ESL 3002

ADVANCED ACADEMIC WRITING

Spring 2013

COURSE SYLLABUS
Wed. 1/30 Course introduction Proofreading Pretest Writing Diagnostic HW: - Buy and bring all books to next class - Check answers to Pretest (Errors, pp. 1-2) Mon. 2/4 Writing Diagnostics returned & evaluated Errors pp. vii & viii; discussion of results of Proofreading Pretest Introduction to A Writers Reference HW: - Transition Words/Phrases handout Wed. 2/6 Transition words/phrases AWGS Unit One An Approach to Academic Writing Audience, Purpose and Strategy, Organization (pp. 1-14) Mon. 2/11 Errors #3 Commas I (Hacker P1, P2) AWGS Unit One An Approach to Academic Writing Style (pp. 14-30) Wed. 2/13 AWGS Unit One An Approach to Academic Writing Flow (Hacker P3), Presentation (pp. 30-54) Mon. 2/18 Errors #5 Quotation Marks (Hacker P5) AWGS Unit Two Writing General-Specific Texts General Statements, Definitions (pp. 5570) Wed. 2/20 Errors #6 Hyphens, Colons, and Semicolons (Hacker P3, P7) AWGS Unit Two Writing General-Specific Texts Formal Sentence Definitions (pp. 71-74); Appendix One (pp. 390-394)

Mon. 2/25 Errors #7 Apostrophes (Hacker P4) AWGS Unit Two Writing General-Specific Texts Extended, Competing, Contrastive, and Comparative Definitions (pp. 74-92) Assignment 1 General-Specific Texts (Task 20, p. 92) Wed. 2/27 Assignment 1 due Errors #9 Italics, Underlining, and Quotation Marks (Hacker P5, P10) AWGS Unit Three Problem, Process, and Solution Structure of Problem-Solution Texts (pp. 100-111; 115-117) Mon. 3/4 Errors #14 Review of Punctuation and Capitalization III (ref. pp. 40-41, 44-45; Hacker P6, P8, P9) AWGS Unit Three Problem, Process, and Solution Procedures and Processes (pp. 119132) Wed. 3/6 Errors #19 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (Hacker G1; G3-a) AWGS Unit Three Problem, Process, and Solution (pp. 133-138) Assignment 2 Problem, Process, Solution Texts (Task 20, p. 138) Mon. 3/11 No Class Spring Break (Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m., Sunday, March 10!) Wed. 3/13 No Class Spring Break Mon. 3/18 Assignment 2 due Errors #20 Clear Pronoun Reference (Hacker G3-b, c, d) AWGS Unit Four Data Commentary Strength of Claim, Structure of Data Commentary (pp. 139-153) Wed. 3/20 Errors #23 Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences (Hacker G5, G6) AWGS Unit Four Data Commentary Structure of Data Commentary (cont.) (pp. 155-171) HW: Find chart or graph for Assignment 3 and bring to next class! Mon. 3/25 Errors #28 Correct Usage (Hacker W1) AWGS Unit Four Data Commentary (pp. 172-187) Assignment 3 Data Commentary (Task 22, p. 186) Wed. 3/27 Assignment 3 due Errors #29 Review I AWGS Unit Five Writing Summaries Assignment and Comparative Summaries (pp. 188208)

Mon. 4/1 AWGS Unit Five Writing Summaries (pp. 209-227) Assignment 4 Assignment Summary (Task 12, p. 220) Wed. 4/3 Assignment 4 due Errors #32 Review IV AWGS Unit Six Writing Critiques Book Reviews, Evaluating an Article (pp. 228-264) Mon. 4/8 AWGS Unit Six Writing Critiques Reaction Papers, Manuscript Reviews (pp. 267-276) Assignment 5 Critique (Task 18, p. 270) HW: - Decide on Final Research Paper topic Wed. 4/10 Assignment 5 due AWGS Unit Seven Constructing a Research Paper I Overview; Methods (pp. 277-295) Mon. 4/15 AWGS Unit Seven Constructing a Research Paper I Results (pp. 305-326) AWGS Unit Eight Constructing a Research Paper II Introduction (pp. 327-338) HW: - Begin Final Research Paper (2-3 pp., 2-3 cited sources) Wed. 4/17 AWGS Unit Eight Constructing a Research Paper II Introduction (pp. 339-363) HW: - Continue work on Final Research Paper (Introduction) Mon. 4/22 AWGS Unit Eight Constructing a Research Paper II Discussion, Title, Abstract, Acknowledgements (pp. 363-389) HW: - Bring Hacker book to next class! Wed. 4/24 Plagiarism workshop (Hacker, R3-c; MLA/APA/CMS-2,3) Course Review HW: - Finish Final Research Paper Mon. 4/29 Final Research Papers (Assignment 6) due Errors Posttest Individual consultations on research papers Wed. 5/1 Final papers returned and discussed Course Evaluation