Freshman English Composition (D) Teacher: Kevin Chen
SOCE English Department, Fu Jen University Spring 2010
Monday 18:40 ~ 20: 20
Course Description:
In this semester, to further improve your writing ability, we will advance from learning how to write a paragraph to studying the mechanics of a well-written essay. In order to help you to make sentences with correct grammar, we will also focus on reading and grammar practice. In this semester, we will begin with how to develop a topic from general ideas, to organize the supporting ideas, then to write thesis statement and topic sentences, and finally to organize paragraphs into essay. We will practice four modes of writing: Definition, Cause and Effect, Argumentation, and Compare and Contrast. You will be expected to participate in class discussions. Your final grade will be based on attendance, assignments, participation in class discussions, and exams.
Course Requirements:
Each assignments and quiz stands for your presence, and the result will show in your final grade.
Please don’t miss the tests or presentations. No opportunities will be given to the student who misses any of the exams.
Late assignment resulted from medical and family emergencies can be discussed only when there is concrete evidence.
No late assignment will be accepted.
Students are required to attend class regularly and to participate in class actively.
Grading:
1. Attendance (40%)
a. Quiz x 6, Writing Exercise x 3, and Journal x 1 (30%)—Quiz will be held 5 minutes after the class begins
b. Dues of the 1st Drafts of Composition & Peer Editing Activities (10%) 2. 2 Compositions: Cause & Effect and Comparison & Contrast (20%)—Each 2 Drafts 3. Midterm Exam (20%)
4. Final Exam (20%)
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Syllabus
Week Focus Assigned Reading Assignment
Feb. 22 Class Introduction: Thinking About What to Write / Class Exercise: Imagination Mar. 1 Definition / Thesis Statement
Adjectives & Adverbs
Correct Writing Ch. 13
Lyric Poetry
Quiz 1
Mar. 8 Explanation and Description /
Dangling Modifiers & Misplaced Modifiers
CW Ch. 14 & 15 Writing Exercise 1:
Definition Mar.
15
Cause & Effect / Parallelism CW Ch. 16 Science Fiction
Quiz 2
Mar.
22
Peer Editing / Subordination / Illogical Comparisons & Mixed Constructions
CW Ch. 17 & 18 Cause & Effect 1st Draft
Mar.
29
Class Exercise: Feelings / Punctuation CW Ch. 19 Quiz 3
Apr. 5 Holiday
Mar.
31
Persuasion and Argumentation / Mechanics:
Capital Letters, etc.
CW Ch. 20 Writer’s Job
Writing Exercise 2:
Names sound like Apr. 12 Persuasion and Argumentation / Use of the
Dictionary
CW Ch. 21 Tom Hanks: The Power of Four
Cause & Effect 2nd Draft
Apr. 19 Midterm Exam
Apr. 26 Frequent Errors / Diction CW Ch. 22 Quiz 4
May 3 Class Exercise: What makes us think / Building a Vocabulary
CW Ch. 23 Writing Exercise 3:
May 10 Simile & Similar / Comparison & Contrast History & Fiction Quiz 5
May 17 Peer Editing / Classification and Division Biography & History Words & Picture
Compare & Contrast 1st Draft
May 24 Wrapping up Grammar Handout Quiz 6
May 31 Process & Analysis / Class Exercise: Does having a different name mean a thing is different
Handout Discussion Sheet as Participation
June 7 End-of-the-Year Test Review Handout Journal
June 14 Rhetorical Power
Different Kinds of Essay Organization
Martin Luther King:
I Have a Dream Compare & Contrast 2nd Draft
June 21 Final Exam
*The syllabus is subject to change.
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Textbook and Readings:
Butler, Eugenia. All. Correct Writing. 6th Ed. 書林, 1997.
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