ENGL-101 Academic Writing

Term duration: 12 Weeks

Following is the course syllabus for the coming few weeks up till the mid-term exams:
Week #1

29th September 3rd October

Lesson Outcomes
Diagnostic Essay writing
Diagnostic Grammar test
Weekly Assignment
None
Week #2

5th October 10th October

Lesson Outcomes

Week 1 of
instruction

Content covered and In-class Assignment

None
None

Content covered and In-class Assignment

Writing:
Oshima Chapter 1: Paragraph Structure p. 2-16
Grammar:
Articles and countable/uncountable
Present tenses and simple sentence
Reading:
Unit 5: Topics of paragraphs - p.78-88
Oshima Chapter 5: p. 92-93

Weekly Assignment

OFFICIAL HOLIDAY: Sunday, 6th October Armed Forces Day

Week #3

12th October 17th October

OFFICIAL
HOLIDAY
Week # 4

EID EL ADHA

19th October 24th October

Lesson Outcomes

Week 2 of
instruction

Weekly Assignment

Content covered and In-class Assignment

Writing: Academic Writing
Chapter 2: unity and coherence p. 18-33
Chapter 4: From paragraph to essay p.56-76
Chapter 5: Process paragraph p. 82- 86
Grammar: (prepare handout)
Present simple and present continuous tenses
and passive (present)
Chapter 10: Sentence structure p. 162- 178
Reading: Advanced Reading Power
Unit 11: How dictionaries are made - p.82-87
Writing: Process essay 700-1000 words
(e.g. describe process of garbage
recycling) first draft written in class
Grammar handout
Reading Unit 6: numbers 2 and 3 of
exercises on p.90-98

Week #5

26th October 31th October

Lesson Outcomes

Week 3 of
instruction

Weekly Assignment

Content covered and In-class Assignment

Writing: Academic Writing
Chapter 2: Logical Order p. 34-36
Chapter 5: Process Essay p. 89-91
Grammar: (prepare handout)
Subject Verb Agreement basics
Academic Writing - Chapter 10 p.162-178.
Reading: Advanced Reading Power
Inference: p. 88-89
Supplementary handout: process
Writing: Process essay 700-1000 words
(e.g. describe process of garbage
recycling) second draft edited after
teacher feedback (graded as part of
midterm exam for 15%)

OFFICIAL HOLIDAY: Monday, 4th November Islamic New Year

Week #6

2th November 7th November

OFFICIAL
HOLIDAY

MIDTERM EXAMS