Semester	Spring Semester, 2021
Department	Freshman Class A, Department of English Freshman Class B, Department of English
Course Name	Writing and Reading (I)
Instructor	CHUNG SIAW-FONG
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Required
Prerequisite	Academic 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
2/25	Discuss final exam Review last semester’s work	Revised final exam essay
3/4	Submit revised final exam essay (hard copy) Discuss Process Ch. 5 ‘How to…’ (Group Work)	Read Process Ch. 5
3/11	Two types of ‘how to’ essays (Process and Non-Process)	Read “The Exploiting Toilet and Other Embarrassments” (pg. 126~131)
3/18	Discuss “The Exploiting Toilet and Other Embarrassments” (pg. 126~131)
3/25	Group Work: Presentations	Select a topic from “Writing Suggestions for Process Essays” (pg. 119-120) and write an essay based on it (+ Humorous Tone)
4/1	Read and Discuss “What Are Friends for?” (handout) Submit Process essay Peer Review	Read “Take a Left Turn onto Nowhere Street” (pg. 231~234)
4/8	Discuss “Take a Left Turn onto Nowhere Street” (pg. 231~234) Creative Writing exercise	Prepare for midterm exam Read Division and Classification Ch. 8
4/15	“Rudeness” (handout)
4/22	Mid-term Exam	Bring laptop on 5/2 (one group one laptop)
4/29	Group Work: Observation of classification One group one laptop Submit revisions of mid-term and classification essays Presentation of classification
5/6	Group Work: Presentations
5/13	Discuss Definition Ch. 9 (Brief intro) In-class activity II	Brain storm a research topic
5/20	Refine research topic and thesis statement
5/27	Prepare questions for research project
6/3	Final project discussion
6/10	Final Presentation I
6/17	Final Presentation II (Submit Mini Research)
6/24	Final Exam

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

Nil

Requirement/Grading

Grades

Class work (10%)

Contributions to discussion and attendance (10%)

Writing Profile/Mini Research (20%)

Presentations (10%)

Examinations (40%)

Group work (10%)

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)

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

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

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

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.

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

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