Writing+II

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Writing II | Narrative Essay | Compare and Contrast Essay | Cause and Effect Essay | Problem and Solution Essay | Persuasive Essay

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Announcements
Welcome to our class page! This is an open course ([|OCW]) for any English language learner interested in improving academic writing skills. To get started, do the following:

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 * Read about this site, and [|open authorship].
 * Create an account in EduQuiki.
 * This rubric will be use to assess each type of essay.
 * Course Description**: A OCW for those interested in improving one's writing skills.
 * Credit-seeking students**: Students who are taking this course for credit, may access their grades in Engrade.

Desired Results
The learner will understand that different forms of rhetorical modes require expressing one's thoughts logically, coherently, and cohesively. The learner will also understand how different types of assessment can facilitate how one writes to understand and how one writes to be understood.

Evidence
Click the subwikis below to see student wikis for respective essay.

Learning Progression
=Narrative essay= (weeks 1-2): January 23, 2012 - February 10, 2012 =Compare and contrast essay= (weeks 3-5): February 13, 2012 - March 2, 2012 =Cause and effect essay= (weeks 6-8): March 5, 2012 - March 30, 2012 =Problem and solution essay= (weeks 9-11): April 1, 2012 - May 11, 2012. There are two weeks off for the San Marcos Fair. =Persuasive essay= (weeks 12-14): May 14, 2012 - June 1, 2012 Each type of essay will involve a writing process: (a) writing to understand and (b) writing to be understood. Writing to understand includes prewriting, drafting one's ideas and sharing these ideas with others. Writing to be understood involves revising, editing, publishing, and assessing one's work.

=Final essay= Clara | Alex | Belén | Ana | Fernando | Roberto | Cristian | Cristina | Monste | Karol | Eduardo | Paty | Nelva | Hugo =PROPE Projects= Cristina | Ana | Cristian | Karol
 * Instructions**

Helpful Links
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Academic writing | [|APA Corner] | [|An introduction to academic writing] | Diagramming Sentences | [|Five-paragraph essay] | [|Foreign Language Teaching Methods: Writing] | [|Guide to grammar and writing] |[| Sentence Connectors] | Sentence Connectors (SLC) | [|TOEFL-Prep Writing Practice Site] | [|Types of writing] | [|What are gerunds?] | Word Dynamo | [|Coherent writing] | Coordinating vs. Subordinate Conjunctions | UNC Writing Center