现代大学英语中级写作课程教案

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英语写作中级（上）课程教案

I 授课题目：Unit One We Learn As We Grow

一、教学目的、要求：

（一）掌握：

1、To learn the basics of exemplication: → Definition → Kinds of examples → Sources of examples

2、To learn to outline expositive eays

知识点： → The definition and introduction of exposition and eay. → Exposition is explanatory writing.It‟s purpose is to explain or clarify a point.

→ An eay is a related group of paragraphs written for some purpose

（二）熟悉: → Practice the basics of exemplification

→ Practice outlining 知识点：→ Patterns of exposition, the choice of examples, the choice of appropriate examples, the organization of an exemplification eay:

→Types of eays, basic structures of an expositive eay, elements of the expositive eay → Types of outline, rules concerning outline

（三）了解：→Patterns of exposition, types of eays, types of outline proce analysis, cause-effect analysis, Comparison and contrast, claification, definition and analogy， narrative eays, descriptive eays, expositive eays and argumentative eays

二、教学重点及难点：

重点：Exemplification, types of outline；难点：Sentence outline and topic outline

三、课时安排：共4课时

四、授课方式：讲授、课堂快速阅读练习、课堂提问、写作实践讲解

五、教学基本内容

1 第一課

Exemplification

第一課 Elements of the Eay: Outlining

六、参考书目：《英语写作手册》，《美国大学英语写作》

七、作业和思考题：

第一次：Read on the subject and write an example paper of 200-250 words on the given topic.第二次：Read on the subject and write an eay of 200-250 words on the given topic, using either a single extended example or two or three short ones to develop your thesis statement.第三次： Ask students to practice outlining

八、课后小结：Emphasis on the writing procedure →

Prewriting-choosing a topic and exploring ideas

→

Drafting: getting your ideas on paper

→

Revising: strengthening your eay

→

Editing and proofreading: eliminating technical errors

II 授课题目：Unit Two

I Made It

一、教学目的、要求：

（一）掌握：

1、To learn the basics of proce analysis → Definition → Uses → Types → Methods

2、To learn to write thesis statement

知识点：→ The definiton and introduction of proce analysis → The function of proce analysis

→ The differences between thesis statement vs.topic sentence

（二）熟悉:

→ The areas the proce analysis is usually used.

知识点: → Functions of proce analysis:giving instructions, giving information and giving the history

→

Major types of proce analysis: directive analysis, informative proce analysis

→

Writing an effective thesis statement

（三）了解：The basics of proce writing and thesis statement

二、教学重点及难点：

重点：Organization of a proce paper, practice of effective thesis statement；难点：Guidelines on proce analysis, writing effective thesis ststement

三、课时安排：共4课时

四、授课方式：讲授、课堂快速阅读练习、课堂提问、写作实践讲解

五、教学基本内容第二課

Proce Analysis

第二課

Elements of the eay: The Thesis Statement

六、参考书目：《英语写作手册》，《美国大学英语写作》

七、作业和思考题：

第一次：Read on the subject and write an informative proce paper describing how you succeeded in doing something

3 第二次：Read on the subject and write a directive proce paper telling first-year students how to adjust to life at college.

第三次：Ask students to practise writing the thesis statement

八、课后小结：Emphasis on the writing procedure → Prewriting-choing a topic and exploring ideas

→

Drafting:getting your ideas on paper

→

Revising: strengthening your eay

→

Editing and proofreading: eliminating technical errors

4 授课题目：Unit Three College Is Not a Paradise

一、教学目的、要求：

（一）掌握：

1、To learn the basics of Cause-Effect analysis → Definition → Uses → Patterns

2、To learn to write an introduction to expositive eays → What to include in the introduction → How to write effective introduction

知识点：→ The definiton and introduction of cause-effect analysis → The function of cause-effect analysis

→ The writing of effective introduction

（二）熟悉:

→ The functions and areas the cause-effect analysis is usually used.

知识点: → Functions of cause-effect analysis: explaining why certain things happen, analyzing what will happen as a result

→

Major types of cause-effect analysis: focusing on cause and focusing on effects,

→

How to start and write effective introduction

（三）了解： the basics of cause-effect analysis and writing effective introduction

二、教学重点及难点：

重点：How to focus on cause or effects, How to start and write effective introduction；难点：How to focus on cause or effects, How to start and write effective introduction

三、课时安排：共4课时

四、授课方式：讲授、课堂快速阅读练习、课堂提问、写作实践讲解

五、教学基本内容

第三課

Cause-Effect Analysis

第三課

Parts of the eay: The Introduction

六、参考书目：《英语写作手册》，《美国大学英语写作》

七、作业和思考题：

第一次：Read on the subject and write an eay on any of the given topics analyzing cause.

5 第二次：Read on the subject and write, from your own experience, an eay analyzing the effects of anthing taught in cla.

