Acerca de este curso: You will gain a foundation for college-level writing valuable for nearly any field. Students will learn how to read carefully, write effective arguments, understand the writing process, engage with others' ideas, cite accurately, and craft powerful prose. Course Learning Objectives • Summarize, analyze, question, and evaluate written and visual texts • Argue and support a position • Recognize audience and disciplinary expectations • Identify and use the stages of the writing process • Identify characteristics of effective prose • Apply proper citation practices • Discuss applying your writing knowledge to other writing occasions
Para quién es esta clase: This course is open to any student interested in improving their writing. The content is equivalent to a semester of a first-year writing course. Students should have basic English proficiency and exposure to secondary-level (high-school level) English or composition.
Creada por: Duke University
Enseñado por: Dr. Denise Comer, Assistant Professor of the Practice; Director of First-Year Writing
Thompson Writing Program
| Nivel | Principiante |
| Idioma | English, Subtítulos: Spanish, French |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
| Calificaciones del usuario |
Programa
SEMANA 1
The Writing Process
To start our course, we will examine your own writing process and what it means to respond to the writing of others. We will also think about what academic writing means.
4 videos, 2 lecturas
- Vídeo: Responding to Others' Writing
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: I am a Writer Sample Feedback
- Вопрос для обсуждения: I am a Writer (Tell Your Story)
- Vídeo: What is Academic Writing?
- Vídeo: Understanding Your Writing Process
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Share Your Quirks and Rituals
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: A Note About Deadlines
SEMANA 2
Critical Reading
This week will concentrate on the skill of reading critically. Additionally, we will learn about the conventions of academic writing, including integrating evidence and schools of citation. Finally, you are encouraged to write your own critical review of "The Sweet Spot." This is an optional writing assignment, but it is a requirement to receive a honor's certificate.
5 videos, 4 lecturas
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Daniel Coyle, "The Sweet Spot"
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Group A: Main claim and evidence
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Group B: Aims/Purposes
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Group C: Methods
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Group D: Occasion/Context
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Group E: Questions
- Vídeo: Integrating Evidence
- Vídeo: Moving from Discussion to Draft
- Vídeo: Schools of Citation
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Academic Writing Resources
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Critical Review Examples
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Critical Review: Sample Feedback
- Vídeo: Critical Review Writing Workshop
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Critical Review Questions and Feedback
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Looking For a Writing Workshop?
Calificado: Critical Review
SEMANA 3
Project 1: Visual Analysis
This week, the central topic is visual images in academic writing. The goal is to practice interpreting and writing about images convincingly. Plus, Dr. Comer will help you think about what area of inquiry you would like to focus on in this course and what it means to write a draft. Finally, you will write your visual analysis and learn how to give meaningful feedback.
9 videos, 4 lecturas
- Vídeo: What is a Draft?
- Vídeo: Reading Visual Images
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Sample Image: Artist
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Sample Image: Ruins
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Sample Image: Earth
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Sample Image: Scientist
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Sample Image: Writing
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Sample Image: Businessman
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Geoffrey Colvin, "What It Takes To Be Great"
- Vídeo: Using Images in Scholarly Writing
- Vídeo: Effective Claims
- Вопрос для обсуждения: The 5 Cs of Effective Claims
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Sample Essays for Project 1
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: More Resources for Visual Analysis
- Vídeo: Responding Towards Revision
- Vídeo: Feedback on Visual Analysis Draft
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Sample Feedback Visual Analysis Draft
- Vídeo: Workshopping Writing
- Vídeo: Visual Analysis Writing Workshop
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Visual Analysis Questions and Feedback
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Looking For a Writing Workshop?
Calificado: Visual Analysis Draft
SEMANA 4
Revision Strategies and Visual Analysis Revision
Based on the feedback of your colleagues improve your visual analysis. After you receive feedback on your final submission, submit a self-reflection quiz about your experience writing this project.
4 videos, 1 lectura
- Vídeo: Strategies for Revision
- Vídeo: Crafting Effective Titles
- Vídeo: Editing Strategies
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Sample Feedback Visual Analysis Final
Calificado: Visual Analysis Final
Calificado: Visual Analysis Self-Reflection
SEMANA 5
Project 2: Case Study
This week, various aspects of effective research will be discussed, such as creating an annotated bibliography, research strategies, and avoiding plagiarism. You will conduct research for your next project, a case study, contribute to an annotated bibliography, and submit your case study draft.
