LINGUA INGLESA ESCRITA II
Professor: Dr. Ron Martinez
Office: 1014 (Reitoria)
WRITING II STUDENT BLOGS
WEEK 1 - March 9-11
COURSE INTRO
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HOMEWORK FOR FRIDAY (March 11th)
Download this file here and give each of the four paragraphs a score.
Click on the document (below) and decide what score each student received.
SAMPLE ESSAYS
SAMPLE ESSAYS
WEEK 2 - March 16-18
BUILDING VOCAB AND TOOLS
1. EDIT YOUR WORK
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2. INTRODUCTION TO RHETORICAL MOVES IN ACADEMIC WRITING
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SEE COMPLETED WORKSHEET HERE
VIDEO: HOW TO CREATE A BLOG PAGE ON WEEBLY
WEEK 4 - March 30-April 1
ESTABLISHING YOUR POSITION
EXAMPLES FROM STUDENTS
Click on the links below to see examples of texts from students. Please read all of them, and choose at least one to respond to (leave a comment).
ACADEMIC MOVES
ACADEMIC MOVES PRACTICE (GAME)
WEEK 5 - April 6-April 8
SUPPORTING YOUR POSITION
WEEK 6 - April 13-April 15
MOVING FROM THEME TO RHEME
WATCH THE VIDEO: DO YOU AGREE WITH THE PROPOSED LAW?
DO YOU AGREE WITH THE AUTHOR'S POSITION ON 'FLANELINHAS'?
Access the article here. Copy and paste specific parts of the text that you particularly (dis)agree with.
HOMEWORK - PLEASE EMAIL (see Google doc for sample rough draft)
WRITE YOUR ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: Do you think installing parking meters is a good solution to the “flanelinhas” situation in Curitiba?
- Think: What is my “position?”
- How can I support that position?
- Structure your argument carefully (in one or two paragraphs).
- Email the text to me.
WEEK 6 - April 20-April 22
"NARROW READING" AND VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
1. NARROW READING
- Do a Google search for "5 things you didn't know about..."
- Find an article that interests you, read it, and post the URL here.
- Be prepared to provide a few interesting highlights from the article.
- Try to think of a similar article that you would like to write.
2. WRITING FROM READING
- Choose a topic to write a "5 things you didn't know about..." article.
- As you choose different sources to gather information, also note down vocabulary.
- Notice that many lexical items are repeated across many different websites.
- Write your article, and post it to your blog. Also include images if appropriate.
IN-CLASS GRAMMAR CORRECTION EXERCISE
EXERCISE TO PRACTICE GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES
April 27-April 29
MIDTERM
LANGUAGE LESSONS FROM THE MIDTERM - Download Here
**CORRECTED VERSION HERE**
THE GRAMMAR OF ACADEMIC INTRODUCTIONS
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May 25-
Academic Vocabulary Development
THEME: Online shopping
1. What is your opinion of online shopping?
2. What sort of items do you order online? What are examples of products or services you would prefer not to order online?
2. What sort of items do you order online? What are examples of products or services you would prefer not to order online?
´PRACTICE
DOWNLOAD editable worksheet HERE.
HOMEWORK
1. Complete the texts (from the class today). Write a similar text of no more than 10 sentences. (These will eventually be posted on your blogs.)
2. Complete this worksheet (download here).
3. Check your answers using the original article. (Answer in the Introduction section.)
**ANSWERS HERE**
2. Complete this worksheet (download here).
3. Check your answers using the original article. (Answer in the Introduction section.)
**ANSWERS HERE**
June 1 -
Connecting ideas
WORKSHEET
Practice connecting ideas - download the worksheet here.
***ANSWERS FOR THE WORKSHEET HERE***
