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    PreparedbyHalaAbdElMoneimDirectoroftheEnglishLanguageandRhetoricProgram ACU

    ENGL101 Academic Writing

    Schedule for second half of Fall 2013 term

    Week#5 Correctionandsubmissionofmidtermexampapers

    MIDTERMEXAMS

    Week #6 30thNovember 4thDecember

    Lesson Outcomes Content covered and In-class Assignment

    Writing the cause andeffect essay with ablock organization

    Outlining an essay

    Using commascorrectly

    Writing:

    Writing Academic English

    Unit 6: Cause and Effect Essays: Block organization(pdf: p.103108

    (Book: p.94-98)

    Drafting:

    Pre-writing: Outlining a cause and effect essay on a topic chosenfrom p.105and writing a first draft in class by hand based on outli

    Instructor gives global feedback on first draft after reading excerpin class to assure originality of content.

    Writing Academic English

    Appendix B: Punctuation Rules

    Commas: (pdf: p.289-291) (Book: p. 280-282)

    Writing simple andcompound sentences

    Grammar:

    Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentence

    Writing Academic English

    Chapter 10: Types of Sentences (pdf: p.172-187) (book p.162-178)

    Making inferences Reading:

    Advanced Reading Power

    Unit 2: Making inferences: selected reading by instructor

    Unit 3: Understanding paragraphs: selected reading by instructor

    Weekly Assignment 4 Completing all exercises above (first few questions of eachexercise are covered in class)

    Writing the second draft of the cause and effect essay andsending it by email to instructor

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    Week #7 7thDecember 11thDecember: Second Mid-terms in some facultiesLesson Outcomes Content covered and In-class Assignment

    Writing the cause andeffect essay with a chainorganization

    Using techniques to avoidplagiarism:

    1- Summarizing2- Paraphrasing3- Using quotations

    Using semi-colonscorrectly

    Writing:

    Writing Academic English

    Chapter 6: Cause and Effect Essays: Chain organization(pdf:p.109113) (Book: p.98-104)

    1. SummarizingAdvanced Reading Power

    Unit 8: - (Book: p.200-212)

    2. Paraphrase and SummaryWriting Academic English

    Chapter 8: (Book: p.127-141) (pdf: p.136-150)

    3. QuotationsWriting Academic English

    Chapter 3: (Book: p.42-49) (pdf: p. 51-59)

    Writing Academic English

    Appendix B: Punctuation Rules

    Semi-colons: (pdf: p.292-294) (Book: p. 283-285)

    Grammar:

    Quiz 1: Types of Sentences

    (prepared by instructor and sent 2 days before session for approvalbefore printing)

    Identifying patterns oforganization

    Reading:

    Advanced Reading Power

    Unit 4: Patterns of Organization - (book p.134-154)

    Weekly Assignment 5 Writing Academic EnglishChapter 6: Reading: (pdf: p.115-118) (book: p.106-109)

    Submitting final corrected draft of C&E essay by email

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    Week #8 14thDecember 18thDecember

    Lesson Outcomes Content covered and In-class Assignment

    Writing the comparisonand contrast essay

    Outlining and drafting

    Using colons correctly

    Writing:

    Writing Academic English

    Chapter 6: Comparison and Contrast Essays: Point-by-point and

    block organization(pdf: p.121125) (Book: p.112-116)

    Drafting:

    Pre-writing: Outlining a comparison and contrast essay on atopic chosen from p.122-123and writing a first draft in class byhand based on outline

    Instructor gives global feedback on first draft after readingexcerpts in class to assure originality of content

    Writing Academic EnglishAppendix B: Punctuation Rules

    Colons: (pdf: p.294-296) (Book: p. 285-287)

    Editing

    Coherence

    Connecting ideas inparagraphs

    Editing

    Grammar:

    Revision of Subject verb agreement and tenses offer web links

    Explaining Pronoun reference

    Advanced Reading Power:

    Pronouns as connectors (book: p.114-116)

    Explaining parallelism

    Writing Academic English

    Chapter 11: parallel structures and sentence problems (book:p.179-193)

    Identifyingorganizational patterns

    Reading:

    Advanced Reading Power

    Unit 5: Reading longer passages effectively Revision on process description organization - Exercise 1

    (book p.155-158) and Exercise 3 (book: p. 161)

    Revision on comparison and contrast organization -Exercise 2 (book p.159) and Exercise 4 (book: p. 161)

    Weekly Assignment 6 Completing all exercises above (first few questions ofeach exercise are covered in class)

    Writing second draft of comparison and contrast essay

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    Week #9 21stDecember 25thDecember

    Lesson Outcomes Content covered and In-class Assignment

    Editing the comparison

    and contrast essay for

    cohesion

    Using quotation marks

    correctly

    Writing:

    Writing Academic English

    Chapter 6: Comparison and Contrast Essays: Comparison and

    contrast signal words (pdf: p.125130) (Book: p.116-121)

    Writing Academic English

    Appendix B: Punctuation Rules

    Quotation marks: (pdf: p.297-299) (Book: p. 288-290)

    Writing complex sentences Grammar:

    Quiz 2: Paragraph Editing

    (prepared by instructor and sent 2 days before session for approval

    before printing)

    Identifying organizational

    patterns

    Reading:

    Advanced Reading Power

    Unit 5: Reading longer passages effectively

    Revision on comparison and contrast organization -Exercise 4 (book p.161-162)

    Revision on cause and effect organization - Exercise 5(book p.162-163)

    Weekly Assignment 7 Writing Academic EnglishChapter 7: Comparison and Contrast Reading

    Comprehension: (pdf: p.133-135) (book: p.124-126)

    Submitting final corrected draft of C&C essay.

    Assessment:Thereare5assessmentgradesforthesefourweeksofinstruction:

    1. Causeandeffectessay=3.5%2. Comparisonandcontrastreading=3.5%3. 2quizzes(3.5%each)4. Comparisonandcontrastessay=15%(consideredasafinalpaperforthecourse)