Students will learn to recognize good academic paragraphs and
develop their own paragraph writing skills.
OBJECTIFS SPECIFIQUES : - analyze (study and discuss) model paragraphs
- find ideas for their writing
- put their ideas into sentences
- organize their sentences into paragraphs
- review and revise their paragraphs so that they become even
stronger
- express clearly and directly what you mean to communicate
- study and discuss examples of English academic paragraph
writing
PREREQUIS (POUR SUIVRE L’ENSEIGNEMENT)
CMP6202-1 GENRES ET TYPES DE TEXTE
ATTENTES (COMPETENCES VISEES)
• Recognizing and writing complete sentences
• Beginning and ending a sentence • Common paragraph features • Identifying the topic of a paragraph • Identifying strong and weak paragraphs • Identifying topics and main ideas • Identifying strong and weak topic sentences 2 • Writing topic sentences • Combining sentences using and and but • Using commas in sentences with and and but • Developing paragraphs with descriptive details • Using lists to brainstorm • Learning to edit lists • Combining sentences containing adjectives • Writing about places • Using word maps to brainstorm • Using adjectives in sentences • Writing concluding sentences • Using capital letters • Writing about people • Review of descriptive vocabulary • Using free writing to brainstorm • Review of paragraph contents • Developing peer feedback skills • Writing about a trend • Opinions and examples in supporting sentences • Using discussion to brainstorm • Writing about your opinions • Combining sentences with so and because • Practicing word maps and freewriting • Writing about explanations and excuses • Expressing personal feelings about problems • Using would like to, want to, and have to • Logical order of supporting sentences • Editing lists by ordering ideas logically • Writing about problems or difficulties • Using time expressions: after, before, and when • Identifying the main parts of a narrative • Ordering events in a narrative logically • Writing about interesting or unusual experiences • Using double lists to brainstorm • Using whereas and however to make comparisons • Organizing a comparison paragraph • Comparing different situations / events • Writing about life changes • Writing about cause and effect relationships • Using pair interviews to brainstorm 3 • Beginning paragraphs with a question • Writing about a difficult decision • Writing about hopes and plans for the future • Review of brainstorming techniques
PLAN DU COURS 1. Introduction and (1) Beginning to Work
2. (2) Giving and Receiving Presents and (3) A Favorite Place
3. (4) An Exceptional Person and (5) Trends and Fads
4. (6) White Lies and (7) Explanations and Excuses
5. (8) Problems and (9) Strange Stories
6. (10) Differences and (11) Difficult Decisions
7. (12) Fate or Choice?
4 Model d’examen
Both take-home exam and in-class exam will be done.
The take-home exam consists in writing a paragraph with descriptive details about a place they would like a friend to visit. (3 A Favorite Place). The in-class exam will consist in writing an opinion paragraph about the teaching activities at the English language department.
