Course title
Essay Writing   [Essay Writing]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 24  Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 020102
Instructor(s)
篠原 和子   [SHINOHARA Kazuko]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Engineering Office   Email address

Course description
Course Outline:

This course aims to develop students’ writing skills so that they can write clear and cohesive texts whichconvey their ideas in English. Students will focus on essay writing on a variety of topics.
Expected Learning
Objectives:

・ Students should learn how to write a variety of different essay types, such as expository, argumentative, descriptive, and compare and contrast.

・ Students should learn how to write effective introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions.

・ Students should learn to organize and express their ideas clearly and logically.

・ Students should learn to support their ideas with outside sources, such as newspapers, books, magazines, and Internet articles. Students should learn how to quote/paraphrase/summarize, use in-text citation and
create a Works Cited list in order to avoid plagiarism.

* Students should submit 2 to 3 assignments of essay writing, each of three to five paragraphs (around 400 to 500 words) in length. It is recommended that students submit first and final drafts of assignments.

(Note that teachers should grade and provide written feedback for each final task; teacher feedback on first drafts is optional.)

Course schedule
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: From Paragraph to Essay 1 Structure of a Paragraph and an essay
Week 3: From Paragraph to Essay 2 Narration and Explanation
Week 3: From Paragraph to Essay 3 Argument
Week 4: From Paragraph to Essay 4 Argument
Week 5: From Paragraph to Essay 5 Cause and Effect
Week 6: From Paragraph to Essay 6 Cause and Effect
Week 7: Review and Free Composition
Week 8: Essay Writing 1 Structure of an essay
Week 9: Essay Writing 2 finding your topic organization and Outline
Week 10: Essay Writing 3 Organization Introduction Paragraph
Week 11: Essay Writing 4 Organaization Body
Week 12: Essay Writing 5 Organaization Body
Week 13: Essay Writing 6 Organaization Concluding Paragraph
Week 14: Essay Writing 6 Citations
Week 15: Final essay
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
From Paragraph to Essay, Nan'undo
References
Assessment/Grading
Assessment

Attendance: 15% (Students must attend at least 2/3 of a course in order to receive credit for the course.)
Other Factors (Class Participation / Assignments / Quizzes / Final Exam / Term Paper) in total: 85%
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Office hours
Remarks 1
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Last update
3/6/2017 3:00:42 PM