SemesterSpring Semester, 2025
DepartmentSophomore Class A, Department of English Sophomore Class B, Department of English
Course NameWriting and Reading (II)
InstructorCHANG CHEN-AN
Credit3.0
Course TypeRequired
PrerequisiteReading & Debating in English 2、Writing and Reading (II)、Writing Tutorial
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule




















































































































Week 

Topic 

Content  

Teaching Activities &Homework 

1 



(2/18) 

Course Overview 



 

Recap & Composition Skills 

 

 2 



(2/25) 

Comparison/Contrast 

Points of comparison 

 

3  



(3/4) 

Comparison/Contrast 



 

Organization 

HW: Essay (draft) 

4 



(3/11) 

Comparison/Contrast 



 

Peer review 



 

 

5 



(3/18) 

Comparison/Contrast 



 

Composition skills for comparison/contrast 

 

6 



(3/25) 

Comparison/Contrast 



 

Refining grammar skills & revising substantially 

HW: Essay (final) 

7 



(4/1) 

No class 

Comparison/Contrast essay submission 

 

8 



(4/8) 

Research paper 

Finding topics, in-text documentations & citations 

 

9 



(4/15) 

Research paper 



 

Fing information & evaluating sources 

HW: Looking for a topic for your research paper and search relevant sources*2 

10 



(4/22) 

Research paper 



 

Summarizing & paraphrasing  

HW: search relevant sources*2 



 

11 



(4/29) 

Research paper 



 

Summarizing & paraphrasing 

 

12 



(5/6) 

Research paper 



 

Organization &  



Sequence of Tense 

HW: Research paper (Introduction + Body paragraphs) 

13 



(5/13) 

Research paper 



 

Peer review 

HW: Research paper (Conclusion + Citation) 

14 



(5/20) 

Research paper 



 

Peer review 



 

 

15 



(5/27) 

Individual conference 

Q&A 

 

16 



(6/3) 

In-class presentation 

 

17 



(6/10) 

In-class presentation 

HW: Research paper 

18 



(6/17) 

No Class 

Research paper submission 

 

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading


  • Class attendance: 10% 







  • Class participation (in-class exercises): 30% 







  • 1 essay and 1 research paper (individual): 20% and 30%  







  • In-class presentation: 10% 




Textbook & Reference



Graff, G., & Birkenstein, C. (2024). “They Say / I Say” (6th ed.). W.W. Norton & Company. 



Bullock, R., Brody, M., & Weinberg, F. (2024). The Little Seagull Handbook (5th ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. 



Carriero, R., Bromberg, M., & Gordon, M. (2022). 1100 words you need to know (8th ed.). Kaplan Inc., d/b/a Barron’s Educational Series. 



Meyers, A. (2014). Longman academic writing series 5: essays to research papers. White Plains, NY: Pearson Education.  



Smalley, R. L., Ruetten, M. K., & Kozyrev, J. (2012). Refining composition skills: Academic writing and grammar (6th edition). Boston, MA: Cengage. 


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