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    This document outlines the course plan and requirements for an A Level Reading and Writing class during the fall semester. The course will focus on developing skills in reading, writing, grammar, technology work, and preparing for quizzes and exams. Students will read textbook passages and complete summaries, cause-and-effect essays, compare-contrast essays, and argumentative essays. Quizzes will cover both reading and writing assignments, and class participation including blog writing will also be graded. The goal is to help students improve their academic reading and writing abilities.

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    This document outlines the course plan and requirements for an A Level Reading and Writing class during the fall semester. The course will focus on developing skills in reading, writing, grammar, technology work, and preparing for quizzes and exams. Students will read textbook passages and complete summaries, cause-and-effect essays, compare-contrast essays, and argumentative essays. Quizzes will cover both reading and writing assignments, and class participation including blog writing will also be graded. The goal is to help students improve their academic reading and writing abilities.

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    2010-2011 Academic Year

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    This document outlines the course plan and requirements for an A Level Reading and Writing class during the fall semester. The course will focus on developing skills in reading, writing, grammar, technology work, and preparing for quizzes and exams. Students will read textbook passages and complete summaries, cause-and-effect essays, compare-contrast essays, and argumentative essays. Quizzes will cover both reading and writing assignments, and class participation including blog writing will also be graded. The goal is to help students improve their academic reading and writing abilities.

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    2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR

    FALL SEMESTER
    A LEVEL READING-WRITING
    prepared by Murat TÜRK,MA.
    WHO IS YOUR TEACHER?
    Name:
    Age:
    Place of Birth:
    University:
    Marital Status:

    ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ME?



    WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS
    SEMESTER?
    COURSE CONTENTS
    This semester we are going to do:
    READING
    WRITING
    GRAMMAR
    TECHNOLOGY WORK
    READERS WITH VIDEOS
    READING
    Textbook: READING FOR A
    REASON published by McGraw Hill
    READING
    Reading Texts in the White Book
    We are going to use them as mock
    exams to prepare for quizzes,
    midterms and finals.
    WRITING
    What is academic writing?

    In writing part of the course, we will do the


    following:

    SUMMARY
    CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAY
    COMPARISON-CONTRAST ESSAY
    ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
    GRAMMAR
    Grammar topics to be done this semester

    TENSES IN ENGLISH
    NOUN CLAUSES
    REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES

    PERFECT MODALS
    IF CONDITIONALS
    TECHNOLOGY WORK
    BLOG WRITING

    What is a blog?

    Has anybody created a blog before?


    Let’s visit the following website.

    www.blogger.com
    QUIZZES
    READING QUIZZES ARE NOT ANNOUNCED.
    1 READING QUIZ BEFORE THE MIDTERM
    1 READING QUIZ BEFORE THE FINAL

    WRITING QUIZZES ARE ANNOUNCED.


    CAUSE EFFECT: OCTOBER 27, 2010 10:15-12.00
    COMPARE-CONTRAST NOVEMBER 12,2010, 10:15-12.00
    ARGUMENTATION DECEMBER 24, 2010, 10:15-12.00
    ARGUMENTATION JANUARY 5,2010, 10:15-12.00
    QUIZ GRADES
    2 WRITING QUIZZES 20 % OF
    MIDTERM
    2 WRITING QUIZZES 20 % OF FINAL
    ATTENTION!!!
    PLEASE TAKE ALL THESE
    QUIZZES BECAUSE THEY ARE
    REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR
    MIDTERM AND FINAL WRITING
    GRADES…..
    IN CLASS WRITING
    1 SUMMARY
    2 CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAYS
    2 COMPARE-CONTRAST ESSAYS
    2 ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS

    BEST SEVEN WILL BE YOUR IN-CLASS WRITING


    GRADE
    BLOG WRITING
    Everybody is going to visit our class blog for some
    homework, activities, free language exercise,
    comments and so on.
    You will get a grade for your performance on blog
    writing as well.
    BLOGGER.COM
    READERS WITH VIDEOS
    4 READERS WITH VIDEOS
    KEY TO SUCCESS
    “Striving for success without hard work is like trying
    to harvest where you haven't planted”
    David Bly
    Philosopher

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