Date
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Possible Themes
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In Class Activity
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Homework
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4 Sept
(lesson 1)
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Orientation and Intro.
Write about you and English
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Discuss syllabus, book, writing program, university, academic honesty, ‘MyCompLab’
In class writing
Peer editing and feedback
1. The paragraph and its structure
The topic Sentence and Support
Basic MLA layout – double spacing, 12pt, Times New Roman, indenting paragraphs, margins
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Study for quiz
Exercises
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6 Sept
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Description: Getting to know you
Where you are from
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Quiz and correction
Concluding sentence and signals
Pre-writing strategies
Sentence problems and review
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Exercises or writing Task
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11 Sept
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2. Unity and Coherence
Staying on the topic
Key nouns – achieving balance
Typical problems – plurals, subject verb agreement, articles
Transition signals – addition, contrast, cause and effect etc.
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Exercises or writing task
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13 Sept
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Common Materials
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Clauses – dependent and independent
Developing more complex sentences
Punctuation issues
Writing practice
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At home essay 1
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18 Sept
(lesson 5)
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Hand in at home essay 1
Typical composition errors
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Exercises or writing task
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20 Sept
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Supporting Details: Fact versus opinion
Using support to strengthen your point – examples, extended examples, figures, quotations
Sources and plagiarism
Reporting verbs and structures
Sequence of tenses
More punctuation
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Exercises or writing task
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*21 Sept
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Using statistics
Verb structures
Conferencing and discussion
Review
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Exercises or writing task
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25 Sept
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Essay feedback
Make an error log
Peer reviewing
Ch 4: From paragraph to essay
Intro, body, conclusion
Thesis statement
Types of organisation – logical division
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Exercises or writing task
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27 Sept
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Types of introductions
Grabbing attention, making it interesting
Linking within and between paragraphs
Prewriting and outlining
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Prepare an outline
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2 Oct (10)
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Feedback on outline
Drafting from an outline
Peer editing
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At home essay 2
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4 Oct
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In class discussion
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Exercises or writing task
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9 Oct
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Feedback on essay
In class essay 1
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Exercises or writing task
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11 Oct
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Chapter 5: processes and chronological order
Forming thesis statements
In class workshopping
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Exercises or writing task
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*12 Oct
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Feedback on IC1
Improving flow with transition signals
Workshopping ideas and peer editing
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Exercises or writing task
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16 Oct (15)
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Review and practice
In class essay 2
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Exercises or writing task
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18 Oct
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International law and extradition
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Ch 6: cause and Effect
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Exercises or writing task
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Midterm warnings
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23 Oct
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Peer editing
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Exercises or writing task
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25 Oct
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Moral issues and thorny questions
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Ch 7: Comparison and Contrast
Discussion and idea generation
Organization strategies: block/point by point
Preparing an outline
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Exercises or writing task
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30 Oct
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Exercises or writing task
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6 Nov (20)
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Contemporary issues
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Ch 8: Summary and Paraphrase
Using other people’s arguments to strengthen yours
Library Visit
Avoiding plagiarism
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Exercises or writing task
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8 Nov
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Using sources and integrating them correctly
Quotations – direct and in direct
Punctuation issues
MLA conventions
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Exercises or writing task
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13 Nov
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International controversies
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Ch 9: Argumentative Essays
Classic argument structure
Debate as way of generating ideas
Thesis statement
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Exercises or writing task
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15 Nov
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Subordination structures (although, despite etc.)
Anticipating and rebutting opposing views
In class practice
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Exercises or writing task
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20 Nov
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Preparing an outline
Review of grammar issues
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At home essay 3
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27 Nov
(lesson 25)
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Feedback
Intro to some types of argumentative models
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Exercises or writing task
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29 Nov
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In class essay 3
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Exercises or writing task
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4 Dec
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Feedback and peer review
Introduction of exam topic
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Exercises or writing task
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6 Dec (28)
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Wrap up class
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Revision and exam planning
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TBA
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Final Exam
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