Academic Writing

Outline

This document presents both the content to be covered in class and the assignments expected out of the participants.

Session Content Assignments

(covered in class)
Session 1  1.1 Background to writing
 1.2 Critical Reading
Session 2  1.3 Avoiding plagiarism
 1.6 Summarizing and paraphrasing
Session 3  1.7 References and Quotations
 1.8 Combining sources
Session 4  Supplementary Material
o Brainstorming & Outlining,
o Formulating a Thesis Statement
 1.9 Organizing Paragraphs
 1.10 Introductions and conclusions
None
Ungraded: Participants summarize and article of your/their choice
Ungraded: Participants select a book and an article and extract two
quotation using the strategy shared in class and cite them effectively
Ungraded:
 Participants select a topic and narrow it down
 Participants produce a mind map/graphic organizer to a topic
of their choice
Session 5  Revision Exercise: The Writing Process
 2.1 Argument and Discussion
 2.2 Cause and Effect
Session 6  2.10 Problems and Solutions
 3.10 Time Markers
Session 7  4.1 Case Study
 4.3 Literature Reviews
 4.4 Longer Essays
Session 8  2.11 Punctuation (90 minutes)
 2.12 Singular or Plural? (30 minutes)
 Essay Writing [in-class] (60 minutes)
The Argumentative Essay
Graded (10%):
Participants write their first attempt at the argumentative essay
Participants submit their first attempt before week 6
The Argumentative Essay
Participants receive feedback from instructor on their first attempt
Participants write their second attempt before week 7
Graded (10%):
Participants submit their second attempt before week 7
The Argumentative Essay
Participants receive feedback form instructor on their second attempt
The Literature Review
Graded (10%):
Participants write their first attempt at the literature review essay
Participants submit their first attempt before week 8
The Literature Review Essay
Participants receive feedback from instructor on their first attempt
Participants write their second attempt before week 9
Graded (10%):
Participants submit their second attempt before week 9
Session 9  3.2 Abbreviations (30 minutes) The Literature Review Essay
 3.5 Conjunctions (30 Minutes) Participants receive feedback form instructor on their second attempt
 3.6 Numbers (30 minutes)
 Essay Writing [in-class] (2 hours)
Session 10  General Recap (1 hour) None
 Researched [in-class] (2 hours)