100-1+Weekly+schedule


 * 2011 Fall Weekly Schedule**


 * 2011 2Aa class**


 * 2011 2Ab class**

Introduction of the course syllabus Web-based writing orientation (i-writer, blog) Pretest: Timed essay in 40 mins Blog (1): Set up a personal blog space & self introduction
 * Week 1**

Writing process: Pre-writing (listing) Writing genre: Descriptive http://www.roanestate.edu/owl/Describe.html In-class exercise: Describe a person Blog (2): Continue your class into a 400-word easy
 * Week 2**

Here is a list of persons and their links.

Writing process: Peer editing Writing genre: Descriptive In-class exercise: Training of giving peer comments For 2Aa Class -- Self-revising blog(2): Revise blog (2) into a 500-word essay based on the feedback guidelines. For 2Ab Class -- Give 3 feedback
 * Week 3**


 * Week 4**

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Writing process: Revising Writing genre: Descriptive In-class exercise: Training of revising Blog (3): Revise blog (2) into a 500-word essay based on the received feedback

Writing process: Pre-writing (mind mapping) Writing genre: Narrative In-class exercise: Describe an experience Blog (4): Continue the class draft into a 400-word easy
 * Week 5**

Writing process: Peer editing Writing genre: Narrative In-class exercise: Story summary Feedback on blog (4): Provide peer feedback to 3 classmates
 * Week 6**

Writing process: Revising Writing genre: Narrative In-class exercise: Timed essay with a mind map (An inspiring person/event/book ) Blog (5): Revise blog (4) the draft feedback into a 500-word essay based on the received
 * Week 7**

Mid-term timed writing assessment with a mind map in 40 minutes
 * Week 8**

Photo collaborative storytelling Group wiki: Photo storytelling
 * Week 9**

Eat Pray Love Group wiki (1): Story brainstorming Pre-writing (20%): Post the information needed for the homepage of the group Wikispaces -- 1) each member’s Chinese name, Student ID and the user name in the Wikispaces, (1%) 2) title of the novel (1%) 3) characters and their characteristics (8 %), 4) each scene's summary of the story (8 %), 5) scenes and the assigned member's Chinese name (1%), 6) Make the scenes listed in the navigation (1%),
 * Week 10**
 * Week 11**

Group wiki (2): Story drafting Drafting (20%): Each member posts the first draft of his/her assigned scene. In each scene, the assigned member needs to write at least 400 words.
 * Week 12**
 * Individual wiki: to give Discussion and directly Edit on your peer's wiki**

Group wiki (3): Peer response Peer response (20%): Each member response to the other group members’ scenes by giving compliments and suggestions in the discussion (5%). Each member response to the other group members’ scenes by writing questions and comments in the text/scene (10%; You can use the Revising PPT to ask questions to yourself or to the author of the scene/text). Proofread and edit directly. (5%).
 * Week 13**

Individual wiki: Fluency practice: Process Writing. PPT

Group wiki (4): Self revision Self-revision (20%): Each member revises their own scene according to peer response, focusing on adding the contents (at least 100 words) (10%), correcting the ungrammatical areas (5%) and making changes according to the group coherence (5%). Individual wiki: Fluency practice: Team Work
 * Week 14**

Group wiki (5): In-class exercise: Evaluating the final version via Rubric (20%) Intro at the airport: Love is everywhere Characters: Prime minister, the husband and wife, the friend, the girl who sings and the boy who plays the drums
 * Week 15**
 * Christmas activity: Love Actually**

Clip 1. Introduction What is the message of the video clip? Have you ever been to the airport? When did you go to the airport at the first time? Why? How do you feel at the airport? How do you think of the introduction of the movie “Love Actually”?

Clip 2. Wedding What is your opinion on interracial marriage? Is it good to marry someone from a different culture? What are the advantages that inter-racial marriage might have? The movie uses the song “All you need is love” for this wedding scene. Why?

Clip3. Sad scene Who is the man? What is the relationship between the man and the woman? The man shot the wedding film. How was the film? Why is the scene sad?

Clip 4. Carol Singing How do you think of the scene of Carol Singing? Do you think the scene is sad or do you think it is a happy ending?

Clip 5: All I want for Christmas What do you want for Christmas?
 * Week 16**

Final exam
 * Week 17**

Teacher-Student Conference by groups
 * Week 18**