Weekly homework will include:



1. Reading chapters in the textbook and completing the exercises in the book

or

Reading articles or essays on current issues and topics that we will discuss in class



2. A writing assignment that could include

Exercises from the textbook

An essay on an assigned topic

Rewriting and improving a previously written essay



3. Critiquing your own writing or the writing of a classmate



Here is the syllabus for the second semester of the course (weeks 19-36)



(Week 19) Review essays from semester 1 / Brainstorm Notetaking essay

(Week 20) Chapter 6: Introduction to the Essay

(Week 21) Introduction to Research Skills

(Week 22) Research Skills—Summarizing and Paraphrasing Assignment

(Week 23) Chapter 7 The Example Essay

(Week 24) Chapter 7 The Example Essay

(Week 25) Chapter 8 The Comparison Contrast Essay

(Week 26) Chapter 8 The Comparison Contrast Essay

(Week 27) Midterm Exam

(Week 28) Chapter 9—The Classification Essay

(Week 29) Chapter 9—The Classification Essay

(Week 30) Chapter 9—The Classification Essay

(Week 31) Free Topic Project

(Week 32) Chapter 10—The Process Analysis Essay

(Week 33) Chapter 10—The Process Analysis Essay

(Week 34) Chapter 10—The Process Analysis Essay

(Week 35) Free Topic

(Week 36) Final Exam

none

You will be required to:

read the chapters in the textbook, and complete the exercises in the textbook

write essays on the topics assigned in class

rewrite and improve your essays

participate in class discussions

comment the the ideas and writing of your classmates

take a midterm exam and final exam

The textbook is:

Refining Composition Skills: Academic Writing and Grammar by Regina L. Smalley, Mary K. Ruetten, and Joann Rishel Kozyrev