W-Th, Sept. 12-13 (Week III)
Go through “Listening is Believing”
Common problems with Short Essay #2
Strategies for writing more idiomatically
Homework
Read Mackey, “Wanting it Enough”
Short Essay #3
M-Tu, Sept. 10-11 (Week III)
Preparation for social situations workshop
Go over Open Letter #1
Preview “Listening is Believing”
Homework
Skim TSIS Chapters 2 and 3
Reading “Listening is Believing” and “English and Me”
W-Th Sept. 5-6 (Week II)
Plagiarism cont’d
Paraphrasing
Unidiomatic language
Homework
Read and mark up my open letter on Two Cents
Short Essay #2
M-Tu Sept. 3-4 (Week II)
Brainstorm reasons why people learn languages
Intro to River Town
Quoting, paraphrasing, and plagiarism
Homework
Read River Town excerpt
Letter to Austin #2
W-Th, Aug. 29-30 (Week I)
Course Handbook quiz
They Say, I Say intro: Conventional language and summarizing
Homework
Read TSIS Chapter 1
Print River Town excerpt
Short Essay #1
M-Tu, Aug. 27-28 (Week I)
In-class writing: “Good at English”
Course introduction
TED Talk: “English Mania”
Homework
Letter to Austin #1
Read Course Handbook and prepare for quiz
Read TSIS Introduction
