guidelines that the university posts on the website to tell students what they should expect to put in their request letters. Since they are all seniors in college, their letters are all pretty "correct" in terms of grammar and spelling. Here, he is looking to see if they pay attention to the genre conventions of the request letter. Does this mean that genre conventions are more important than expressing ideas and intentions clearly in writing?
**FOR WEEK 11 BLOG: SCENARIOS TO TEST YOUR DEFINITION AGAINST:
1) A youth is a finalist for a merit based scholarship. The finalists all have to write a four page essay on a prompt Given to them by the scholarship selection committee. She is one of five finalists. All five of them are straight A students with ACT scores of 25+. This youth does not really have good writing skills. Will she win the scholarship?
2) A professor is sifting through requests from students for letters of recommendation that will help them get into graduate school. Because he doesn't hasn't had any of them in his courses recently, and doesn't remember these individuals with a lot of detail, he decides to compare their letters against the guidelines that the university posts on the website to tell students what they should expect to put in their request letters. Since they are all seniors in college, their letters are all pretty "correct" in terms of grammar and spelling. Here, he is looking to see if they pay attention to the genre conventions of the request letter. Does this mean that genre conventions are more important than expressing ideas and intentions clearly in writing?
Trishana Hampton's post and blog address:
ReplyDeleteclaim: yes, having good writing skills makes you an excellent student,
reason: because being able to write well means that you have a understanding of what is being taught, and you are able to explain through writing. Also everything throughout college requires you to be able to write an excellent essay. When applying to grad school or doing an application for a scholarship it requires you to write an essay if you do not have good writing skills, your application will be denied. Everything in a professional life or successful school career requires good writing skills.
warrant: good writing skills means that you are able to interpret a prompt and explain through words logically what you are saying in response. Also having good writing skills include being able to construct a promper sentence or paragraph that can be understand by professors or peers.
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Claim: No, having good writing skills does not make you an excellent student.
ReplyDeleteReason: because there are other skills that makes you the student that you are. Not everyone is good in writing, or even speaking. I do not think that you must write an essay to enter Grad school.
Warrant: Good writing skills just prove that you can write, not everyone will obtain good writing skills no matter no long they have been writing. Writing is not a gift for everyone.