SemesterSpring Semester, 2018
DepartmentFreshman Class A, Department of English Freshman Class B, Department of English
Course NameWriting and Reading (I)
InstructorCHUNG SIAW-FONG
Credit3.0
Course TypeRequired
PrerequisiteAcademic Writing、American Language and Culture、English Reading & Discussion、Writing and Reading、Writing and Reading (I)
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule


































































































 



In Class



To do



3/1



Discuss final exam



Review last semester’s work



Revised final exam essay



 



3/8



Submit revised final exam essay



Peer Review



Read Process Ch. 5



3/15



Discuss Process Ch. 5



‘How to…” (Group Work)



Read “The Exploiting Toilet and Other Embarrassments” (pg. 141~)



3/22



Discuss “The Exploiting Toilet and Other Embarrassments” (pg. 141~)



In-class activity I (Group Work)



Reflection on in-class activity I



 



3/29



Documentary or Film – Process



Record the process shown in the documentary (Process Essay)



4/5



Holiday



 



4/12



Submit Process essay



Discuss “What Are Friends for?” (handout)



4/19



Discuss “What Are Friends for?” (handout)



Creative Writing exercise



Prepare for midterm exam



4/26



Mid-term Exam



 



5/3



Read and Discuss “Take a Left Turn onto Nowhere Street” (pg. 239~)



Read Division and Classification Ch. 8



Brain storm a research topic



5/10



Discuss Division and Classification Ch. 8



Discuss midterm essay



Discuss research topic



Read “Three Kinds of Discipline” (258~)



5/17



Discuss “Three Kinds of Discipline” (258~)



Discuss research topic



Submit revision of midterm essay



Read Definition Ch. 9



Refine research topic and thesis statement



5/24



Discuss Definition Ch. 9



In-class activity II



Write Definition essay



5/31



Submit Definition essay (Peer review)



Read materials on academic writing (handout)



6/7



Practice format of academic essay



Prepare for presentations



6/14



Final Presentation I



Prepare for presentations



6/21



Final Presentation II



Prepare for final exams



6/28



Final Exam (Submit Mini Research)



Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

Nil


Requirement/Grading

Class work (10%)



Contributions to discussion and attendance (10%)



Writing Profile/Mini Research (30%)



Presentations (10%)



Examinations (40%)



 



 



Semester 1: The Writing Profile consists of:



A selected number (at least five) of reading materials concerning a certain topic



Semester 2: The Mini Research consists of:



A 750-word research report based on a certain topic


Textbook & Reference

Compulsory textbook: (Please buy from the campus bookstore.)



Skwire, Sarah H. and David Skywire. Writing with a Thesis: A Rhetoric and Reader. 11th ed. Australia, Canada, Mexico: Thompson Wadsworth, 2005. Print.



Other references: (No need to buy these)



Conlin, Mary Lou. Pattern Plus. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.



Donald, Robert B., Betty R. Morrow, Lillian G. Wargetz, Kathleen Werner. Writing Clear Essays. 3rd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1996. Print.



Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: MLA, 2003.



Meyers, Alan. 2014. Longman Academic Writing Series 5. New York: Pearson. (Semester 2)



MLA Format and Style Guide: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/



Reid, Joy M. The Process of Composition. 3rd ed. New York: Longman-Pearson, 2000. Print.



Smalley, Regina L, Mary K. Ruetten, and Joann Rishel Kozyrev. Refining Composition Skills. 6th ed. Boston: Heinle Cengage Learning, 2012.


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