Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Course
Description:
Learning
to
write
and
communicate
effectively
can
bring
about
dramatic
changes
in
academic
and
professional
performance.
This
course
offers
students
a
practical
and
accessible
set
of
skills
to
convey
their
best
ideas
with
clarity,
concision
and
power.
Topics
will
include:
composing
persuasive
sentences
and
paragraphs,
brainstorming
strategies
to
generate
ideas,
developing
and
expanding
those
ideas
into
viable
arguments,
structuring
coherent
outlines,
giving
and
utilizing
constructive
feedback,
revising
work,
and
communicating
with
audiences
in
different
contexts
and
formats.
Short
assignments
will
be
used
to
practice
various
types
of
academic
and
non-academic
writing
such
as
expository
paragraphs,
rhetorical
analyses,
cover
letters,
articles,
personal
correspondence
and
compare
and
contrast
essays.
This
course
may
not
count
toward
any
English
program
(but
it
will
certainly
equip
students
with
skills
relevant
to
any
program).
Required
Text:
1. The
McGraw-Hill
Handbook,
Canadian
edition
(2010)
Edited
by
Elaine
P.
Maimon,
Janice
H.
Peritz,
Kathleen
Blake
Yancey,
and
Deidre
E.
Flynn
2. Additional
required
reading
(available
in-class
or
through
Blackboard)
The
McGraw-Hill
Handbook
is
available
for
purchase
at
the
Bob
Miller
Bookroom
at
180
Bloor
Street
West
(across
from
the
ROM).
Evaluation
In-class
writing
exercises
(2
of
4)
Grammar
quizzes
(2)
Assignment
1
Assignment
2
Assignment
3
Participation
Final
exam
10%
10%
10%
15%
20%
15%
20%
WalkSmart
As
our
class
ends
at
9:00pm,
please
know
that
the
Universitys
WalkSmart
program
is
available
to
you.
To
request
a
walk
home
or
to
a
TTC
stop,
please
contact
416
978-SAFE
(7233)
or
check
out
their
website
at:
http://www.campuspolice.utoronto.ca/safety/walkSmart.htm
Attendance
Policy
Your
attendance
and
participation
during
our
classes
is
very
important,
and
much
of
your
grade
is
based
on
in-class
work.
Every
student
is
permitted
one
unexcused
absence
per
semester.
Any
subsequent
absences
must
be
excused,
i.e.
they
require
a
note
from
your
doctor
(using
the
University
of
Toronto
Verification
of
Student
Illness
or
Injury
Form
or
from
your
registrar).
Each
unexcused
absence
after
the
first
will
result
in
a
5%
penalty
off
the
participation
grade
(the
full
participation
grade
is
worth
15%).
Please
note
that
in-class
writing
exercises
will
not
be
rescheduled
in
the
case
of
unexcused
absences.
Academic
Integrity
As
a
student
at
the
University
of
Toronto,
your
academic
integrity
is
crucial
to
the
scholarship
you
produce
and
to
the
value
of
the
degree
you
will
ultimately
possess.
Plagiarism
is
the
unintentional
or
intentional
representation
of
the
ideas
or
language
of
someone
else
as
your
own.
I
expect
that
all
work
you
submit
be
composed
of
your
own
ideas
and
be
expressed
in
your
own
writing
unless
otherwise
indicated.
If
you
decide
to
use
ideas
or
quotations
from
class
or
from
a
secondary
source,
be
sure
to
acknowledge
it
as
such
and
cite
it
correctly
using
MLA
format.
Please
review
the
University
of
Torontos
Code
of
Behaviour
on
Academic
Matters.
Another
valuable
resource
is
Margaret
Proctors
How
Not
to
Plagiarize.
Ive
included
the
links
to
both
documents
below:
http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/behaveac.htm
http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/using-sources/how-not-to-plagiarize
As
an
instructor,
I
am
bound
by
the
Universitys
code
to
report
any
cases
of
plagiarism
I
suspect.
These
cases
are
then
investigated
by
the
procedures
outlined
in
the
code.
If
youre
unsure
if
something
constitutes
plagiarism
or
if
you
find
yourself
in
an
overwhelming
situation,
please
talk
to
me
(or
to
your
college
registrar)
before
submitting
your
work.
ACCESSIBILITY
NEEDS
If
you
require
accommodations
for
a
disability,
or
if
you
have
any
accessibility
concerns
about
our
course
or
classroom,
please
contact
Accessibility
Services
as
soon
as
possible:
http://studentlife.utoronto.ca/accessibility
ELECTRONICS
POLICY
Students
are
permitted
to
use
computers
and
tablets
during
class
for
reading
course
materials,
note-
taking
and
other
course-related
work
only.
Since
cell
phones
and
smart
phones
are
disruptive,
please
refrain
from
using
your
device
during
class.
Students
who
are
repeatedly
caught
using
these
devices
will
be
asked
to
leave.
RESOURCES
ON
CAMPUS
The
campus
Writing
Centre
offers
many
locations
and
programs
that
are
relevant
to
our
work
in
this
course
and
certainly
beyond.
For
information
about
programming
and
appointments,
please
check
out:
http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/writing-centres
READING
SCHEDULE:
Daily Plan
Assignments,
In-
Class
Writing
Exercises,
Tests
Course Introduction
Parts of Speech
554-72
Wed.
May
13
Constructing Outlines
Mon.
May
11
Sentence Basics
2-19
573-90
Mon.
May
18
Wed.
May
20
Prewriting,
Brainstorming
Ideas
and
Drafting
Thesis
Statements
19-51
Apostrophes
Mon.
May
25
8-9
In-Class
Workshop
Pronoun
agreement
Quotation
Marks
Active
and
Passive
Voice
Editing
for
sentence
fragments
and
run-on
sentences
Wed.
May
27
Mon.
June
1
Interpretation
Across
Disciplines
and
Genres
Subject-verb
disagreements
and
verb
tense
consistency
Wed. June 3
52-72;
96-123
747-771
636-51
744-46;
857-60
678-704
223-255
Assignment 1 Due
158--222
Grammar Test 1
705-744
803-806; 817-26
Mon.
June
8
Wed.
June
10
670-76
624-35
Introductions
and
Conclusions
for
Research
Papers
Writing Workshop #2
827-35
413-31
652-69
Assignment
2
Due
941-45
Writing Workshop 3
Mon.
June
15
Grammar Test 2
Wed.
June
17
Exam Review
Assignment 3 Due