Course title
Essay Writing   [Essay Writing]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 24  Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 020116
Instructor(s)
HURLING STEPHEN JOHN   [HURLING STEPHEN JOHN]
Facility affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research Office   Email address

Course description
This course aims to develop students’ writing skills so that they can write clear and cohesive texts which convey 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.
Course schedule
Class 1: Course Introduction
Class 2: Argumentative Essays: Introduction and Thesis
Class 3: Argumentative Essays: Paragraph Structure
Class 4: Making Counter-arguments
Class 5: Paraphrasing and Summarizing
Class 6: In-text Citation and Creating a Works Cited List
Class 7: Peer Editing of Essay 1 (Argumentative Essay - Introduction and Outline)
Class 8: Source Integration: Review of Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and In-text Citation
Class 9: Peer Editing of Essay 1 (Argumentative Essay - 1st Draft)
Class 10: Compare and Contrast Essays: Introduction and Thesis
Class 11: Compare and Contrast Essays: Paragraph Structure
Class 12: Compare and Contrast Essays: Grammar and Vocabulary
Class 13: Peer Editing of Essay 2 (Compare and Contrast Essay - 1st Draft)
Class 14: Exam Essay Writing
Class 15: Final Exam
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
There are no required textbooks for this course, but handouts will be provided in class. In order to collect and organize class handouts, students will be expected to bring their own A4 binder to every lesson.
References
Please bring an advanced learner’s dictionary (such as the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary).
Assessment/Grading
Attendance: 15% (students must attend at least 2/3 of a course in order to receive a credit for the course), Participation: 15%, Essay 1: 30% (Introduction and Outline = 5%, 1st Draft = 5%, Final Draft = 20%), Essay 2: 30% (1st Draft = 10%, Final draft = 20%), Final Exam: 10%.
Message from instructor(s)
This class will be English only, so please come prepared to a) participate in English, and b) to participate actively. You will be expected to actively use the skills learned in your English Discussion class at all times when working with your partner.
Course keywords
Office hours
Fuchu Campus: Monday Period 2, Koganei Campus: Thursday Period 4.
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3/19/2017 9:11:45 AM