6 videos, 3 lecturas
- Vídeo: Spotlight Video_Scholarly and Popular Articles
- Vídeo: Spotlight Video_Finding Articles
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Research Tools
- Vídeo: Avoiding Plagiarism
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Annotated Bibliography How-To
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Annotated Bibliography: Hobbies
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Annotated Bibliography: Sports
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Annotated Bibliography: Science
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Annotated Bibliography: Economics
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Annotated Bibliography: Lifestyle
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Annotated Bibliography: Technology
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Annotated Bibliography: Humanities
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Annotated Bibliography: Other
- Vídeo: Intertextual Conversation
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Case Studies Resources
- Vídeo: Case Study Writing Workshop
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Case Study Questions and Feedback
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Looking For a Writing Workshop?
Calificado: Case Study Draft
SEMANA 6
Writing Cohesively and Case Study Revision
In preparation for improving your case study, Professor Comer will present strategies of writing more cohesively. After receiving your final feedback, please submit a self-reflection about this project.
3 videos, 2 lecturas
- Vídeo: Conclusions
- Vídeo: Paragraph Unity
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Geoffrey Colvin, "What It Takes To Be Great"
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Case Study Sample Feedback
Calificado: Case Study Final
Calificado: Case Study Self-Reflection
SEMANA 7
Project 3: Op-Ed
This week, Professor Comer introduces the idea of public scholarship, how academic writing can be transformed for a broader public. Her guest, David Jarmul, will give an overview of how to write an op-ed. You will then have the opportunity to write your own.
6 videos, 1 lectura
- Vídeo: Spotlight on Op-Eds with David Jarmul_part 1
- Vídeo: Spotlight on Op-Eds with David Jarmul_part 2
- Vídeo: Active and Passive Voice
- Vídeo: Enhancing Sentence Style
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Resources for Writing Op-Eds
- Vídeo: Op-Ed Writing Workshop
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Op-Ed Questions and Feedback
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Looking For a Writing Workshop?
Calificado: Op-Ed Draft
SEMANA 8
Crafting Powerful Prose and Op-Ed Revision
This week Professor Comer will address the topic of concise writing; how to convey meaning with fewer words. Your task is to rewrite your op-ed.
2 videos, 1 lectura
- Vídeo: Concise Writing Part 2_Noticing Prepositional Phrases
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Op-Ed Sample Feedback
Calificado: Op-Ed Final
Calificado: Op-Ed Self-Reflection
SEMANA 9
Transferring Writing Practices, Skills, and Knowledge to New Contexts
This final week is dedicated to how to move forward with your writing and apply the skills learned in this course to new contexts. Your final assignment is a self-reflection about your development as a writer over the last several weeks.
2 videos
- Vídeo: Special Topics_Creative Non-fiction
Calificado: Final Self-Reflection
SEMANA 10
Writing in the Humanities, Social Science, and Natural Sciences
Additional videos that highlight differences in academic writing across disciplines.
17 videos
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Humanities: Writing Process
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Humanities: MLA Citations
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Humanities: Use of Visual Images
- Vídeo: Special Topic in the Humanities: MLA Citation of Media and Internet Resources
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Humanities: Public Writing
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Natural Sciences: Academic Writing
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Natural Sciences: Writing Process
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Natural Sciences: CSE Citations
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Natural Sciences: Use of Visual Images
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Natural Sciences: Public Writing
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Social Sciences: Academic Writing
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Social Sciences: Writing Process
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Social Sciences: APA Citations
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Social Sciences: Use of Visual Images
- Vídeo: Special Topics in the Social Sciences: Issues of Language Use
- Vídeo: Spotlight on the Social Sciences: Public Writing
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Helpful, informative, and engaging! I've always been at the top of my classes in English, but this is helping me sharpen my skills even more and apply them to my life.
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Excellent course. I learned so much about writing and it opened up new possibilities for me. The lectures were interesting and Dr. Comer presents her information in an open and enjoyable manner. I wish there was an English Composition ll course.