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2012 Syllabus of 2nd Composition II

Q: [] Assignment: 1. Find one word and post on the wall of 2012 Academic Learning group in Facebook. 2. Self-efficacy Q
 * Week 1**. Developing lexical competence in writing (1. Self-efficacy Q; 2. Facebook group;3. iWriter; 4. Academic Word List; 5. Archive of blog & comments and individual wikis & group wiki)

Attribution Q TOEFL iBT Writing Sample: Assignment: [Wiki 1: letter of recommendation] [Archive of 4 wikis]
 * Week 2**. Genre approach to writing;
 * Week 3**. Teacher feedback of annotating on Wiki 1; How to write a good introduction (PPT) [Wiki 2: two intros and expanding one to write an essay]
 * Week 4**. Peer Editing practice [Wiki 2]; Argumentative writing 1 (iWriter, PPT) [Wiki 3 essay]
 * Week 5.** Five elements of good writing; Peer annotations according to the 5 elements [In-class Add Comments on Wiki 3 essay, Assignment: Revision of Wiki 3]
 * Week 6.** Argumentative writing 2 [Wiki 4]
 * Week 7.** Mid-term

Week 9. Group project: A short report 1 (iWriter, PPT); Three students in a group for 1. Introduction (Background, Aim), 2. Methodology (Sample and Methods), 3. Results and Discussion. [Goup Wiki: planning, the title, and conducting survey/interviewing in class]; Week 10. A short report 2 [Group Wiki: drafting the three sections] Week 11. Revising the short report [Intra-group using editing directly; inter-group using annotations] Week 12. [Wiki 6] Comparison and Contrast structure (iWriter; PPT ) Week 13. Comparison language (PPT): Peer editing on Wiki 6; Presentation (Pair work in class, iWriter) of Wiki 6 Week 14. Cause and Effect [new PPT] (Wiki 7) Week 15. Peer annotations [on Wiki 7]; Explanation essay [Wiki 8]; Week 16. Review iBT independent essay and integrated writing: Success (Video clip) Week 17. Final exam; Summative Evaluation; Teacher-Student Conference Week 18. Summative Evaluation; Teacher-Students Conference;
 * Week 8.** IELTS writing: Charts [Wiki 5]


 * Please note that if you must miss a class because of illness and any inconvenience, you are required to tell me. When you return to class, you need to make up the missing homework so that you won’t get 0 score from the assignment.
 * You have three times of penalty-free absence with whatever reasons. However, the fourth time missing will cost 40% reduction of your final scores.