SemesterSpring Semester, 2020
DepartmentDept. of English Course Schedule for Minor Students
Course NameEnglish Composition I
Instructor
Credit2.0
Course TypeRequired
PrerequisiteComposition﹕Exposition、English Composition I、English Composition (I)、English Composition I -1、Writing —International Graduate Students
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課程主題

內容及指定閱讀

　　　　　　　　　　　　　教學活動及作業　　　　

　　　　　　　學習投入時間

　　　　　備註

 

1

Reviewing Essay Writing: Cause ad Effect



 

Elements of Style  Point 10



https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200214-coronavirus-swine-flu-and-sars-how-viruses-get-their-names

500-word Paraphrase 

4hrs.


  

 

2

Thesis Statement

Unit 1



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51777650

Unit 1 : 14∼18

4hrs.


  

 

3

Persuasive Essay

Unit 2


  

4hrs.


  

 

4

Evaluative Essay

Has Britain become too selfish to cope with coronavirus?



https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/28/coronovirus-test-wellbeing-herd-vaccination?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Unit 3



Essay 1 Due

4hrs.


  

 

5

Summery Essay

Unit 2

Unit 4

 

 

6

Avoiding Plagiarism

Unit 2



 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/17/art-spiegelman-golden-age-superheroes-were-shaped-by-the-rise-of-fascism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Unit 4

4hrs.


  

7

　persuasion　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/19/campaigners-demand-end-to-fish-tethering-torture-in-taiwan?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other　　　　　　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　Unit 5

　　　　　　　4 hrs

　　　　　　

8

Comparative Essay 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/03/haider-warraich-interview-cardiology-state-of-the-heart-health-medicine?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Essay 2 due

4hrs.


  


 







































































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　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　內容及指定閱讀

　　　　　　　　　　　　　教學活動及作業

　　　　　　　學習投入時間

　　　　　　備註

9

Personal Opinion: midterm



incorporating vocabulary from Unit 1&2, as well as their grammar focus; finish p.45 as a warm-up practice

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/aug/01/slow-fashion-how-to-keep-your-favourite-clothes-for-ever-from-laundering-to-moth-proofing?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Unit 6

4hrs.


  

10

Expository Essay

Justice Reading 1

Unit 7

4hrs.


  

11

Argumentative Research Paper 1

Justice Reading 2

Essay 3 due

4hrs.


  

12

Argumentative Research Paper 2

Freaknomics Reading 1

Unit 8

4hrs.


  

13

Argumentative Research Paper 3

Freaknomics Reading 2

Unit 8

4hrs.


  

14

Topic Review

startinghttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/17/art-spiegelman-golden-age-superheroes-were-shaped-by-the-rise-of-fascism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

essay 4

4hrs.


  

15

Analysis of Fiction Excerpts


  

Unit 9

4hrs.


  






























16

                                            Research Paper 1   

startinghttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/17/art-spiegelman-golden-age-superheroes-were-shaped-by-the-rise-of-fascism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Unit 10

4hrs.


  

17

Research Paper 2


  

Essay 4 due

4hrs.


  

18

期末考

Class Sit-in Exam


      


 



 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

to be appointed.


Requirement/Grading

1. 寫作小作業４次  50%（選分數較高的 ３次納入期末總分計算。 若缺交一次，則期末只採計高分者 ２ 次，只能得到 40%的成績，缺交兩次，期末 只採計高分者 ２次，只能得到 30%的成績，以此類推。）



2. 期中與期末共 50%



3. 出席情況另外於學期總分增減


Textbook & Reference

Textbook:



1. Mary K. Ruetten. Developing Composition Skills: Academic Writing and Grammar. 3rd. Heinle, 2012.



2. Vargo Mari and Laurie Blass. Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking 4.   National Geographic Learning & Hi Language Learning, 2014.



3. J. A. W. Heffernan and John E. Lincoln. Writing: A College Handbook.  4th edition. Norton, 1994.



4. William Strunk, Jr.  The Elements of Style. Workbook. The Top Education: Texas, 2017. 



Handouts: Selections from the follows:



1. Christopher Woodward, "In Ruins: A Journey Through History, Art, and Literature."

New York: Vintage Books, 2003 (orig. 2001).



2. Alain de Botton "Essays in Love," Revised Edition (London: Picador 2006)



3. Wolf Naomi. The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women. Harper

Perennial 2002 (orig. 1992).



http://www.alaalsayid.com/ebooks/The-Beauty-Myth-Naomi-Wolf.pdf



4. Edward W. Said. The Text, the World, the Critic. Harvard University Press, 1983.



http://www.rlwclarke.net/Theory/SourcesPrimary/SaidText,theWorld,theCritic.pdf



5. S.D.Levitt & S.J.Dubner. "What Do School Teachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common."Freakonomics. New York: First Harper Perennial Edition, 2009.


Urls about Course
Attachment

The tricky politics of naming the new coronavirus.pdf