Schedule for Intermediate English Composition (Spring 2001)

Week 1

Getting Ready to Write

Week 2

What is a Paragraph? (pp.16 -28)

The Process of Academic Writing (pp.2-15)

The Writing Process for Essays (pp.113-118)

Narrative Writing to be presented

Chronological order pp. 57 & 122

Week 3

Unity and Outlining (pp.30-38)

Coherence (pp.40-53)

March 21 Draft: Paragraph on NARRATIVE writing Due

Week 4

Supplementary material for Process Writing

Sample of Process Writing (p.58)

Topic Sentences for Chronological Order (p.58)

Transition Signals for Chronological Order (p.59)

Thesis Statement for Chronological Order (p.125)

March 28 Final: Paragraph on NARRATIVE Writing Due

Week 5

Parallelism (pp.166-168)

Sentence Problems (pp. 169-175)

April 4 Draft: Paragraph on PROCESS Writing Due

Week 6

IWE (International Writing Exchange) Begins

The Essay (pp.100-120)

April 11 Final: Paragraph on PROCESS Writing Due

Week 7

No Class (Mid-term Exam Period)

Week 8

Kinds of Logical Order (pp. 56-67)

Patterns of Essay Organization (pp.121-129)

Comparison and Contrast Order (pp.141- 149)

Week 9

Concrete Support I and II (pp. 71- 97)

Week 10

Cause and Effect Order (pp.130-140)

Week 11

Supplementary material for Argumentative Writing

May 16 Draft: Essay on CAUSE AND EFFECT OR COMPARE AND CONTRAST Due

IWE (International Writing Exchange) Ends

Week 12

Sample of argumentative essay to be presented

May 23 Final: Essay on CAUSE and EFFECT OR COMPARE AND CONTRAST Due

Week 13

Discussion and Questions for Argumentative Essays

Week14

Review and Evaluation of the course

June 4 Draft: ARGUMENTATAIVE Essay Due

Week 15

Final Exam (June 11)

June 15 Final: ARGUMENTATIVE Essay Due (in my mailbox in X412 by 3:00pm)

l It is strongly recommended for you to read the designated pages of the text before you come to class.

l The units in Sentence Structure will be discussed according to students’ problematic areas.

l This is a tentative schedule of the course, and it is subject to change according to students’ progress.