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Welcome to Composition at the Beach! CSULB’s composition program is committed to helping students develop the writing abilities needed to succeed in their academic careers, their future professions, their civic responsibilities, and their lives in general. This social networking site is rich with resources for composition instructors and students. Through the “Groups” tab, Composition at the Beach also serves as the portal for many courses: from First-Year Composition to Advanced Argumentation to our graduate course on Theories and Practices of Composition, the site presents the most up-to-date approaches to teaching writing today.
Events
Composition 100
List of approved texts for the 2012 - 2013 academic year.
Textbook Reviews for the 2013-2014 academic year. Final selection in progress.
Sample Syllabi
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- Syllabus 3 (This sample is only the schedule. The particular instructor has a Ning course site and the syllabus policies and procedures are located online on bolgspot.)
- Syllabus 4 (This sample incorporates multimedia, including the integration of Composition at the Beach)
Sample Assignments
Composition 100S
Composition 100S Standard Course Outline (currently under revision)
Composition 100S, formerly known as ENGL 1 and ENGL 1E, is now a stretch course and is a graded, credit bearing course. We will be overhauling this section with resources for ENGL 100S during summer 2013.
Sample Syllabi
Early Start Program
The CSU system enacted a policy known as "Early Start" requiring incoming students who score 147 or below on the English Placement Test to begin remediation during the summer. Click here for the most up-to-date information.
Forum
Approved Composition 100 and 100S Textbook List 2 Replies
Started by Sarah Roussin in Textbooks. Last reply by Melanie Buckowski Mar 10.
A Warning to College Profs from a High School Teacher
Started by Sarah Arroyo in Composition Issues Feb 12.
The Exploratory Essay as part of a Research Project
Started by Suzan Gridley in Assignments Dec 15, 2012.
Assignment Template
Started by Sarah Arroyo in Assignments Apr 11, 2012.
Freshman Composition Is Not Teaching Key Skills in Analysis, Researchers Argue 2 Replies
Started by Sarah Roussin in Recommended Readings and Links. Last reply by Brian Le Apr 2, 2012.
Resources
Check out some helpful resources in the "Resources" tab above.
A place to converge and a place to write for students and faculty in CSULB's Rhetoric and Composition Program.
Latest Activity
Tanya Julissa Munoz replied to Sarah Arroyo's discussion Digital Essay Project in the group English 310Mallely Lara replied to Sarah Arroyo's discussion Digital Argument in the group Advanced Argumentation
Ryan Roderick replied to Sarah Arroyo's discussion Digital Argument in the group Advanced ArgumentationRyan Roderick replied to Sarah Arroyo's discussion Digital Argument in the group Advanced ArgumentationBlog Posts
Hare HS - #5
On my last day of observations, Hare HS had changed to a new quarter. So the classes that I observed had new students. As such, the day was spent mostly on a syllabus review, syllabus quiz, and an activity. So, it wasn't the most interesting of…
ContinuePosted by Danny Doan on May 7, 2013 at 1:04pm
Read. Read. Read.
I love the fact that I chose to observe Mrs. Clancy's literature classes instead of her other classes only because I love to read and they constantly read in this class. I found it interesting that she found many ways to incorporate a lot of…
ContinuePosted by Tanya Julissa Munoz on May 6, 2013 at 9:52pm
Lack of Writing.
I don't know if the teacher I am observing focuses on writing when I am not there or if she does not focus on it at all. I have been going every Thursday now for a couple of months and I have definitely seen more reading than writing. In fact, I…
ContinuePosted by Tanya Julissa Munoz on May 6, 2013 at 9:35pm
Groups
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Carol Comfort 535 Group
25 members
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Advanced Argumentation
13 members
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English 310
27 members
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