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Elham Al_Bassam SYLLABUS 108/51x1 English Composition
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Students learn how to write, revise, and edit papers using a variety of expository forms and argumentation to prepare them for analytical writing in their specialized field. This course also focuses on developing the students’ writing skills.
Exams:
Quiz 1 Wednesday September 25,2013 12%
Midterm 2 Wednesday October 30, 2013 17%
Mid-term Exam 2 Wednesday December 4, 2013 17%
Essay 1 ( 2 Pages) ( Besides outline and works cited ) 7%
Essay 2 ( 2 Pages)) ( Besides outline and works cited ) 7%
Final Exam As Scheduled by the University (Tuesday , December 24,2013 at 11:00-13::00 ) 40%
Syllabus : Classes start on Monday , September 9, 2013 and end on Wednesday, December 18, 2013.
Week 1 and 2 Introduction: writing sentences , types of sentences, types of parts of speech, common mistakes and exercises : writing Sentences and correcting Sentences. Paragraphs and Paragraph Structure : parts of paragraphs
Weeks 3 and 4 Paragraph Unity , Paragraph Outlying , and Paragraph Coherence ( concrete support) . Exercises on writing paragraphs and editing paragraphs
Week 5 : Evaluating Sources, Synthesizing Ideas and Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing Writing Paragraphs : Summaries and Paraphrases
Week 6 and 7 Writing different types of Paragraphs : the Descriptive, narrative, argumentative, compare and contrast paragraphs
Week 8 Writing, Résumés and Job letters and Mixed Genres
Week 9 Writing an Essay: The parts of an Essay : The Outline , Introduction, the Body, and the Conclusion
Week 10 Strategies: Beginning and Ending, Guiding Your Reader, and Analyzing Causes and Effects
Week 11 Arguing, Classifying and Dividing and Comparing and Contrasting
Week 12 Defining, Describing and Dialogue
Week 13 Explaining Processes, Narrating and Reading Strategies
Week 14 Taking Essay Exams . Doing Research : Developing a Research Plan and Finding Sources
Week 15 Evaluating Sources, Synthesizing Ideas and Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing
Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism, Documentation and MlA and APA Styles
Final Exam :Tuesday , December 24,2013 at 11:00-13::00 at Classroom 216 40%
Textbook :
Oshima.Alice and Ann Hogue. Writing Academic English. USA :Pearson Education. 2005.
Langan.John. College Writing Skills with Readings. Columbus: McGraw-Hill ,2010 ( 8th Edition and Revised) Edition).
Nine ways to develop Essays and Paragraphs : 1.Description 2. Narration 3.Examples 4. Process 5. Cause and Effect 6.Comparison and Contrast 7.Definition 8. Division and Classification 9.Argumentation and Persuasion .
A Hawaiian Legend
p.15
Native people create legends to explain unusual phenomena in their
environment. A legend from the Hawaiian island of Kauai explains how the
naupaka flower, a flower that grows on beaches there; got its unusual shape. The
flower looks like half a small daisy--there are petals on one side only. The legend
says that the marriage of two young lovers on the island was opposed by both
sets of parents. The parents found the couple together on a beach one day, and
to prevent them from being together, one of the families moved to the mountains,
separating the young couple forever. As a result, the naupaka flower separated
into two halves; one half moved to the mountains, and the other half stayed near
the beach. This story is a good example of a legend invented by native people
to interpret the world around them.
p.16 { Choose a Title for the following paragraph.}
Modern communication technology is driving workers in the corporate world
crazy. They feel buried under the large number of messages they receive daily.
In addition to telephone calls, office workers receive dozens of e-mail and voice
mail messages daily. In one company, in fact, managers receive an average of
100 messages a day. Because they do not have enough time to respond to these
messages during office hours, it is common for them to do so in the evenings or
on weekends at home.
Olympic Athletes
p.25
Olympic athletes must be strong both physically and mentally. First of all,
if you hope to compete in an Olympic sport, you must be physically strong.
Furthermore, aspiring {hopeful} Olympians must train rigorously { strictly, without weakness} for many years. For the most demanding sports, they train several hours a day, five or six days a week, for ten or more years. In addition to being physically strong, athletes must also be mentally tough. This means that you have to be totally dedicated to your sport, often giving up a normal school, family, and social life. Being mentally strong also means that he or she must be able to withstand the intense pressure of international competition with its accompanying media { radio, television, newspapers, magazines} coverage. Finally, not everyone can win a medal, so Olympians must possess the inner strength to live with defeat.
Step 1 Underline the topic sentence in each paragraph.
Step 2 Add a good concluding sentence to each paragraph. You may either paraphrase the topic sentence or summarize the main points.
Step 3 Practice using end-of-paragraph signals by starting each concluding sentence with one.
Writing Technique Questions
1. In which paragraph does the concluding sentence summarize the main points
of the paragraph, which are not specifically stated in the topic sentence?
2. In which paragraph does the concluding sentence paraphrase (repeat in
different words) the topic sentence?
3. Circle the conclusion signals in each paragraph.
Note: Never introduce a new idea in the concluding sentence.
Exam: Choose the right answer and explain your reasons in detail.
1... / Select the answer that has no unnecessary shifts in tense or point of view/ a) / Following the Holocaust, Jews and others call for a Jewish state in the Middle East. United States foreign policy supported the call, and the State of Israel came into being in May 1948. Charges that Jews forced Palestinians from the land led to a war between Israel and Arab states
.
