Writing Activities. 1. How much do you know about academic writing? Watching the Writing DVD 4 Parts: DVD 1~ DVD 4 2 DVDs for a week Answering the comprehension.

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Writing Activities

1. How much do you know about academic writing? Watching the Writing DVD 4 Parts: DVD 1~ DVD 4 2 DVDs for a week Answering the comprehension questions after watching the videos Time: 2 Weeks

2. Summary and Paraphrase Introduction  Examples  Practices Practices: 3 for each skill Time: 1 Week

3. Ranking Sentences in Order Practice: 3 paragraphs Time: 1 Week

4. Topic Sentences, Supporting Ideas, and Concluding Sentence Introduction  Division  Example Practices: --3 paragraphs for finding topic sentence --2 paragraphs for picking up unsupportive sentences. --3 paragraphs for writing concluding sentence Time: 2 Weeks

5. Thesis Statement Introduction  Division  Practice Practice: use a question to turn a vague generalization into an effective thesis statement 6 topics for practicing revising thesis statement Time: 1 Week

6. Grammar Correcting Practice 20 Questions Time: 1 Week

Total: 6 Units for 9 Weeks