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Welcome to Writing 5!
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Course Description
Required
Texts: Introduction
to Academic Writing 2ed. Oshima,
A. & Hogue, A. (1997) White Plains, NY: Addison-Wesley-Longman.
ISBN: 0-201-69509-x.
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Understanding and
Using English Grammar 3ed. Azar, B. S.
(1999). Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice Hall Regents.
ISBN 0-13-958661-x.
Try to find these textbooks from former CIEP students
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- Instructor:
Tom Riedmiller, Baker Hall 73, TEL: 3-7729, riedmiller@uni.edu
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- Office Hours:
By Appointment. I am usually in my office after 7:30 in the
morning.
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I.
Objectives - By the end of this course, the students will be able
to:
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A.
Choose,
organize and develop ideas in paragraphs and short compositions.
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B.
Describe
a group of objects in a very detailed way.
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C.
Recognize
and produce clear topic sentences.
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D.
Recognize
and use some transitional words and phrases
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E.
Write a near-perfect paragraph.
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F.
Write a 200-300 word composition in two hours.
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G.
Write
correct sentences which generally avoid fragments and run-ons.
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H.
Use
a variety of sentence structures including opening phrases or
clauses, coordination, and subordination.
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I.
Use correct word-level grammar most of the time.
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J.
Better revise and edit his or her work
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K.
Choose vocabulary which expresses increasingly exact
meanings.
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II.
Course Overview
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A.
The
basic organizing principle of this course is chapters 1 through 5 in
Academic Writing and expository compositions which students
work on both in and out of class.
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B.
While
completing compositions, the class must also work on journal
writing, sentence structure, word-level grammar, and vocabulary.
Use the assigned chapters in the blue grammar book as well as
the grammar exercises in the Oshima text.
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C.
In
this course we will complete the following:
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- Academic Writing
“Blue” Grammar Book
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- Chapters 1 through 5
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Do all writing
and grammar work.
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- All review exercises in chapters 1 through 3.
- Nouns, Chapter 7
- Passive Voice, 11-1 to 11-4; 11-8
- Noun Clauses, 12-1 to 12-5
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Adjective
clauses Chapter 13
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III.
Special Assignment - All students must keep a writing journal
This should not be a place for students to write more
compositions; instead, this should be series of freewriting exercises
which fulfill the following purposes:
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1.
Encourage students to write more quickly and fluently.
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2.
Provide a record of ideas for later compositions.
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3.
Encourage students to think about life in a more detailed way.
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4.
Allow students to use English creatively.
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5.
Allow students to experiment with new grammatical structures.
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B.
The
weekly journals should have 3 new entries, each entry taking at least
10 but not more than 15 minutes to complete.
These weekly journals are due MONDAY.
You must have 24 journal entries at the end of the course.
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IV.
Midterm Examination
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A.
There
is a program-wide midterm given in this course given about ½ way
through the course.
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B.
Prior
to this midterm, the instructor will cover the following:
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1.
Two chapters if Academic Writing.
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2.
Review : Who, whom, which, whose, that . . .
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3.
Verb forms - (Review chapter 6 - subject/verb agreement)
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4.
Coordinating Conjunctions (Academic Writing, pp. 38-43, 59-64 -
and, but, or, so, yet, for, nor)
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5.
A review of the verb tenses (Azar - do review activities,
chapters 1-3)
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C.
Students
will have one hour and fifty minutes to write, revise, and edit a
complete description of a group of objects and to complete a short
grammar test.
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D.
Students
may use an English-English dictionary, a bilingual dictionary, and
their grammar text during the test.
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V.
Final - There will be a final examination for this course.
Students will be responsible for all material covered in class.
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VI.
Evaluation: The teacher will evaluate the progress of his or
her students based on the following criteria.
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A.
midterm
examination (15-25%)
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B.
grammar
tests and quizzes
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C.
compositions
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D.
other
homework
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E.
journals 5-10%
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VII.
The CIEP attendance policy will be strictly enforced.
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