Date
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Possible Themes
(schedule is subject to change)
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In Class Activity
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Homework
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(lesson 1)
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Orientation and Intro.
The Book for the course 'Writing Academic English' 5th Ed. (ISBN 9780132915694)
is available at the Almost Corner Bookshop, via del Moro, 5mins walk from Guarini.
Write about you and English
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Discuss syllabus, book, writing program, academic honesty and plagiarism, ‘MyCompLab’
In-class writing
Peer editing and feedback
1. The paragraph and its structure
The topic Sentence and Support
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Study for quiz
Exercises
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2
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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
Basic MLA layout – double spacing, 12pt, Times New Roman, indenting paragraphs, margins
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Exercises or writing Task
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3
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Technology and You
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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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4
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Architecture and our Environment
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Clauses – dependent and independent
Developing more complex sentences
Punctuation issues
Writing practice
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(lesson 5)
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Typical composition errors
Corrections and exercises
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Exercises or writing task
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Urban groups and trends
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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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Contemporary controversial issues
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Using statistics
Verb structures
Conferencing and discussion
Review
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Exercises or writing task
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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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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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(10)
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Feedback on outline
Drafting from an outline
Peer editing
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In class discussion
Free-writing on the theme
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Exercises or writing task
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Feedback
Review of concepts so far
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Exercises or writing task
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A traditional recipe or a process
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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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Improving flow with transition signals
Workshopping ideas and peer editing
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Exercises or writing task
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Review and practice
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Exercises or writing task
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Why do things happen?
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Ch 6: cause and Effect
Class discussions
Video
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Exercises or writing task
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Midterm warnings
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Peer editing
Drafting
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Exercises or writing task
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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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In- class essay
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Exercises or writing task
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Contemporary issues
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Ch 8: Summary and Paraphrase
Using other people’s arguments to strengthen yours
Avoiding plagiarism
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Exercises or writing task
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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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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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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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Preparing an outline
Review of grammar issues
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(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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A video on how to argue
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Exercises or writing task
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Feedback and peer review
Introduction of exam topic
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Exercises or writing task
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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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