1. Intermediate Academic Writing Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30-10pm Room 1120 Instructor-Suzanne Bardasz

2. Introductions Getting to know you… About Me About You About the course

3. Getting to know you Interview a partner for 5 minutes. Ask your partner questions (Where are you from? What are your hobbies? Are you a student?) Write a 3-5 sentence introduction of your partner.

4. My Contact Information Office: Room 1118 Office Phone Number: 350-8786 Office Hours: M, T, W, TH 1-4 pm, and by appointment E-mail: suzanne.bardasz@gmail.comsuzanne.bardasz@gmail.com Website: http://englishexchange.pbwiki.com http://englishexchange.pbwiki.com

5. About the Course Help and prepare you to write in various composition situations. Focus on the writing process: -Prewriting -Grammar and organization -Drafts -Peer Editing and revision

6. Other Materials Required Textbook Participate on class website: http://englishexchange.pbwiki.com

7. Course Expectations Attend Classes Be Prepared Participate Language HAVE FUN!!!

8. Why is it important to attend classes? Practicing is the only way you can improve your English! In each class you get new information. This new information gets recycled in future lessons and lectures. If you don’t attend, you will fall behind, get frustrated, and will not improve!

9. My Experience Learning Korean…so far Could only attend classes once a week. 1 st class- Hangul, Greetings 2 nd class-Hangul, What is this?, Things, Who does this belong to? 3 rd class-Places, Where do I go? How do I get there? 4 th class- Numbers, how much is this? 5 th class- How to tell time, schedule, What day is your birthday?, etc.

10. Types of Essays Personal Narrative Opinion Graphs and Statistics Survey Report Comparison and Contrast Classification Argumentative

11. Personal Narrative Essay Focus: Write about a personal experience. Practice writing thesis statements Explaining reasoning Creating coherent paragraph order

12. Opinion Essay Focus: Write your opinion on a given subject. Thesis statements Active and Passive Voice Transitive and Intransitive verbs

13. Graphs and Statistics Focus: Cover the ways to understand graphs and statistics Compare and contrast Interpret data

14. Survey Report Focus: Put together your own survey and interview other students. Write a report based on your interpretations and findings.

15. Comparison and Contrast Focus: Write a 5 paragraph essay that compares and contrasts two given subjects. Connectors Direct and embedded questions.

16. Classification Focus: Correct categorization of information Brainstorming for adequate support How to write a thesis for a principle to be classified.

17. Argumentative Essay Focus: Defending your point of view Refuting opposite views Using the language of concession