週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
9/19 |
Introduction - Basics of Writing |
Week 2 |
9/26 |
The Question of Ethics; Finding Subjects
(Homework - Bring 5 examples) |
Week 3 |
10/03 |
The Writer's Stance
(In-class Discussion - Choose your best example, discuss possible hooks, decide your stance) |
Week 4 |
10/10 |
Holiday |
Week 6 |
10/24 |
Making a Point - Your Thesis
(Homework - Take an unusual stance and write a paragraph) |
Week 7 |
10/31 |
Making a Point - Your Thesis
(In-class-discussion: Share your paragraph and discuss the stance) |
Week 8 |
11/07 |
Shaping and Outlining Ideas
(In-class Discussion - Using one of your theses, write a topic/sentence outline) |
Week 9 |
11/14 |
Organising Paragraphs and Essays (Homework: write an essay based on a clear thesis and following a solid structure) |
Week 10 |
11/21 |
No Class |
Week 11 |
11/28 |
Mixed Strategies |
Week 12 |
12/05 |
Mixed Strategies |
Week 13 |
12/12 |
Description |
Week 14 |
12/19 |
Description |
Week 15 |
12/26 |
Narration |
Week 16 |
1/02 |
Narration |
Week 17 |
1/09 |
Final Essay |