SemesterFall Semester, 2020
DepartmentSophomore Class A, Department of English Sophomore Class B, Department of English
Course NameWriting and Reading (II)
InstructorHSU LI-HSIN
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

Week 1: Induction Week



Week 2: Good Readers are Good Writers?



Week 3: The Basic Moves of Academic Writing



Week 4: Documentation & Plagiarism



Week 5: Definition I



Week 6: Definition II



Week 7: Definition III



Week 8: First Essay Due (Mid-term Break)



Week 9: Individual Conferencing



Week 10: A Library Talk



Week 11: Comparison & Contrast I



Week 12: Comparison & Contrast II



Week 13: Comparison & Contrast III 



Week 14: Cause & Effect I



Week 15: Cause and Effect II



Week 16: Individual Conferencing 



Week 17: Essay III Due (Cause and Effect)


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

N/A


Requirement/Grading

1. Class Attendance and Participation: 25% 

2. Online and in-class Writing Exercises: 25% 

3. Two Mid-term papers & revisions (700-1000 words each): 30% 

4. Final term paper (1500 words): 20%


Textbook & Reference

Cooley, Thomas. Back to the Lake: A Reader for Writers. New Rhetoric Reader. Second Edition. New York: Norton, 2011. 

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Seventh Edition. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2009. 

Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English. Oxford: Oxford University 

Press 2002. 

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

Books 2000.


Urls about Course
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/write/backtothelake/
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