COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF QATAR English Learning Center

DELIVERY PLAN: LEVEL THREE WRITING

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COURSE CODE AND TITLE: ESOL 0351 ADVANCED-INTERMEDIATE WRITING Start Date: September 1, 2013

DEPARTMENT : ELC

Level of Learning: LEVEL THREE

Coordinator:

End Date: November 14, 2013

Hours Per Week: 8 HRS

Venue: Classroom

Credit Hours:

Term: 1

From: September 1, 2013

To: November 14, 2013

Course Description: ESOL 0351, Advanced Intermediate Writing, seeks to prepare students for continuation into ESOL 0354 and ultimately for college composition courses and academic writing in general by accomplishing the following objectives: 1. Strengthen students' awareness of the basic notions of paragraph development, particularly the role of the topic sentence and the internal logical development of the paragraph 2. Introduce to students the basic principles of the multi-paragraph composition, focusing especially on the role of the introductory and concluding paragraphs, drafting an effective thesis statement, and organizing the composition according to a clear logical pattern 3. Improve students' sentence combination skills, especially in the area of the strategy and techniques of coordination within compound sentences and within simple complex sentences 4. Increase student awareness of the nature of the writing process, especially in the area of effective topic construction and in the necessity and techniques of revision and editing

Student Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of ESOL 0351 Advanced-Intermediate Writing Level 3, the student should be able to: 1. Use conventions of written English in written assignments pertaining to spelling, capitalization and punctuation. 2. Review all verb forms and tenses that are likely to be encountered in writing a moderate-length written assignment suitable to the advanced-intermediate English learner, i.e. use a variety of simple, progressive, and perfect tenses appropriate to discourse,

and use a variety of verb patterns appropriate to written discourse, such as gerunds and infinitives. 3. Produce an appropriate variety of compound and complex sentences in a moderate-length written assignment suitable to the advanced-intermediate English learner. 4. Compose and revise a moderate-length composition of several paragraphs, using a clearly-defined writing process, by taking into account pre-writing strategies, thesis statement, organizing a draft, writing a draft, and revising a draft.
Learning Resources Needed to Deliver this Course: Grade Breakdown:

1. First Steps in Academic Writing Level 2, Second Edition, Ann Hogue, Pearson Longman 2008. 2. Notebook 3. Pen, pencil, eraser, highlighter

Homework / Daily Work / Quizzes Free-writing Activities In-Class Compositions** Midterm Exam Final Exam Total

10% 10% 40% 15% 25% 100%

MINIMUM PASSING MARK IS 70%

Week 1 Sept 1-5

Textbook Material Chapter 1: Introducing People

Outcomes No(s)

Writing Task Writing a paragraph about a classmate or a best friend

1, 2, 3, 4

Vocabulary Support Adjectives for describing character

Grammar Highlight Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple

Writing Focus Paragraph Organization Grammar and Capitalization Sentence recognition vs. fragments Appropriate Sentence structure Compound sentences with and, or Simple Sentences Connecting words and, or Process Writing Drafting and Redrafting

Assessment Methods A short paragraph describing a family member Error correction of simple and complex sentences

Giving Commands (Imperatives) Editing sentences Commands Identifying subjects, objects and verbs Linking words Journal writing Present Simple vs. Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect vs. Past Simple

2 Sept 8-12

Chapter 2 Listing-Order Paragraphs

1, 2, 3,4

Writing a job description

Characteristics and Abilities (nouns &

Present Simple & adverbs of frequency

Prewriting activity: Clustering

Describing a service

adjectives)
Write a comparing and contrasting paragraph (jobs, services)

Order Transitions (first, next, etc.) Concluding signals

Sentence Structure Compound Sentences Comparing and Contrasting Comparatives and Superlatives

(Brainstorming, Mind-Mapping) Organization Parts of a Paragraph Topic Sentences Paragraph Unity Planning & drafting a job description Comparing two different jobs or services

Analyzing Paragraph Unity

3 Sept 15-19

Chapter 3 Giving Instructions

1, 3, 4 Writing how-to tips Time order signals Language for giving advice Imperatives and suggestions

Paragraph Organization Sentence Structure Independent and Dependent Clauses Capitalization and Punctuation Topic and Concluding Sentences Editing a letter of giving directions

Writing a letter for giving directions

Sequencing forms (third, as soon as, etc)

4 Sept 22-26

Chapter 4 Describing a Place

2,4 Describing a place Writing a movie/book/caf Adjectives for describing objects and places Comparatives and superlatives Subject verb agreement

Organization Topic and Concluding Sentences for Descriptive Writing a detailed description of an everyday place

review Comparing and contrasting two things or places

Common nouns

Quantifiers Singular & Plural Countable & Uncountable Nouns

Paragraphs Adjectives Sentence Structure Using Prepositional Phrases to Vary Sentence Openings

5 Sept 29-Oct 3

Chapter 5 Stating Reasons and Using Examples

1,2,3,4

Writing an email complaining about a product/service

Transitions (for example, for instance, etc)

Independent & Dependent Clauses Reason and Condition Subordinators

Organization Reasons and Examples Sentence Structure Reason and Condition Subordinates Capitalization Punctuation: commas Opinion Paragraphs Organization Fact and Opinion Paragraphs Sentence Structure Punctuation Quotation Marks

Writing an email of complaint

6 Oct 6-10

Chapter 6 Expressing Your Opinions

1,2,3,4

Responding to an email or a letter or a complaint

Transition Signals for Opinion Paragraphs (in my opinion, in my view, I believe, I reckon, I think, etc)

Adjective Clauses with who, which and that

Planning, drafting and redrafting an email or a letter or a complaint

7 Eid al Adha Oct 13-17 8 Oct 27-31

Travel & Tourism

1,2,3,4

Arranging and confirming a hotel reservation Cancelling a hotel reservation

Transitions for giving examples, reasons, ordering ideas/events

Independent/Dependent Clauses Adjective Clauses with who, which and that

Drafting and Redrafting Capitalization & Punctuation Formal/Informal Register

Arranging and confirming a hotel reservation

Cancelling a hotel reservation

9 Nov 3-7 10a Nov 10-12

Final written task Revision for the final exam

10b Nov 13-14

Final exam