Intermediate Writing Skills II

2Grade

2.00Credits

semester not specified

Ben Adkins

English

Togane Campus

This is a continuation of Intermediate Writing Skills, and is a required course for second year students in the Department of International Exchange Studies. This course builds on the knowledge and skills gained from Basic Writing Skills. The students will receive a wide variety of stimulating topics on which to write and to develop their skills. These topics will help students to go beyond sentences and write coherent blocks of text to which they will bring their own ideas and creativity. The focus of the course is on writing paragraphs and the principles and processes that contribute to good paragraph writing. During the semester, students will further develop the portfolio of written work they started in the previous quarter. Students must submit a complete portfolio at the end of the quarter as a course requirement.

Students must pass Intermediate Writing Skills I in order to register for this class. In each class students will study an aspect of writing from the class textbook, then practice the skills learned through longer writings. In addition, the students will complete in-class writing assignments related to their textbook assignments. At the end of the course, students will submit a complete portfolio of their work.

Chapter 5: What Did Your City Build? (1)
a. Vocabulary (pp. 70-71)
b. Grammar Note 1: Use irregular past tense verbs (pp.72-74)
c. Grammar Note 2: Use the negative past tense with “did not” (pp.74-75)

Preview: Chapter 5 vocabulary

Review: Chapter 5 vocabulary and grammar notes

Chapter 5: What Did Your City Build? (2)
Start Book Activity Assignment 5 - What did your city build? (pp.76-81)
a. Writing Strategy 1: Use time expressions
b. Writing Strategy 2: Comparative adjectives

Preview: Chapter 5 writing strategies

Review: Chapter 5 vocabulary and grammar notes

Chapter 6: How Did a Place Surprise You? (1)
a. Vocabulary (pp.82-83)
b. Grammar Note 1: Use the past progressive (pp.84-86)
c. Grammar Note 2: Use adjective + infinitive (pp.86-88)
Assignment due: Book Activity 5 Assignment - What did your city build?

Preview: Chapter 6 vocabulary

Review: Chapter 6 vocabulary and grammar notes

Chapter 6: How did a Place Surprise You? (1)
Start Book Activity Assignment 3: How did a place surprise you? (pp.88-93)
a. Writing Strategy 1: Put background information before the topic sentence
b. Writing Strategy 2: Use verbs with “that” in a conclusion

Preview: Chapter 6 writing strategies

Homework: Finish Book Activity Assignment 6

In-Class Activity: Unit 2 Review Assignment
Write about an assigned topic using vocabulary, grammar, and writing strategies learned in Unit 2 (Chapters 4 to 6)
Assignment due: Book Activity Assignment 6 - How did a place surprise you?

Preview: Review Chapters 4 to 6 in preparation for Unit 2 Review Assignment

Review: Chapter 2 vocabulary and grammar notes

Chapter 7: Who are 21st-Century Teenagers? (1)
a. Vocabulary (pp.96-97)
b. Grammar Note 1: Use “used to” + verb (pp.98-99)
c. Grammar Note 2: Use “more / less” + noun (pp.100-101)

Preview: Chapter 7 vocabulary

Review: Chapter 7 vocabulary and grammar

Chapter 7: Who are 21st-Century Teenagers? (2)
Start Book Activity Assignment 7 - Who are 21st-century teenagers? (pp.102-107)
a. Writing Strategy 1: Use “instead”
b. Writing Strategy 2: Use “more / less” + long adjective

Preview: Chapter 7 writing strategies

Homework: Finish Book Activity Assignment 7

Chapter 8: What Does Your Future Look Like? (1)
a. Vocabulary (pp.108-109)
b. Grammar Note 1: Use “will (not” + verb (pp.110-111)
c. Grammar Note 2: Use “can” + verb (pp.112-113)
Assignment due: Book Activity Assignment 7 - Who are 21st-century teenagers?

Preview: Chapter 8 vocabulary

Review: Chapter 8 vocabulary and grammar notes

Chapter 8: What Does Your Future Look Like? (2)
Start Book Activity Assignment 8 - What does your future look like? (pp.114-119)
a. Writing Strategy 1: Use “maybe” and “then”
b. Writing Strategy 2: Use gerunds after prepositions

Preview: Chapter 8 writing strategies

Homework: Finish Book Activity Assignment 8

Chapter 9: What Is Your Country Proud Of? (1)
a. Vocabulary (pp.120-121)
b. Grammar Note 1: Use “could (not)” + verb (pp.122-123)
c. Grammar Note 2: Use “so that” (pp.124-125)
S2 Report Explanation

Preview: Chapter 9 vocabulary

Review: Chapter 9 vocabulary and grammar

Chapter 9: What Is Your Country Proud Of? (2)
Start Book Activity Assignment 9 - What is your country proud of? (pp.126-131)
a. Writing Strategy 1: Use “also”
b. Writing Strategy 2: Use verbs followed by gerunds

Preview: Chapter 9 writing strategies

Homework: Finish Book Activity Assignment 9

In-Class Activity: Unit 1 Review Assignment
Write about an assigned topic using vocabulary, grammar, and writing strategies learned in Unit 3 (Chapters 7 to 9)
Completed Portfolio Submission
Assignment due: Book Activity Assignment 9 - What is your country proud of?

Go over Chapters 7 to 9 in preparation for Unit 3 Review Assignment

Start working on Final Report

Course Review
Return Completed Portfolio to Students

Go over Units 1 to 3 for the Course Review

Complete Final Report

Students will be assessed on an ongoing basis based on the following criteria:
Portfolio Assignments - 45 points
Participation - 15 points
S2 Report - 10 points
Total - 70 points

Feedback on assignments will be given during next class or through written comments. Please talk to your teacher if you have any questions or concerns about any of the class assignments or reports.

Trio Writing 2 with Online Practice

Alice Savage and Colin Ward

Oxford University Press

978-0-19-485411-5

Intermediate Writing Skills I と同じ教科書を使用する。

Students should have their own paper or electronic dictionary. Online dictionaries and smartphone apps are not allowed.

Check your schedule for the classroom number.

Ask your teacher for their office hours in the first lesson.

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