First-Year Composition was created to act as a guide for instructors and students to achieve CO1 course objectives and to create a consistent, cohesive experience across CO1 courses at universities in Colorado and Wyoming that participate in gtPathways. We have provided a variety of assignments that can be adapted to various teacher interests and student experiences with writing. First-Year Composition keeps the student in mind, allowing them the opportunity to include their own voice and experience in their communication while retaining and reinforcing central  academic writing principles. These modules provide a variety of ways to approach the course objectives while improving writer’s critical reading strategies, research skills, argumentation, awareness of the rhetorical situation, and use of different academic genres.