Action Plan For First Steps In Academic Writing
WEEK & DATE
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10 WEEK
18 – 22 / 5 / 1434
30 / 3 – 3 / 4 / 2013
CHAPTER 1
( Introducing People)
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11 WEEK
25 – 29 / 5 / 1434
6 – 10 / 4 / 2013
CHAPTER 2
( Listing-Ordering
Paragraphs)
Description
Induction + Chapter Preview : prewriting Activity ( P. 2- 3)
Part 1: Organization: What is a paragraph? / Paragraph form ( P.4 – 10 )
Part 2: Grammar & capitalization: What is a sentence? / Command Sentences /
Subjects, Verbs, and Objects ( P. 10 – 14 )
Part 2: Grammar & capitalization: Subjects, Verbs, and Objects ( P.15) / Capitalization:
Six Rules / Journal Writing ( P. 16 – 19)
Part 3: Sentence Structure: Simple Sentences / Connecting Words : and, or /
Sentence Combining ( P. 20 – 27 )
Part 4: Writing: Review Questions / The Writing Process / Writing Assignment (P.27 – 32)
Chapter Preview : prewriting Activity: Clustering
Part 1: Listing-Order Paragraphs ( P. 34 –37)
Part 1: Listing-Order Paragraphs: The Three Parts of a paragraph: The Topic Sentence (P.38-43)
Part 1: Listing-Order Paragraphs: The Three Parts of a paragraph: Supporting Sentences /
The Concluding Sentence ( P. 44 – 47 )
Part 1: Listing-Order Paragraphs: The Three Parts of a paragraph: Concluding Sentence
Outlining ( P. 48- 50) / Outlining ( P. 51 – 52 )
Part 2: Sentence Structure: Compound Sentences ( P. 53 – 59)
Part 2: Sentence Structure: Two Sentence Errors: Run-ons and Comma Splices ( P. 59 – 63)
Part 3: Writing: Review Questions / Writing Assignment ( P. 63- 64 )
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12 WEEK
3 – 7 / 6 / 1434
13 – 17 / 4 / 2013
CHAPTER 3
( Giving Instructions)
Chapter Preview : prewriting Activity ( P. 66)
Part 1: Organization: " How To" Paragraphs: Topic and Concluding Sentences for
" How To" Paragraphs ( P. 67 – 70 )
Part 1: Organization: " How To" Paragraphs: Time-Order Signals (P.70- 73 )
Part 1: Organization: Listing and Ordering ( P. 74 – 76)
Part 2: Sentence Structure: Independent and Dependent Clauses / Complex Sentences (P. 76-81)
Part 2: Sentence Errors: Fragments / Summary: Three Types of Sentences ( P. 82 – 86)
Part 3: Capitalization an Punctuation: Capitalization: Four More Rules /
Commas: Four Rules (P. 86 – 92 )
Part 4: Writing: Review Questions / Writing Assignment ( P.92 – 93 )
Quiz 1: Chapter 1 & Chapter 2 - Wednesday 7 / 6 / 1434 – 12:00 P.M
13th WEEK
10 – 14 / 6 / 1434
20 – 24 / 4 / 2013
CHAPTER 4
( Describing a Place)
Chapter Preview: Prewriting Activity ( P.95 – 57)
Part 1: Organization: Description / Space Order ( P. 97 – 100 )
Part 1: Organization: Specific Details / Planning A Space-Order Paragraph ( P. 101- 104 )
Part 2: Grammar: Adjectives : Order of Adjectives: Communicative Adjectives (P. 104 – 109)
Part 2: Grammar: Adjectives : Order of Adjectives: Coordinate Adjectives ( p. 109 – 111)
Part 3: Sentence Structure : Prepositions / Prepositional Phrases ( P. 112- 114)
Part 3: Sentence Structure : Using Prepositional Phrases to Vary Sentence Opening (P.114-118)
Part 4: Writing: Review Questions / Writing Assignment ( P. 119 – 120)
Action Plan For First Steps In Academic Writing
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14 WEEK
17 – 21 / 6 / 1434
27 / 4 – 1 / 5 / 2013
CHAPTER 5
( Stating Reasons and
Using Examples)
Chapter Preview: Prewriting Activity ( P. 122 – 123)
Part 1: Organization: Outlines with Details (P. 124 – 125 )
Part 1: Organization: Reasons and Examples / Transition Signals with Reasons (P. 125 – 130)
Part 1: Organization: Transition Signals with Examples ( P. 131 – 133)
Part 2: Sentence Structure : More About Complex Sentences ( P. 133 – 139)
Part 3: Capitalization and Punctuation : Capitalization (Two More Rules) /
Commas (Four More Rules) ( P. 139 - 143 )
Part 4: Writing: Review Questions / Writing Assignment ( P. 143 – 144)
Quiz 2: Chapter 3 & Chapter 4 - Wednesday 21 / 6 / 1434 – 12:00 P.M
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15 WEEK
24 – 28 / 6 / 1434
4 – 8 / 5 / 2013
CHAPTER 6
(Expressing Your
opinion)
16th WEEK
1 – 5 / 7 / 1434
11 – 15 / 5 / 2013
APPENDICES
Chapter Preview: Prewriting Activity – Getting Ideas From Reading ( P. 146 – 148 )
Part 1: Organization: Opinion paragraphs: facts and Opinions ( P. 148 – 151)
Part 1: Organization: Opinion paragraphs: Transition Signals for Opinion Paragraphs (152-156)
Part 2: Sentence Structure :Adjective Clauses with who, which and that /
Punctuating Adjective Clauses ( P. 156 – 161)
Part 2: Sentence Structure : Complex Sentences with Adjective Clauses ( P. 161 – 166)
Part 2: Sentence Structure: More About Fragments (P. 167 – 169)
Part 3: Punctuation : Quotation Marks (P. 170 – 171 )
Part 4: Writing: Review Questions / Writing Assignment ( P. 171 – 172 )
Appendix A: Journal Writing ( P. 173 – 176)
Appendix B: Correction Symbols ( P. 177 – 179 )
Appendix C: Grammar Words and Kind of Sentences ( P. 180 – 181)
Appendix D: Conjunctions ( P. 182 – 184)
Appendix E: Transition Signals ( P. 185 – 186 )
Appendix F: Business Letters ( P. 187 – 189)
Appendix G: Readers Response and Writer's Self-Check Worksheets ( P. 191- 202)
Appendix G: Readers Response and Writer's Self-Check Worksheets ( P. 203 – 214)
Quiz 3: Chapter 5 & Chapter6 - Wednesday 5 / 7 / 1434 – 12:00 P.M
17th WEEK
8 – 12 / 7 / 1434
18 – 22 / 5 / 2013
REVISION
18th WEEK
15 – 19 / 7 / 1434
25 – 29 / 5 / 2013
Revision : Chapter 1
Revision : Chapter 2
Revision : Chapter 3
Revision : Chapter 4
Revision : Chapter 5
Revision : Chapter 6
Final Exam