at Florida State University

To develop a proposal to teach ENC 1142, 1144, or 1145, please complete the form that follows, and give a printed copy to Ormond Loomis, WMS 222F. In your proposal, address the six topics or questions below. Each should be given roughly equal weight. Cover each in no more than a single-spaced, 4-5 inch space; the resulting proposal will amount to about three pages. You may cut and paste the items from this page, or download the fully formatted document version (114xproposal.rtf) to your computer, open the file in your word processor and fill out the proposal.

Drafts must be read and responded to by a fellow TA before submitting the final draft. The schedule for submission involves three critical dates:

· February 27 -- Course title and rough draft of proposal due to Ormond

· March 19 -- Revised draft of proposal due to Ormond

· April 16 -- Final draft of proposal due to Ormond

======================================

ENC 1142/1144/1145 Course Proposal (to be taught during the spring semester of the year after the final draft is submitted)

Instructor's Name: _____________________________________

Course number and title: ________________________________________

1. Give a guiding statement or rationale for your proposed course. How will this course and its special content help students think about and learn about their development as writers and/or improve their writing?

2. Describe how you will use workshops, conferences, teacher and student responses to writing, invention and revision activities, etc. in this course. What kinds of activities will you implement to meet your goals for your students' development and their writing?

3. List and describe briefly the major writing assignments you have planned. Remember, all ENC1142, ENC1144, and ENC1145 courses must have a research component equivalent to what is required in ENC 1102.

4. Specifically, how will the reading assignments relate to and support the writing assignments? List the reading assignments, if possible. Otherwise, list the kinds and sizes of reading assignments you imagine.

5. If you want to teach this course in a CWC room, WMS 217 or WMS 310, please describe how digital technology will enhance the pedagogy that you base the course on and how you will use the technology in specific activities and assignments.

6. What are your plans for evaluating these activities and your students' writing? List your grading criteria.

7. What concerns or questions do you have about this proposal? How can your fellow teachers help you plan this course and write this proposal more clearly?