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2012 Syllabus of 2nd Composition II 

2012 2Aa class 2012 2Ab class

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)


 * Week 2**. Genre approach to writing;

TOEFL iBT Writing Sample: W2 wiki: In-class practice: Jeremy Lin Assignment: Letter of recommendation

Attribution Q
 * Week 3**. Teacher feedback of annotating on Wiki 1;

Argumentative writing 1 (iWriter, PPT) 第六屆敦煌全國大專盃英文書評競賽 [] __[|第六屆敦煌大專盃英文書評競賽報名表]__
 * Week 4**. Peer Editing practice
 * Week 5.**

How to write a good introduction (PPT) Five elements of good writing (PPT) In-class Add Comments W6 wiki: Choose one topic practice to expand to an 5-paragraph essay.
 * Week 6.** Argumentative writing 2

Address the Task effectively: iBT independent writing rubrics (PPT) How to write a good introduction (Review PPT) Choose one between two (Computers PPT) What makes an adult? (MA PPT)
 * Week 7.**

Assignment: What makes an adult?

2Aa Review: Tense Consistency Exercise []
 * Week 8.**

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2Ab Holiday


 * Week 9.**
 * My words in Facebook: [[file:My Vocabulary list in Facebook.docx]]**

@http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/language-and-words-in-the-news-6th-april-2012
 * Language and words in the news – 6th April 2012**

Review: Make an argument Assignment: One most characteristics to be successful in life

Mid-term timed essay
 * Week 10.**

[] Assignment: A famous entertainer or athlete to meet -- An essay
 * Week 11.**
 * GALA pre-test**

Using statistics as supports
 * Week 12.** IELTS graphs, iWriter


 * Week 13.** Line graph


 * Week 14.** Pie chart


 * Week 15.** Comparison and Contrast


 * Week 16.** Guest speaker


 * Week 17**. Guess speaker


 * Week 18.** Final exam: A timed essay writing of Comparison and Contrast; GALA level 3 test

About class attendance

 * 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.

Writing tasks: In your wikispaces:
 * 1) Jeremy Lin
 * 2) Recommendation letter
 * 3) Book Review
 * W6: (1) Sports for children and (2) To be early birds or late owls? -- One introduction and one essay
 * W7: (1) To Live in a small Town or in a Big City (for 2Aa class) ; The gift for children (for 2Ab class)and (2) What makes an adult? -- One introduction and one essay
 * W9: To be successful in life -- An essay
 * 1) W11: A famous entertainer or athlete to meet -- An essay
 * 2) W13: Writing practice: Line graph
 * 3) W 14: Writing practice: Pie Chart
 * 4) W 15: Comparison and Contrast

In your blog: Your blog address: []
 * 1) Reflection on the guest speaker's talk (a topic about British culture for 2Aa class and about American culture for 2Ab class)
 * 2) Comparison between American and British culture for 2Aa class; One best essay you want to share for 2Ab class.

GALA questionnaire: []