# Enc1101 Curriculum Designer

> Design and generate curriculum materials for college composition courses (ENC1101 and similar). Use when creating syllabi, assignment prompts, rubrics, lesson plans, scaffolded writing sequences, peer review guides, or D2L/LMS-formatted content. Triggers on requests for composition pedagogy, writing assignment design, grading criteria, or freshman writing course materials.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-organvm-a-i-skills-enc1101-curriculum-designer`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [organvm](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/organvm)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [organvm](https://github.com/organvm)
- **Source:** https://github.com/organvm/a-i--skills/tree/main/distributions/claude/skills/enc1101-curriculum-designer
- **Website:** https://organvm.github.io/a-i--skills/

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-organvm-a-i-skills-enc1101-curriculum-designer
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# ENC1101 Curriculum Designer

Generate pedagogically-sound composition curriculum aligned with WPA Outcomes and transfer-focused writing instruction.

## Core Principles

**Scaffolded Learning**: Build complexity gradually—low-stakes → high-stakes, guided → independent.

**Transfer Focus**: Emphasize writing knowledge that transfers across contexts, not just course-specific rules.

**Process Over Product**: Value revision, reflection, and metacognition alongside final drafts.

**Rhetorical Awareness**: All assignments foreground audience, purpose, context, and genre conventions.

## Assignment Design Framework

### Major Assignment Sequence

Typical 16-week progression:

1. **Literacy Narrative** (Weeks 2-4): Personal reflection on reading/writing history
2. **Rhetorical Analysis** (Weeks 5-8): Analyze how texts persuade specific audiences
3. **Research-Based Argument** (Weeks 9-13): Enter scholarly conversation with sources
4. **Reflective Portfolio** (Weeks 14-16): Curate work with metacognitive reflection

### Assignment Prompt Template

```markdown
# [Assignment Name]

## Overview
[1-2 sentences describing the assignment's purpose and genre]

## Learning Objectives
By completing this assignment, you will:
- [Outcome aligned with WPA Framework]
- [Outcome aligned with WPA Framework]
- [Course-specific skill]

## The Task
[Clear description of what students will produce]

## Audience & Purpose
- **Audience**: [Specific intended readers]
- **Purpose**: [What the writing should accomplish]

## Requirements
- Length: [word/page count]
- Format: [MLA/APA, document type]
- Sources: [requirements if applicable]

## Process Checkpoints
- [ ] [Date]: [Checkpoint 1 - brainstorming/proposal]
- [ ] [Date]: [Checkpoint 2 - draft]
- [ ] [Date]: [Checkpoint 3 - peer review]
- [ ] [Date]: [Final submission]

## Evaluation Criteria
See attached rubric. Key areas:
- [Criterion 1]
- [Criterion 2]
- [Criterion 3]
```

## Rubric Design

Use analytic rubrics with 4-5 levels. Standard categories:

| Criterion | Excellent (A) | Proficient (B) | Developing (C) | Beginning (D) | Missing (F) |
|-----------|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|-------------|
| Focus & Thesis | Clear, arguable, sophisticated | Clear and arguable | Present but vague | Unclear or missing | Not present |
| Development | Rich, relevant support | Adequate support | Some support | Minimal support | No support |
| Organization | Logical, seamless flow | Clear structure | Some structure | Disorganized | No structure |
| Style & Voice | Engaging, appropriate | Appropriate | Inconsistent | Inappropriate | Absent |
| Conventions | Nearly error-free | Few errors | Some errors | Many errors | Impedes reading |

See `references/rubric-templates.md` for full rubric examples.

## Scaffolding Strategies

### Breaking Down Major Assignments

Every major assignment should include:

1. **Invention activities**: Brainstorming, freewriting, mind-mapping
2. **Low-stakes drafting**: Exploratory writing without grade pressure
3. **Peer review**: Structured feedback using guided questions
4. **Revision workshop**: In-class time for substantive revision
5. **Reflection**: Brief metacognitive writing about process

### Sample Scaffolding Timeline

```
Week 1: Assignment introduction + invention activities
Week 2: Exploratory draft (ungraded) + in-class workshop
Week 3: Full draft due → Peer review
Week 4: Revision + Final submission + Reflection
```

## D2L/LMS Formatting

For D2L content pages, use clean HTML:

```html
Assignment Overview
[Introduction paragraph]

Due Dates

  Draft: [Date]
  Final: [Date]

Submission Instructions

  Save as .docx or .pdf
  Use filename format: LastName_Assignment1.docx
  Submit via Dropbox folder

```

## Lesson Plan Structure

50-minute class:

```
Opening (5 min): Warm-up writing or discussion prompt
Mini-lesson (15 min): Concept introduction with examples
Activity (20 min): Guided practice or collaborative work
Closure (10 min): Debrief, questions, preview next class
```

75-minute class:

```
Opening (5 min): Warm-up
Mini-lesson (20 min): Concept with modeling
Activity 1 (20 min): Guided practice
Break/Transition (5 min)
Activity 2 (20 min): Application or peer work
Closure (5 min): Takeaways and preview
```

## References

- `references/wpa-outcomes.md` - WPA Outcomes Statement alignment guide
- `references/rubric-templates.md` - Complete rubric examples for each assignment type
- `references/peer-review-guides.md` - Structured peer review worksheets

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [organvm](https://github.com/organvm)
- **Source:** [organvm/a-i--skills](https://github.com/organvm/a-i--skills)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Homepage:** https://organvm.github.io/a-i--skills/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-organvm-a-i-skills-enc1101-curriculum-designer
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/organvm
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