/ b) / Following the Holocaust, Jews and others call for a Jewish state in the Middle East. United States foreign policy supports the call, and the State of Israel came into being in May 1948. Charges that Jews forced
Palestinians from the land led to a war between Israel and Arab states.
c)- / Following the Holocaust, Jews and others called for a Jewish state in the Middle East. United States foreign policy supported the call, and the State of Israel came into being in May 1948. Charges that Jews forced Palestinians from the land led to a war between Israel and Arab states.
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. / Select the answer that has no unnecessary shifts in tense or point of view.
/ a) / To understand the Korean War, which started in 1950, you have to know that the Soviet Union backed the northern occupation zone.
/ b) / For one to understand the Korean War, which started in 1950, you have to know that the Soviet Union backed the northern occupation zone.
- / c)- / To understand the Korean War, which started in 1950, you have to know that the Soviet Union is backing the northern occupation zone.
3.. / Select the answer that has no unnecessary shifts in tense or point of view.
/ a) / Americans waited anxiously in 1962 when Russia pointed missiles in Cuba at the United States. One wondered how the Russians would respond to the American demand for removal of the missiles.
/ B- / Americans waited anxiously in 1962 when Russia pointed missiles in Cuba at the United States. They wondered how the Russians would respond to the American demand for removal of the missiles.
/ c) / Americans had waited anxiously in 1962 when Russia pointed missiles in Cuba at the United States. They wondered how the Russians would respond to the American demand for removal of the missiles.
4. / Select the answer that has no unnecessary shifts in tense or point of view.
/ A
correct) / The North Vietnamese and the Vietcong staged the Tet offensive in 1968. American and South Vietnamese troops won the battle but lost in the arena of public opinion.
/ b) / The North Vietnamese and the Vietcong were staging the Tet offensive in 1968. American and South Vietnamese troops won the battle but lost in the arena of public opinion.
/ c) / The North Vietnamese and the Vietcong staged the Tet offensive in 1968. American and South Vietnamese troops win the battle but lose in the arena of public opinion.
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5. / Select the answer that has no unnecessary shifts in tense or point of view./ a) / The antiwar movement, spawned by the Vietnam War, and the civil rights movement made the 1960s a decade of rebellion by young Americans. We called for social change.
/ B
correct) / The antiwar movement, spawned by the Vietnam War, and the civil rights movement made the 1960s a decade of rebellion by young Americans who called for social change.
/ c) / The antiwar movement, spawned by the Vietnam War, and the civil rights movement made the 1960s a decade of rebellion by young Americans who have called for social change.
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6. / Select the answer that has no unnecessary shifts in tense or point of view./ A
correct) / Western observers were horrified to see that Mao Zedong's so-called Great Leap Forward in China led to the starvation and death of more than twenty million people during the famine of 1958-1961. Later, the observers were shocked at the effects of Mao's Cultural Revolution of 1966-1968.
/ b) / Western observers were horrified to see that Mao Zedong's so-called Great Leap Forward in China led to the starvation and death of more than twenty million people during the famine of 1958-1961. Later, one was shocked at the effects of Mao's Cultural Revolution of 1966-1968.
/ c) / Western observers were horrified to see that Mao Zedong's so-called Great Leap Forward in China led to the starvation and death of more than twenty million people during the famine of 1958-1961. Later, the observers become shocked at the effects of Mao's Cultural Revolution of 1966-1968.
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Select the answer that has no unnecessary shifts in tense or point of view7. / .
/ a) / The lecturer explained to the audience how greenhouse gasses come about, and you soon wondered what you could do to forestall disaster.
/ B
correct) / The lecturer explained to us how greenhouse gasses come about, and we soon wondered what we could do to forestall disaster.
/ c) / The lecturer is explaining to us how greenhouse gasses came about, and we soon will wonder what we could do to forestall disaster.
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8. / Select the answer that has no unnecessary shifts in tense or point of view./ a) / What led us to personal computers in the late 1970s? Inventions and developments such as the transistor, integrated circuitry, the memory chip, and the floppy disk (now almost forgotten) contribute to the digital revolution one experienced back then.
/ b) / What led us to personal computers in the late 1970s? Inventions and developments such as the transistor, integrated circuitry, the memory chip, and the floppy disk (now almost forgotten) contributed to the digital revolution one experienced back then.
/ C
correct) / What led to personal computers in the late 1970s? Inventions and developments such as the transistor, integrated circuitry, the memory chip, and the floppy disk (now almost forgotten) contributed to the digital revolution back then.
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9. / Select the answer that has no unnecessary shifts in tense or point of view./ a) / Globalization has lowered costs for some products but demoralizes parts of the worldwide work force. We who lose jobs to lower-paid labor cannot purchase products even at lower prices.
/ B
correct) / Globalization has lowered costs for some products but has demoralized parts of the worldwide work force. Workers who have lost jobs to lower-paid labor cannot purchase products even at lower prices.
/ c) / Globalization has lowered costs for some products but demoralizes parts of the worldwide work force, including some of us here in the United States. Workers who lose jobs to lower-paid labor cannot purchase products even at lower prices.
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10. / Select the answer that has no unnecessary shifts in tense or point of view./ a) / In the 1980s, countries in eastern Europe overthrew their Soviet governments. The most symbolic move of the period was the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. It means, once and for all, the end of the cold war, which started in the late 1940s.
/ B
correct) / In the 1980s, countries in eastern Europe overthrew their Soviet governments. The most symbolic move of the period was the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. It meant, once and for all, the end of the cold war, which had started in the late 1940s.
/ c) / In the 1980s, countries in eastern Europe overthrow their Soviet governments. The most symbolic move of the period was the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. It meant, once and for all, the end of the cold war, which started in the late 1940s.
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