Universidad del Turabo en Yabucoa Course Guide Deanship of General Studies Department of Languages Semester 201401 PT 123 Course

e Codification: English 153 Course Title: Advanced Communicative English Reference: 16746 Section: 700 Credits: 3 Day & Hour: Tuesday Thursday Class hours: 10:30 am-12:59 pm Room: 108 Pre-requirements, Co-requirements and other requirements: ENG 152 Professor: Hayde Cruz Rivera E-mail address:hcruz35@suagm.edu Telephone # (University): (787) 266-2066 Cellular # (Professor): (787) 433-3610 Office Hour: Thursday 9:30am-10:29 am A. Course Description The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the process of essay writing. Students will learn to analyze essays, how to organize ideas, support a thesis statement, use appropriate grammar, and apply the cohesive elements of writing. B. General Objectives Reinforce and expand the ability to read, to think, and to write essays objectively. C. Specific Objectives By the end of the course, students will be able to: 1234567Identify the three parts of an introduction. Identify and write a thesis statement. Discuss and apply the structure of an essay. Incorporate the different levels of outlining. Provide different alternatives of concluding paragraphs. Summarize and quote correctly. Evaluate the effectiveness of writing a narrative, persuasive and other essays. 8- Revise written works in terms of consistency, parallelism, sentence variety, and language awareness. 9- Use and understand the writing process.

D. Suggested Text: Folse, K.S., Solomon, E.V., & Muchmore-Vokoun, A. (2004). Great essays (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin. E. Materials In this course it will be use the following: 1- Computer 2- In focus 3- English\Spanish Dictionary 4- Internet Sources 5- Videos 6- Textbook F. Course Content Distribution DATE THEMES ACTIVITIES/STRATEGIES Week #1 Collect Students information, (October 15Overview 17) of the course (Syllabus Discussion), Introduction to Writing (Brief
review of

EVALUATION

Week #2 (October 2224)

Week #3 (October 29-

the process of paragraph development) Exploring the Essay: What is an essay? Examples of essays, Identify and write Supporting Sentence, Organize sequence of events Writing the Introduction: the hook, thesis statement and topic sentence, supporting sentences and the conclusion of a paragraph, Group Practice: Write hooks and Thesis statements in class Using an outline, Write General and Specific Outlines, Writing Assignments (Group Work) Narrative Essays: What is a Narrative

Group Work #1 Assignment #1: p. 21-25 of the textbook

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Week #4 (November 57)

Week #5 (November 12-14)

Essay? (introduction, the thesis statement, body, and the conclusion) Identify hooks for narrative essays, Identify and write the narrative hook and the thesis statement Narrative Essays: Examples and development, Connectors and Time Relationship Words Review for Partial Test: Narrative Essay Partial Test #1 Comparative Essays: Examples and Development of Comparison Essays Patterns of organization: Block and Pointby-Point Method Brainstorming Tips: Venn Diagram and List Exercises, Essay Writing, Getting Ready for Midterm Midterm (Comparative Essay) Cause- Effect Essays, Developing Cause and Effect Essays Cause- Effect Essays: Writing a Summary, The Outline, and Connectors Review for Partial Test Partial Test #2: Cause and Effect Essays What is an Argumentative Essay, Examples and Developing, Outline Argumentative Essay Practice and Review for Final Test Final Test

Assignment #2: Write a five paragraph Narrative Essay

Group Work #2: Activity 1 p. 66-69 of textbook

Week #6 (November 19-21) Week #7 (November 26)

Midterm

Partial Test #2 Assignment #3: Write a five paragraph Cause and Effect Essay Assignment #4: Write a five paragraph Argumentative Essay Final Test

Week #8 (December 34)

Week #9 (December 10- 12)

E. Evaluation Evaluation Criteria Class Work and Assignments Partial Test #1 Midterm Partial Test #2 Final Test F. Grade Distribution 100-90 89-80 79-70 69-60 59-0

Amount 4 1 1 1 1

Value 25 100 100 100 100

Total 100 100 100 100 100

Weigh (%) 15% 20% 20% 20% 25% 100%

A B C D F

Note: This course guide is subject to change.