3.3: Assignments

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icon of a pencil cup Basic Reading and Writing includes a series of customizable, scaffolded assignments that build up to four final projects:

Success Skills Journal Project: aligns with Success Skills module
Reading Journal Project: aligns with Critical Reading module
Personal Analysis Essay: aligns with Writing Process module
Personal Analysis Essay Revision: aligns with Research Process module

Each of these projects includes an overview and/or a final-draft-submission assignment page with a suggested rubric. Each project also has several smaller associated assignments, one per outcome of the module. The latter are intended to be scaffolded tasks to help the students create the final draft in stages.

All of the assignments can be previewed by clicking on the links in the table, below. If you import this course into your learning management system (Blackboard, Canvas, etc.), the assignments will automatically be uploaded into the assignment tool. As with all other aspects of this course, they are designed to be starting points toward adaptation, NOT a prescriptive set of activities that must be taught in exactly this way. Feel free to use the assignments as is, change them, or remove the ones you don’t want.

Module	Assignments
Success Skills	Habits for Success Journal Entry
	Critical Thinking Journal Entry
	Time Management Journal Entry
	Writing in College Journal Entry
	Computer-Based Writing Journal Entry
	Success Skills Journal Final Draft
Reading	Types of Reading Material
	Reading Strategies
	Specialized Reading Strategies
	Thesis
	Vocabulary
	Logic and Structure
	Supporting Claims
	Summary Skills
	Reading Journal Final Draft
Writing Process	Personal Analysis Essay
	Topic Selection
	Finding Evidence
	Organizing
	Drafting
	Revising
	Proofreading
Research	Personal Analysis Essay Revision
	Finding Sources
	Source Analysis
	Writing Ethically
	MLA Documentation

What About Grammar?

The grammar module doesn’t have a project associated with it currently. However, it offers extensive practice tasks inside the module itself. The “Try It” pages could be adapted to work as homework or in-class assignments, if desired.