Advanced Academic Writing

Week 1 Paragraph StructureThe Three Parts of a ParagraphThe Topic SentencePosition of Topic SentencesThe Two Parts of the Topic SentenceSupporting Sentences The Concluding Sentence Homework ↓ Writing Practice Week 2 Unity and Coherence UnityCoherenceRepetition of Key Nouns Key Noun Substitutes Consistent Pronouns Transition Signals Logical Order Homework ↓ Writing Practice Week 3 Supporting Details: Facts, Quotations, and Statistics Facts versus Opinions Using Outside Sources Plagiarism Citing Sources Quotations Direct Quotations Reporting Verbs and Phrases Punctuating Direct Quotations Indirect Quotations Writing Practice Statistics Homework ↓ Writing Practice Week 4 From Paragraph to Essay The Three parts of an Essay The Introductory Paragraph Funnel Introduction Attention-Getting Introduction Thesis Statement Body Paragraph Logical Division of Ideas Thesis Statement for Logical Division of Ideas Thesis Statement Pitfalls Transition Signals between Paragraphs The Concluding Paragraph Essay Outlining Homework ↓ Writing Practice Week 5 The Summary Paraphrasing Plagiarism vs Paraphrase Using Paraphrases as Support The Critical Review Week 6 Cause/Effect Essays Organization for Cause/Effect OrderBlock Organization Chain Organization Cause/Effect Signal Words and Phrases Cause Signal Words Effect Signal Words Applying What You Have Learned Homework ↓ Writing Practice Week 7 Comparison/Contrast Essays Organization of Comparison/contrast Essays Point-by-Point Organization Block Organization Comparison and Contrast Signal Words Comparison Signal words Contrast Signal Words Review In-Class ↓ Applying What You Have Learned THE END

Student-centered activities: pair/group work applying what is learned from the covered materials.

Based on weekly writing assignments.

APA (The American Psychological Association) Style Arnaudet, M. L. & Barnett, M. E. (1984). Approaches to Academic Reading and Writing. Englewoods Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Regents. Faye, S. (2008). Writing/Grammar/Vocabualry Module. Sagamiono: Foreign Service Training Institute Frank, M. (1990). Writing as Thinking: A Guided Process Approach. Englewoods, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. Hogue, A., & Oshima, A. (2006). Writing Academic English. New York: Pearson/Longman McCrimmon, J. M. (1967). Writing with a Purpose. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Menasche, L. (2001). Writing a Research Paper. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. Porter, D. (2007). Check Your Vocabulary for Academic English. London: A & C Black. Wyatt, R. (2006). Check Your Vocabulary for Law. London: A & C Black. MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style Arnaudet, Martin L. & Barnett, Mary Ellen. Approaches to Academic Reading and Writing. Englewoods Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Regents, 1984. Faye, Singh. Writing/Grammar/Vocabualry Module. Sagamiono: Foreign Service Training Institute, 2008. Frank, Marcella. Writing as Thinking: A Guided Process Approach. Englewoods, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1990. Hogue, Ann & Oshima, Alice. Writing Academic English. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2006. McCrimmon, James M. Writing with a Purpose. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. Menasche, Lionel. Writing a Research Paper. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2001. Porter, David. Check Your Vocabulary for Academic English. London: A & C Black, 2007. Wyatt, Rawdon. Check Your Vocabulary for Law. London: A & C Black, 2006. CMS (The Chicago Manual of Style) Style Arnaudet, Martin L. & Barnett, Mary Ellen. Approaches to Academic Reading and Writing. Englewoods Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Regents, 1984. Faye, Singh. Writing/Grammar/Vocabualry Module. Sagamiono: Foreign Service Training Institute, 2008. Frank, Marcella. Writing as Thinking: A Guided Process Approach. Englewoods, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1990. Hogue, Ann & Oshima, Alice. Writing Academic English. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2006. McCrimmon, James M. Writing with a Purpose. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. Menasche, Lionel. Writing a Research Paper. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2001. Porter, David. Check Your Vocabulary for Academic English. London: A & C Black, 2007. Wyatt, Rawdon. Check Your Vocabulary for Law. London: A & C Black, 2006. SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS Newspapers Internet sites

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