1. Salman bin Abdulaziz University College of Science and Humanity Studies, Al-Kharj

2. Department of English Level 3(1 st Semester)

3. Course Symbol & Code: ENG 2320 Course Title : Essay Writing (1)

4. Prepared by Teacher: Bahia Khalifa Ibrahim

5. Course Objectives:  The course will help students to gain control over their writing, so as to write clearly, precisely, and coherently.  It will introduce the students to critical thinking and the fundamentals of essay writing.

6.  Its primary aim is to guide students for refining topics, developing and supporting ideas, investigating, evaluating, and incorporating appropriate resources; editing for effective style and usage; and determining appropriate approaches for a variety of contexts, audiences, and purposes.

7. By the end of the course students will be able to:  Comprehend the process of planning, drafting, revising and editing effective essays.  Composing clear essays, evaluate and edit them for grammar, organization and content.

8. Topics to be Covered Paragraph Structure Three Parts of a Paragraph The Topic Sentence, Supporting Sentences, The concluding Sentence

9. Unity and Coherence Methods to achieve Unity and coherence Repetition of Key Nouns Key Nouns Substitutes Consistent Pronouns

10. Three Parts of an Essay The Introductory Paragraph Body paragraphs The Concluding Paragraph Thesis statement and Transition signals

11. Text book Writing Academic English 4 th Ed. Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue. Pearson Education.Inc.2006

12. References  Writing Good Sentences, Revised Ed. Claude W. Faulker, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York.  Along These Lines: Writing Paragraphs and Essays 5 th Ed. John Sherian Biays and Carol Wershoven, Princtice HallInc./ A Division of Pearson Eduction.

13. Important Sites www.about.com www.freewriting.com www.Time4writing.com www.alison.com/FeewritingOnlineCollege www.alison.com/FeewritingOnlineCollege

14. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ powerpoint.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ powerpoint.htm http://faculty.sau.edu.sa/b.mohammed @kurdofania Edmodo: group code:uf4v4s

15. Course Assessment 1rst Quiz 5 Worksheet 10 Paragraph 5 PowerPoint Presentation 5 Mid term 20 Written Assignments 5 Final Exam 50

16. Course Requirements  Attending lectures  Work sheet  PowerPoint presentation  Two quizzes  Assignments  Med-term Exam  Final Exam