SemesterFall Semester, 2023
DepartmentForeign Language Center
Course NameEnglish Elective: Essay Writing
InstructorDAVID ARNOLD GERICH
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

The following schedule will be adjusted to accommodate the progress of the class.


































































































































































週次



Week



課程主題



Topic



課程內容與指定閱讀



Content and Reading Assignment



教學活動與作業



Teaching Activities and Homework



學習投入時間



Student workload expectation



課堂講授



In-class Hours



課程前後



Outside-of-class Hours



1



Course Orientation




  • Introduction to the course

  • Getting to know one another through in-class writing and discussion

  • Learning business writing and email correspondence




  • Read assigned texts

  • Revise in-class writing and submit

  • Unit 3 Exercises



3



4.5



2



Paragraph writing foundation




  • Unit 1~Unit 2 in the textbook




  • Paragraph structure, unity and coherence, and using outside sources



Unit 3 Exercises



3



4.5



3



From paragraph to essay




  • Unit 4: Exploring the essay




  • Exercises on sentence structures




  • Begin writing own expository essay




  • Complete the initial pre-writing for the expository essay on benefits



 



3



4.5



4



Expository or classification essay



 




  • Writing the body




  • Outlining and analysis of models




  • Developing a classification essay



 




  • Write the expository essay on benefits



3



4.5



5



Mastering the expository essay; improving thesis statements




  • Analyzing thesis statements and understanding the concept of writing for a target reader

  • Rewriting introductions and conclusions

  • Parallelism and Sentence Problems – Unit 10



Complete Unit 11 Practice Exercises; Unit 10



3



4.5



6



Process Essay: Educational and Informative




  • Process speaking activities

  • Learning the differences between educational and informative process essays

  • Practice teaching your reader how to perform a task in both speaking and writing



 




  • Begin research and pre-writing for an educational process essay

  • Unit 5 Practice exercises



3



4.5



7



Composing the Process Essay



 




  • Analysis of the model for an educational process essay

  • Unit 5 Exercises




  • Complete the process essay



3



4.5



8



Grammar Workshop – Process essay error correction and Noun Clauses




  • Editing and revising sentences in the Process Essay

  • Noun Clauses Unit 11




  • Complete Unit 13 Practice Exercises; Unit 6 Preview the model



3



4.5



9



Cause-Effect Essay




  • Presentation and analysis of cause-effect examples

  • Lecture and sample on cause-effect essays

  • Exercises on cause-effect reasoning



 




  • Unit 6 Exercises and prewriting exercises for a Cause-Effect essay



3



4.5



10



Cause-Effect Essays




  • The process of composing the Cause-Effect essay step-by-step




  • Models of cause-effect essays




  • Complete the Cause-Effect essay, Prepare for the in-class essay exam



3



4.5



11



Cause-Effect Essay, In-class Exam




  • Complete a Cause-Effect essay in class, including brainstorm, detailed outline, and essay



 



 



 



12



Compare Contrast Essay




  • Compare-contrast speaking exercises

  • Using compare-contrast signal words




  • Compare-Contrast essay prewriting exercises



3



4.5



13



Compare Contrast Essay




  • Unit 7 Exercises

  • Compare and contrast two compare-contrast essays

  • Begin outlining your own




  • Complete the compare-contrast essay



3



4.5



14



Argumentative Essay




  • Developing an objective approach to considering an argument in speaking and writing

  • Choosing a side to support

  • Learning how to support your argument with basic organization



Research pros and cons for an Argumentative Essay; Rewriting Assignment Due



3



4.5



15



Argumentative Essay




  • Unit 8 Exercises

  • Analysis of argumentation examples and models

  • Discussion of student essay examples

  • Demonstration and discussion of essay revisions




  • Study for final writing exam



3



4.5



16



Final writing exam



Write either a Compare-Contrast or Argumentative Essay in class



 



 



 



17



Individual student appointments



Meet with the teacher to discuss strengths and weaknesses in writing



 



 



 



18



Individual student appointments



Meet with the teacher to discuss strengths and weaknesses in writing



 



 



 




 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

All materials, including the written text, handouts, and any information spoken in class or written on the board,are expected to be reflected in your work. Take notes, and study the textbook and handouts. Keep all of the work you do during the course until after the final grades have been announced. Your final grades will be determined by the following course components:



 




  • Participation (group/pair discussion, peer review, effort on in-class writing): 15%

  • Expository Essay: 15%

  • Process Essay: 15%

  • Cause-Effect Essay (in-class writing test): 20%

  • Rewriting Assignment: 10%

  • Final exam (in-class writing test - Argumentative Essay or Compare-Contrast Essay): 25%


Textbook & Reference

Textbook:




  • Oshima, Alice (2014). Longman Academic Writing Series 4: Paragraphs to Essays, Fifth Edition



 



Resources:




  • Great Writing: Great Essays 4 (fourth edition) ISBN: 978-1-285-19494-3



Published by: National Geographic Learning/Cengage Learning




  • Dictionary/Thesaurus



http://www.dictionary.com/




  • OXFORD Collocation Dictionary



http://www.freecollocation.com/




  • The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)



https://corpus.byu.edu/coca/


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