Syllabus (docx). Academic style. Academic writing (OWL).
Identifying the register / appropriateness of style (formal versus informal)
The writing process: planning (generating ideas: listing, brainstorming, free writing, mapping)
Identifying the audience and purpose; ordering ideas; the first draft
Rewriting: revising the first draft, editing the first draft, proofreading the final copy
Building up a sentence: the use of relative pronouns (who, which, whose, whom, that); word order in a sentence, articles, prepositions
The use of linking words / phrases for personal opinion, purpose, concession, cause, effect, contrast, comparison, conclusion, addition and listing
Creative writing
Punctuation (the use of full stops, commas, semi-colons, colons, dashes, hyphens, inverted commas)
Building up a paragraph: unity and coherence, the controlling idea, the topic sentence, the supporting sentences (details, examples, explanation), the concluding sentence
Paragraph writing: description (person, place, event), process, opinion, definition, for and against, cause and effect analysis, comparison/contrast, problem/solution
A five-paragraph essay. Introduction, body, conclusion
Creative writing.
Test
Feedback session / re-takes.