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Week 1 Getting Ready to Write |
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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 |
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Week 3 Unity and Outlining
(pp.30-38)
Coherence (pp.40-53) March 21 - Draft: Paragraph on NARRATIVE writing Due |
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Week 4 Supplementary material for Process Writing Sample of Process
Writing (p.58) to be presented
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 |
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Week 5 Parallelism (pp.166-168)
Sentence Problems (pp. 169-175) April 4 - Draft: Paragraph on PROCESS Writing Due |
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Week 6 IWE (International Writing
Exchange) Begins The Essay
(pp.100-120) April 11 Final: Paragraph on PROCESS Writing Due |
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Week 7 No Class (Mid-term Exam Period) |
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Week 8 Kinds of Logical Order (pp. 56-67)
Patterns of Essay Organization (pp.121-129)
Comparison and Contrast Order (pp.141- 149) |
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Week 9 Concrete Support I and II
(pp. 71- 97) |
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Week 10 Cause and Effect Order
(pp.130-140) |
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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 |
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Week 12 Sample of argumentative essay to be presented May 23 - Final: Essay
on CAUSE and EFFECT OR COMPARE AND CONTRAST Due |
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Week 13 Discussion and Questions for
Argumentative Essays |
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Week14 Review and Evaluation of the course June 4 - Draft:
ARGUMENTATAIVE Essay Due |
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Week 15 Final Exam (June 11) June 15- Final: ARGUMENTATIVE Essay Due (in my mailbox in
X412 by 3:00pm) |
* The page numbers
refer to Writing Academic English (3rd Edition) by Alice
Oshima & Ann Hogue
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It is strongly recommended for you to read the designated pages of the text
before you come to class.
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The units in Sentence Structure will be discussed according to students¡¯ problematic
areas.
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This is a tentative schedule of the course, and it is subject to change
according to students¡¯ progress.