Week

Focus

Assigned Reading

Quiz & Assignment

1

Course Introduction / Paper Format / Technical Instruction

2

Unit 1:

Why Read and Write?

1. Grammar: Recognizing Subjects & Verbs

3

Idea Development-Brainstorming

      Thinking About What to Write & Topic

Introduction to GEPT Intermediate Writing & TOFEL iBT Writing

1. Grammar: Sentence Fragments

Journal 1: Icebreaking Activity

4

What is Expository Writing?

What is Plagiarism?

1. Grammar: Two Verbs

2. Plagiarism

Quiz 1

5

Unit 2:

a. Storytelling as Narration

Citation & Documentation in MLA Format

1. Citation Example

2. PIERRE

3. Mark Twain & J. R. R. Tolkien

Writing Exercise 1

6

b. Topic Sentences in the Narrative

The Topic Sentence-Features of A Good Topic Sentence

1. Grammar: Comma Splice

2. Norwegian Wood (part)

3. Tikki Tikki Tembo

Quiz 2

7

c. Explanation and Description

Supporting & Concluding Sentences

1. Grammar: Dependent Clauses

1. Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"

Writing Exercise 2

8

d. Combining Description and Narration

Improving the Topic & Concluding Sentences

1. Raymond Carver's "Cathedral"

1^st Draft of Narration and Description

9

Midterm Exam

10

Unit 3:

a. Definition & Meaning

1. Grammar: Gerunds, Participles & Infinitives

1. Lyric Poetry

Quiz 3

11

      b. Simile & Similar

Introduction to the Essay

1. Grammar: Agreement of Subject & Verb

2^nd Draft of Narration and Description

12

c. Comparison and Contrast / Classification and Division

      Introduction to Thesis Statement

1. Grammar: Articles/Determiners

1. History & Fiction

2. Biography & History

3. Words & Picture

Writing Exercise 3

13

      d. Cause and Effect

Different Kinds of Essay Organization

1. Grammar: Tense

2. Science Fiction

1^st Draft of Expository Writing

14

e. Persuasion

Paragraphs in an Essay:

Coherence & Transition

1. Grammar: Voice & Mood

2. Writer's Job

3. Tom Hanks: The Power of Four

Quiz 4

15

Unit 4:

      a. Mixing Different Modes

1. Grammar: Dangling & Misplaced Modifiers

2. Joan Didion's "Los Angeles Notebook"W

Writing Exercise 4

16

b. Rhetorical Power

Answering Essay Questions

1. Grammar: Prepositions

2. Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream

2^nd Draft of Expository Writing

17

Wrapping Up

1. Grammar: Punctuation & Other Mechanics

Journal 2

18

Final Exam