Learning Plan
Assignments : Pre-writing Essay
Directions: Composition I is a system assessed course at National American University. This means that your work is being evaluated at the beginning of the course as well as at the end of the course to evaluate the growth in your writing skills.
For the essay, you will write a 2-3 page paper about some times in your life when you experienced great success. Use the narrative strategy. Draft your essay in a Word document. This is the only essay in this course you are permitted to use the first person language. Your essay should include the following elements.
- Text should be double-spaced.
- One-inch margins should be at the left, right, top, and bottom of each page.
- 12 point font.
- Times New Roman font.
- Indent paragraphs five spaces.
- Topic is focused.
- Purpose is clear; a specific audience is addressed.
- Thesis statement focuses on one central point or issue, is one sentence in length, and is precise and interesting.
- Grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors are minimal.