Welcome back to Foundations of Academic Writing! What better way to start off your week than with a critical, engrossing and fun discussion of the characteristics of effective academic writing in English. I hope everyone had a nice weekend and enjoyable holiday break last week.
Today we are going to turn our attention to a discussion of one of the most common forms of academic writing: the five paragraph essay. An outline for today's class can be found below....
The Five Paragraph Academic Essay
Objectives: Students will be able to...
- Identify and explain the importance of the major components of a five paragraph essay
- Identify and explain the importance of thesis statement
- Explain how the five paragraph essay structure is used to promote "coherence" and "cohesion" in academic writing.
- Explain how this structure can be used to help them write more effectively for the CAE exam
How was the weekend? Did anyone do anything fun over the weekend (or the holiday break)? How are your other classes going? Any questions about this class?
II. Vocabulary Quiz
It's time to "face the music"! I hope you studied!
III. Five Paragraph Essay Structure
To begin, you will have a chance to show what you know about five paragraph essay structure. With a partner, complete this activity that asks you to identify and define the major parts of a five paragraph essay.After you've a had a chance to try and identify each part of the essay, we will discuss the answers as a class using two presentations (found below)...
IV. Coherence & Cohesion
Your reflection question from last week asked you to talk about "coherence" and "cohesion", two very important characteristics of effective writing. Now, it's time for you to demonstrate your understanding of these two rather complex topics.
In small groups (3 or 4) decided by the "Group Randomizer", you will come up with a short (1-2 min) presentation that defines both "coherence" and "cohesion", with examples, and explains how the two concepts are different. You will also be asked to create a visual aid.
V. Application: CAE Exam
It is important that the skills we are discussing in class apply to helping you do well on your CAE exam, so let's starting developing a procedure for doing well on the writing section of the exam. We will do so using this guide. We will make additions to it throughout the course of the semester, so be sure to check for updates.
Homework for Next Monday (11/17/2014)
1). Prepare for another vocabulary quiz with these words
2). Respond to the new discussion board topic. Same rules apply as always: one post, one response. Please make sure to complete this by Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 at 11:55pm.
3). CAE Practice (Essay Writing): Write a 220-260 word response to the prompt which I will email to you. There are a few things I'd like you to do when answering:
-Restrict yourself to 45 minutes
-Share your answer with me directly via the GoogleDoc.
-Submit your response by Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 at 11:55pm
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