SemesterFall Semester, 2025
DepartmentFreshman Class A, Department of English Freshman Class B, Department of English
Course NameWriting and Reading (I)
InstructorWU YIH DAU
Credit3.0
Course TypeRequired
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週次



 課程內容與指定閱讀



教學活動與課前、



課後作業



學生學習投入時間



(含課堂教學時數)



Week 1



(4th September)



Introduction



The structure of a paragraph (the basic level)



The structure of a paragraph (the advanced level)



 



Class time: 3 hours



 



Week 2



(11th September)



Introduction to the Essay



 



Who is Elizabeth Gaskell?



 



Class time: 3 hours



After class: 2 hours



Week 3  (18th September)



Using examples to support your argument



藤井樹小說《我們不結婚,好嗎?》中的舉例



Thinking about shopping: William Kowinski’s essay ‘Kids in the Mall’



 



Class time: 3 hours



After class: 3 hours



Week 4 (25th September)



Thinking about shopping:



Kitty Drake’s article about ‘[t]he disappearance of department stores’



After class:



please write an essay about shopping



Class time: 3 hours



After class: 2 hours



Week 5 (2nd October)



Thinking about shopping: Excerpts from Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel Mary Barton (1848)



 



First assignment: An essay about shopping due



 



Peer review



 



 



Week 6 ( 9th  October)



Description



 



Class time: 3 hours



After class: 2 hours



Week 7 (16th October)



描寫人與物



Thinking about the story of furniture:



Jenny Hulme’s article ‘Dad’s desk’



朱自清散文「背影」



After class: please prepare your course pack for submission



Class time: 3 hours



After class: 3 hours



Week 8  (23rd  October)



描寫地方



徐志摩散文「我所知道的康橋」Course pack due



 After class:



please write an essay about furniture



Class time: 3 hours



After class: 2 hours



Week 9  (30th   October)



Second assignment: An essay about a thing/object due



洪愛珠「等茶時光」



Peer review



 



Class time: 3 hours



After class: 2 hours



Week 10 (6th November)



Narrative



Thinking about waiting:



Excerpts from chapter 12 of Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel Mary Barton (1848)



 



Class time: 3 hours



After class: 2 hours



Week 11



(13th November)



Thinking about waiting:



Excerpts from Jason Farman’s book Delayed Response: the Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World (2018)



 After class:



please write a narrative about waiting



Class time: 3 hours



After class: 2 hours



Week 12



(20th November)



Excerpt from 九把刀《等一個人咖啡》



 



The 3rd assignment due: a narrative about waiting



 



Peer review



 



 Class time: 3 hours



After class: 2 hours



Week 13 (27th  November)



Summary and response



 



Thinking about the price of growing up:



 



Richard Rodriguez’s essay ‘An Education in Language’



After class: please prepare your course pack for submission



Class time: 3 hours



After class: 3 hours



 



Week 14 (4th December)



Summary and response  



 



Thinking about the price of growing up: a response to  Rodriguez’s essay



 



Who is Emily Brontë?



Practise summarising a piece of writing



 



Carol Tavris’s ‘Love Story’



 



Course pack due



 After class:



please write a an essay about growing up



Class time: 3 hours



After class: 2 hours



Week 15



(11th  December)



Excerpts from Volume II, chapter 17-18 of Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights (1847)



 



The 4th assignment due: an essay about growing up



 



Peer review



 



 Class time: 3 hours



After class: 2 hours



Week 16  (18th December)



Individual supervision: return assignments to students and discuss their works with them



 



 Class time: 3 hours



After class: 3 hours



Teaching Methods
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Requirement/Grading

Requirements:



Evaluation strategy:



Course pack (=每週上課時,閱讀、寫作與討論情形) 60%          



4 written essays 40%



Course pack評分方式:請在10/23日以及12/4日,繳交您的course pack  (遲交1天,此部分成績少5)。評分的項目是:



 



1. 指定閱讀文章上,是否有您閱讀文章的痕跡(像是不懂的單字查清楚意思、重點標示...等等)



2. Reading and Discussion notes是否有一些內容,以及內容的豐富程度



3. Brain Storm exercise上的題目是否有完成,是否有對照The Economist原文試著學習原文上的用字、遣詞與文法



 



及格(60分)標準:



1. brain storm exercise15篇,寫完5篇。



2. 每週課堂閱讀與討論(=Reading and Discussion notes),共15次,其中5次有筆記(證明您有閱讀以及參加討論)



加分項目:



1. brainstorm exercise不只寫完5篇。



2. 每週課堂閱讀與討論(=Reading and Discussion notes)不只5次有認真書寫。



3. 其他能顯示您,有認真透過brain storm exercises學習英文的文字或記錄



4.其他能顯示您,有認真參與課堂閱讀與討論的文字或記錄



 



Attendance requirement



All students are required to attend classes regularly and punctually. 



本課程每週9:10上課鐘響後,開始點名。



本課程每週有3節課,每位同學至多可以缺席3(也就是9節課)。請特別注意:這三週(9節課)包括了病假、事假、公假…等等所有類型的請假與缺席。缺席週數超過3次或9節課後,每缺席一週,學期總成績扣9分,每缺席1節課,學期總成績扣3分。



請特別注意: 上課鐘響後20分鐘內,如果您還沒有進教室,則該堂課算是缺席。



舉例說明: 某同學從開學到10月底,已經缺席三週了,11月的第一節課沒來,11月的第二週完全缺席,11月的第三週第二節上課時,10:45才進教室,則學期總成績扣15(3+9+3=15)



本課程上課期間共16週,每位同學至多可以遲到(=9:10分沒到)3次。遲到週數超過3次後,每遲到1次,學期總成績扣2分。



N.B. 如果您是因為特殊的原因,才常常缺席或遲到,請跟老師說。謝謝。



 



Classroom courtesy



本課程常常會請同學,在課堂上閱讀文章與/或寫下自己的想法。為了讓全班同學都能在安靜的環境下閱讀與寫作,因此會需要所有同學在一定的時間內(大約10~20分鐘),保持安靜。



在這段時間內,如果您大聲說話,或有其他妨礙到同學專心學習的行為,老師會提醒您,請您記得課程要求。如果您違反規定超過2次,從第3次開始,每違規一次,學期總成績扣5分。



此外,在上課時間內,請勿吃東西、用手機觀看與課程無關影片、大聲說話、或用筆記型電腦看與課程無關的東西。如果您有類似這種干擾上課的行為,老師會提醒您,請您記得課程要求。如果您違反規定超過2次,從第3次開始,每違規一次,學期總成績扣5分。



N.B. 如果您是因為特殊的原因,才無法保持安靜,無法配合課程要求,請跟老師說。謝謝。



Late submission



請準時繳交所有作業。遲交1天,該作業成績少5分。如果您在peer review當天,沒有帶完成的作業來課堂上,該作業成績少20分。


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