Expository Writing for Bilingual Students

Calendar

CLASS #	READINGS / ACTIVITY	HOMEWORK
1	Introduction to Course Writing as Process Rhetorical Differences Across Cultures Academic Language In-class writing: Favorite piece of music/song	Read “Impulse to Travel” Buy portfolios, texts
2	Discuss “Impulse to Travel” Descriptive language p. 24	Write one page on “Comfort Food” Read “My Inner Shrimp”
3	Comfort Food due in class Discuss “My Inner Shrimp” Sentence variety: Coordination and Subordination Punctuation: Commas	Read “Wait, You’re Not Chinese?” and “In Bed” Buy non-fiction book WW 1-2 sentences
4	WW 1-2 sentences due in class Declare book choices Return “Comfort Food” Grammar/Mechanical Issues from your papers
5	Return “Comfort Food” Pre-writing: Personal Essay
6	Personal Essay due in class Begin Critical Review: purpose, goals Brainstorm in class	Read student review in course packet, “Lives on the Fringes”
7	Discuss “Lives on the Fringes” Writing summaries: Verb tenses	Read 30 pp. of your book Write one-paragraph summary and one-paragraph reaction: What are the books strengths, weakness, so far? WW 3-4 sentences
8	Summary and reaction paper due in class WW 3-4 Sentences due in class	Read “Physical Presence” in course packet and do task on p. 34 Read in RFW on quoting, pp. 302-309; 402-408 Bring non-fiction book to class
9	Quoting from sources In-class exercise on quoting	Read 70 pp. of your book Mark sections with post-its Write one critique paragraph: Focus on an aspect of the book, write a topic sentence, and develop the paragraph using a quote or other specific evidence.
10	Critique paragraphs due in class
11	WW 1-4 Quiz Outlining critical review Writing Introductions and Conclusions	Finish your book WW 5-6 sentences
12	WW 5-6 sentences due in class
13	Critical Review due in class Begin Position Paper/Argument

WW: Richek, Margaret Ann. World of Words: Vocabulary for College Students. 5th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. (Do not use an earlier edition.)

RFW: Hacker, Diana. Rules for Writers. 4th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2000.