Semester	Fall Semester, 2023
Department	Sophomore Class A, Department of English Sophomore Class B, Department of English
Course Name	Writing and Reading (II)
Instructor	WU MIN-HUA
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Required
Prerequisite

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

Grading Policy: 1. Attendance 10%-100% 2. Weekly quizzes 20% 3. Presentation 10% 4. Class participation 10% 5. Mid-term exam 10% 6. Essays and revisions 40%

Schedule of Writing and Reading II: Fall 2023 (Min-Hua Wu)

Week	Date	Topic/Class Activity	Required Readings	Assignment Due
1	Sept. 12	Introduction	Close and Critical Reading Chapter 1 “Good Writers are Good Readers” (pp 1-11) Presentation assignment
2	Sept. 19	The Writing Process	Chapter 2 (Quiz) Reading: “Ready, Willing, and Able” (pp 38-44) Appendix: Using Sources in Your Writing (pp 699-733) (I)
3	Sept. 26	Basic Moves of Academic Writing	Chapter 3 (Quiz) Reading: “Modern Dating: Prehistorical Style” (pp 55-61) Appendix: Using Sources in Your Writing (pp 699-733) (II)
4	Oct. 3	Narration	Chapter 4 (Quiz) Reading: “The Sanctuary of School” (pp 84-89) Reading: “Strangers” (pp 108-12)	1^st essay topic
5	Oct. 10	National Holiday	No class
6	Oct. 17	Description	Chapter 5 (Quiz) Reading: “The Natural Order of a Small Town” (pp 135-39) Reading: “Once More to the Lake” (pp 163-69)	Essay I-1^st draft
7	Oct. 24	Peer Editing	Editing peers’ essays	Comments
8	Oct. 31	Example	Chapter 6 (Quiz) Reading: “Technologically Challenged” (pp 182-87) Reading: “Commencement Advice” (pp 199-206)	Essay I-2^nd draft
9	Nov. 7	One-on-one conference	Individual discussions on a writing topic and one’s own writing issues (features of your senior high school)	2^nd essay topic
10	Nov. 14	Mid-term Exam (Recommendation Letter)	Writing one’s own recommendation letter and peer review of the letter	3^rd essay (Draft and Revision)
11	Nov. 21	Definition	Chapter 10 (Quiz) Reading: “The Celebrity Chef” (pp 388-99) Reading: “How to Know If You’re Dead” (pp 102-09)	Essay II-1^st draft
12	Nov. 28	Peer Editing	Editing peers’ essays	Comments
13	Dec. 5	Cause and Effect	Chapter 11 (Quiz) Reading: “Behind the Curtain” (pp 466-79) Reading: “The Way to Reduce Black Poverty in America” (pp 484-87)	Essay II-2^nd draft
14	Dec. 12	Argument	Chapter 12 (Quiz) Reading: “The Evil Empire?” (pp 532-39) Reading: “I Have a Dream” (pp 553-59)	4^th essay topic (film criticism)
15	Dec. 19	One-on-one conference	Oral report on the chosen film: Title, theme, plot, related information and personal perspective	Essay IV-1^st draft
16	Dec. 26	Peer Editing	Editing peers’ essays	Comments
17	Jan. 2	Library Tour	Daxian Library’s Information Room Hands-on searching practice (lectured by a librarian) Creating a working bibliography: Collect 12 critical papers for the next semester’s research project	Collecting useful papers
18	Jan. 9	One-on-one conference	Oral and written report on your winter research project for a literary work: outline, abstract, argument, references	Essay IV-2^nd draft

*I reserve the right to modify the class schedule, requirements, and readings, if needed. All future changes will be announced in the class or through email.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

Requirement/Grading

Grading Policy:

1. Attendance 10%-100%

2. Weekly quizzes 20%

3. Presentation 10%

4. Class participation 10%

5. Mid-term exam 10%

6. Essays and revisions 40%

Textbook & Reference

Course Materials

Required:

Cooley, Thomas. Back to the Lake: A Reader for Writers. 2^nd ed. New York: Norton, 2011.

Topic-related Handouts Prepared by the Instructor to be fetched at the Photocopy Center of NCCU.

Recommended:

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7^th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2009. (Taipei: Bookman)

Williams, Joseph M. Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace. New York: Longman, 2007.

William Struck Jr. and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. New York: Penguin Books 2000.

Lea, Diana, Jonathan Crowther, and Sheila Dignen eds. Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2002.

Urls about Course

Useful Websites and Apps 1. http://wwnorton.com/college/english/write/writesite/ (MLA Documentation, Punctuation in Paragraphs, Model Student Papers, Exercises, etc.) 2. http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/write/backtothelake/ 3. Self-Access Language Center, National Chengchi University 4. Writing tutorial service, National Chengchi University 5. Online Etymology Dictionary: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php 6. One Look Dictionary Search: http://www.onelook.com/ 7. BBC Learning English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

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112_1 One_Page Schedule of Writing and Reading II__Fall 2023 _Min_Hua Wu_ 2023.6.15.pdf
112_1 Schedule of Writing and Reading II__Fall 2023 _Min_Hua Wu_ 2023.6.15.pdf