Academic Writing Workshop 1

EDGE Code
EDGE IB
Term
Spring
Class Time
Tues Period 2 & Thurs Period 2
Instructor
O'Neill
Description
This course teaches students the fundamental elements of academic writing. It begins by guiding students in how to use information from library resources to support an argument, without plagiarizing or misusing the sources information. It then teaches student how to create the structured paragraphs that are common to academic writing and the complex sentences that are used to express complex academic ideas. This class is recommended for students who want to improve their formal writing. The skills learned in this course can be used for academic and business writing.
Schedule
  1. Course Introduction: What is Academic Writing
  2. Writing from sources.
  3. Citing sources.
  4. Avoiding plagiarism.
  5. Summarizing and paraphrasing
  6. The paragraph: Making claims
  7. Logical flow
  8. Supporting claims
  9. Linking paragraphs
  10. Building sentences: punctuation
  11. Building sentences: clauses
  12. Explaining cause and effect
  13. Hedging claims
  14. Drafting & editing
Homework
Students will be given time to write during classes. Any writing assignments not finished in class, must be finished at home.
Students are encouraged to attend the self-access to practice their English or receive feedback on their writing, but this is not required.
Materials
Provided by instructor
Grading
Based on completion of three short writing assignments throughout the course:
  • Using sources assignment: 30%
  • Paragraphing assignment: 30%
  • Building sentences assignment: 30%
  • Participation: 10%