PLANIFICACIN DOCENTE / UNIVERSIDAD DON BOSCO

Faculty of Humanities School of Languages Subject: English Composition I Professor: will vary Group: Term/year: II-2012 Schedule: will vary Contact: *.*@udb.edu.sv

Subject description: In this course the students will be introduced to the basic patterns to write paragraphs and essays. The course will start with an introduction to the paragraph and, then, it will continue with essays. The goal of this course is to help students organize ideas into written texts characterized by coherence, cohesion, correct spelling, and accuracy.

UNIT 1 The paragraph Week No H Objectives

To apply the basic writing techniques to generate ideas to begin the writing process. To identify the parts of a paragraph.

June 4 - July 7

Contents
Writing techniques: brainstorming, mapping, whquestions, free writing. Introduction to the paragraph

Activities
Brainstorming: Morning/ Night, write words, why they like it and how they feel about it. Choose one.Apply any technique to generate ideas. Read paragraphs and identify their parts. Select a topic and make a list of ideas that support that topic. Choose a topic sentences and generate ideas to support that topic sentence.

Assignments

Sources
Langan, John. 2008. College writing skills. MacGraw Hill. Pages 13-15, 25-30

1) June 4-9

2) June 11-16

Smalley, Regina L., Mary K. Ruetten. 2001. Refining composition skills, second edition. MacMillan. Pages 3-7

3) June 18-23

To identify and narrow the The topic of a topic sentence. paragraph.

Readings and identification Homework: Punctuation exercises. Select a topic to write and grammar exercises about, then apply techniques to (20%). narrow it. Thru a series of academic Homework: exercises on readings, students will identify and "Run-Ons" (20%). explain how a paragraph is organized. Apply techniques to generate ideas: develop a topic sentence and supporting ideas. Writing exam: write two paragraphs in the classroom (60%)

Smalley, Regina L., Mary K. Ruetten. 2001. Refining composition skills, second edition. MacMillan. Pages 7-14 Smalley, Regina L., Mary K. Ruetten. 2001. Refining composition skills, second edition. MacMillan. Pages 14-23.

4) June 25-30

To identify unity, Characterisitcs of a coherence, and cohesion. paragraph To identify the supporting ideas in a paragraph. To put into practice the steps in the writing process. Writing a paragraph

5) July 2-7

UNIT 2: The essay.

Week Objectives Introduce students to the pattern of a narrative paragraph. Write a narrative paragraph Contents The narrative paragraph Activities Sample readings and discussion on the characteristics of a narrative paragraph. Generate ideas to write a narrative paragraph.

July 9 - August 25 Assignments

Sources

No H

6) July 9-14

Assign homework for next Smalley, Regina L., Mary K. week. Ruetten. 2001. Refining composition skills, second edition. MacMillan. Pages 24-57 This week: hand in homework on the narrative paragraph (20%) Smalley, Regina L., Mary K. Ruetten. 2001. Refining composition skills, second edition. MacMillan. Pages 24-57

Narrating

7) July 16-21

8) July 23-28

Introduce students to the pattern of an expository paragraph.

The expository paragraph

Sample readings and discussion on the characterisitcs of an expository paragraph.

This week: Quiz on the Smalley, Regina L., Mary K. narrative paragraph in the Ruetten. 2001. Refining classroom (30%) composition skills, second edition. MacMillan. Pages 100-135.

BREAK (Tuesday July 31- Monday August 6) 9) July 30Aug. 7-11

Write an expository paragraph 5 The process in the Generate ideas to write an expository paragraph. expository paragraph. Class activity: apply techniques to generate ideas in the classroom (10%) Smalley, Regina L., Mary K. Ruetten. 2001. Refining composition skills, second edition. MacMillan. Pages 100-135, Langan, John. 2008. College writing skills. McGrawHill. Pages 5-13

Introduce students to the structure of the essay

The essay: parts of the essay

10) August 13-18

Presentation of a sample essay in This week: Quiz on the order to discuss the constituent expository paragraph in parts of an essay. Students will the classroom (30%) anlayze and identify the parts of several essays. Students will generate ideas. Then, these ideas will be organized in a traditional template: the traditional outline.

11) August 20-25

Practice the structure of the essay 5

The outline

Class activity: generation Langan, John. 2008. College and organization of ideas writing skills. McGrawHill. Pages into an outline (10%) 52-78

UNIT 3: Writing an essay. Week No H

August 27- Sept. 29

Objectives
Introduce students to the narrative essay

Contents The narrative essay

Activities Reading sample essays and discussion of exercises.

Assignments

Sources

12) August 27 Sept 1

Assign homework: next Langan, John. 2008. College week Ss will hand in a writing skills. McGrawHill. Pages draft of a narrative essay, 202-221 with its outline. Hand in homework (30%)

13) Sept. 3-8

Develop a narrative essay. Writing a narrative essay Introduce students to the example essay The example essay

Write a narrative essay.

Reading sample essays and discussion of exercises.

14) Sept. 10-15

Assign homework: next week Ss will hand in a draft of an example essay, with its outline. Hand in homework (30%) Write an essay in the classroom. The topic and essay type will be given by the teacher (40%)

Langan, John. 2008. College writing skills. McGrawHill. Pages 222-242

15) Sept. 17-22

Develop an example essay

Writing an example essay

Write an example essay. Students will be given two hours to write a fully developed essay.

Use techniques to develop Write an essay an essay.

16) Sept. 24-29

Unit 1 2 assignments 40% 2 paragraphs 60%

Grading system Unit 2 Unit 3 1 homework 20% 2 assignments 60% 2 class activities 20% writing an essay 40% 2 quizzes 60%