Lesson Plan AW1 July 3rd, 2020 & Assignment #8
Lesson Goals
To
- understand and agree to the proposed change to the AW1 syllabus: 3 essays -> 2 essays
- review and understand the most common annotations used by the instructor in feedback to students.
- download the Marking Key from Sheffner’s website or from Webdisk: [wpdm_package id=’2091′]
- download the Essay 1 Draft 2 Combined Statistics overview from Sheffner’s website or Webdisk [wpdm_package id=’2089′]
- clarify the form and purpose of the conclusion in an English academic essay:
- read the textbook p.53 “Conclusion”
- the conclusion summarises the thesis statement and the topic sentences in each body paragraph using the same or very similar words;
- no new information is introduced in the conclusion
- Textbook p. 44 Practice 1 question #7 – “For each sentence in the conclusion of the sample essay on p. 43-4, find the original sentence or sentences in the introduction that it mirrors.”
- tell the instructor your preferred feedback method for future AW1 writing. Complete the form at: https://forms.gle/4Qp32bqmgpKFumEo7
Assignment #8: Essay2 Conclusion
Assignment Goals
To
- show your understanding of the form and purpose of the conclusion in an English academic essay:
- the conclusion summarises the thesis statement and the topic sentences in each body paragraph using the same or very similar words;
- no new information in the conclusion
- tell the instructor your preferred feedback method for future AW1 writing. Complete the form at https://forms.gle/zSSM7jHmR8uq6oTGA
Writing Topic
You should keep the same topic you chose for writing your outline. If you change topics, you will of course have to write a new outline AND the conclusion.
Writing Requirements
- Using what you learned in today’s class, write your conclusion paragraph.
- Upload to Webdisk (or email it to your instructor) with the name “AW1 Essay2 Conclusion Name” (“Name = your family name only), by midnight Wednesday July 8th.