Week

Focus

Assigned Reading

Quiz & Assignment

1

Course Introduction / Paper Format / Technical Instruction

【Classroom】

2

Unit 1:

1-01   Why Read and Write?

【Classroom】

1. Grammar: Recognizing Subjects & Verbs

3

1-02  Idea Development-Brainstorming

      Thinking About What to Write & Topic

Introduction to GEPT Intermediate Writing

1. Grammar: Sentence Fragments

Journal 1: Icebreaking Activity

4

1-03  What is Expository Writing?

What is Plagiarism?

1. Grammar: Two Verbs

2. Plagiarism

Online Discussion 1: Imagination

5

Unit 2:

2-01  a. Storytelling as Narration

Citation & Documentation in MLA Format

1. Citation Example

2. Tikki Tikki Tembo

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

Quiz 1

6

2-02   b. Topic Sentences in the Narrative

The Topic Sentence-Features of A Good Topic Sentence

【Classroom】

1. Grammar: Comma Splice

2. Norwegian Wood (part)

Online Discussion 2: Feelings

7

2-03  c. Explanation and Description

Supporting & Concluding Sentences

1. Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" (1)

1^st Draft of Narration and Description

8

2-04  d. Combining Description, Narration and Explanation

Improving the Topic & Concluding Sentences

1. Grammar: Word Form

2. Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" (2)

Quiz 2

9

Midterm Exam【Classroom】

10

Unit 3:

3-01  a. Definition & Meaning

1. Grammar: Gerunds, Participles & Infinitives

2. Lyric Poetry

Writing Exercise 1: Definition

11

3-02  b. Simile & Similar

Introduction to the Essay and Thesis Statement

1. Grammar: Agreement of Subject & Verb

2^nd Draft of Narration and Description

12

3-03  c. Comparison and Contrast / Classification and Division

1. Grammar: Articles/Determiners

2. Biography & History

3. Words & Picture

Quiz 3

13

3-04  d. Cause and Effect

Different Kinds of Essay Organization

【Classroom】

1. Grammar: Tense

2. Science Fiction

3. Joan Didion's "Los Angeles Notebook"

1^st Draft of Expository Writing

14

3-05  e. Persuasion

Paragraphs in an Essay:

Coherence & Transition

Introduction to TOFEL iBT Writing

1. Grammar: Voice & Mood

2. Writer's Job

3. Tom Hanks: The Power of Four

Writing Exercise 2: Similarities and Differences

15

Unit 4:

4-01  a. Mixing Different Modes

1. Grammar: Dangling & Misplaced Modifiers

Quiz 4

16

4-02  b. Rhetorical Power

Answering Essay Questions

1. Grammar: Prepositions

2. Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream

2^nd Draft of Expository Writing

17

4-03  Wrapping Up

1. Grammar: Word Choice

Journal 2

18

Final Exam【Classroom】