第三次：Ask students to practise writing the introduction

八、课后小结：Emphasis on the writing procedure → Prewriting- choing a topic and exploring ideas

→

Drafting: getting your ideas on paper

→

Revising: strengthening your eay

→

Editing and proofreading: eliminating technical errors

6 授课题目：Four What Makes the Differences

一、教学目的、要求：

（一）掌握：

1、To learn the basics of Comparison and Contrast → Definition → Uses → Patterns → Methods

2、To learn to develop the body of expositive eays → What its structure looks like? → What it includes

知识点：→ The definiton and introduction of Comparison and Contrast → The function of cause-effect analysis

→ The writing of effective introduction

（二）熟悉:

→ The functions and areas the comparison/contrast is usually used., the general structure of the body of an eay 知识点: → Functions of comparison/contrast: clarifying something unknown, bringing one or both of the subject into sharper shape

→

Three patterns of comparison/contrast: subject by subject, point by point, mixed sequence

→

Familiarity of the general structure of the body of an eay

（三）了解： The basics of Comparison and Contrast and the general structure of the body of an eay

二、教学重点及难点：

重点：Three patterns of comparison/contrast: subject by subject, point by point, mixed sequence

General structure of the body: Beginning, Body and End

难点： How to organize a comparison/contrast eay, How to develop body paragraphs

三、课时安排：共4课时

四、授课方式：讲授、课堂快速阅读练习、课堂提问、写作实践讲解

五、教学基本内容

7 第四課

Comparison/Contrast 第四課 Parts of the eay: The Body

六、参考书目：《英语写作手册》，《美国大学英语写作》

七、作业和思考题：

第一次：Read on the subject and write a subject-by-subject eay of comparison/contraston any of the given topics

第二次：Read on the subject and write a point -by-point eay of comparison/contraston any of the given topics

第三次：Ask students to practise writing the body of the eay

八、课后小结：Emphasis on the writing procedure → Prewriting-choing a topic and exploring ideas

→

Drafting:getting your ideas on paper

→

Revising: strengthening your eay

→

Editing and proofreading: eliminating technical errors

授课题目：Unit Five It Takes All Sorts to Make a World

一、教学目的、要求：

（一）掌握：

1、To learn the basics of Claification → Definition → Uses → Methods

2、To learn to write the conclusion of expositive eays → What is claification? → What is claification used for?

知识点： → The definiton and introduction of claification → The function of claification

→ The writing of effective claification

（二）熟悉:

→ The functions and areas the claification is usually used., the conclusion of expositive eays 知识点: → Functions of claification:

To organize and perceive the world around us

To present a ma of material by means of some orderly system

To deal with complex or abstract topics by breaking a broad subject into smaller, neatly sorted categories.

→

The general pattern of claification

→

sentence patterns in claification

→

Familiarity of the the conclusion of expositive eays

（三）了解： The functions and areas the claification is usually used., the conclusion of expositive eays

二、教学重点及难点：

重点：some sentence patterns in claification

the conclusion of expositive eays 9

难点： Parts of the conclusion: a summary of the main points, or restatements of your thesis in different work.

三、课时安排：共4课时

四、授课方式：讲授、课堂快速阅读练习、课堂提问、写作实践讲解

五、教学基本内容第五課

claification

第五課 Parts of the eay: The conclusion

六、参考书目：《英语写作手册》，《美国大学英语写作》

七、作业和思考题：

第一次：Read on the subject and write a claification eay on any of the given topics 第二次：Write an eay of 200-250 words on any of the given topics.第三次：Ask students to practise writing the conclusion of the eay

八、课后小结：Emphasis on the writing procedure → Prewriting-choing a topic and exploring ideas

→

Drafting:getting your ideas on paper

→

Revising: strengthening your eay

→

Editing and proofreading: eliminating technical errors

10 授课题目：Unit Six

一、教学目的、要求：

What Does It Mean

（一）掌握：

1、To learn the basics of Definition → Definition → Types → Methods of Organization

2、To learn to write the title of expositive eays → What is definiton → Types of definition

知识点： → The Standard /Formal Definition → The Connotative/Personal Definition

→ The Extended Definition

（二）熟悉:

→ The functions and areas the definition is usually used., the title of expositive eays 知识点:

→

Functions and patterns of definition:

→ The Standard /Formal Definition is used to explain a term or concept your audience or reader may not know or understand, → The Connotative/Personal Definition is used to explain any word or concept that doesn‟t have the same meaning for everyone.

→ The Extended Definition is used to explore a topic by examining its various meanings and implications.

（三）了解： How to write an extended definition

How to organize an extended eay

二、教学重点及难点：

重点：Functions and patterns of definition

How to write an extended definition

How to write the title of an expositive eay 难点：How to organize an extended eay

How to write the title of an expositive eay

三、课时安排：共4课时

四、授课方式：讲授、课堂快速阅读练习、课堂提问、写作实践讲解

五、教学基本内容第六課

definition

第六課 Parts of the eay: The Title

六、参考书目：《英语写作手册》，《美国大学英语写作》

七、作业和思考题：

第一次： Read on the subject and write a definition eay on any of the given topics 第二次：Write an eay of 200-250 words on any of the given topics.

第三次：Ask students to practise writing the title of the eay

八、课后小结：Emphasis on the writing procedure → Prewriting- choosing a topic and exploring ideas

→

Drafting: getting your ideas on paper

→

Revising: strengthening your eay

→

Editing and proofreading: eliminating technical errors

Unit Six

Task One Definition I What is definition?

In talking with other people, we sometimes offer informal definitions to explain just what we mean by a particular term.That is, to avoid confusion or misunderstanding, we have to define a word, term, or concept which is unfamiliar to most readers or open to various interpretations.

Suppose, for example, we say to a friend:” Forrest is really an inconsiderate person.” We might then explain what we mean by “ inconsiderate” by saying, “He borrowed my accounting book overnight but didn‟t return it for a week.And when I got it back, it was covered with coffee stains.

Definition is the explanation of the meaning of a word or concept, and it is also a method of developing an eay.II. The ways to define a word or term

There are three basic ways to define a word or term

A.To give a synonym For example: „ To mend is to repair.”

Or “ A fellow is a man or a boy.”

B. To use a sentence (often with an attributive clause) For example, ink may be define in a sentence: “Ink is colored water which we use for writing.”

C. To write a paragraph or even an eay But a synonymy or a sentence cannot give a satisfactory definition of an abstract term whose meaning is complex.We have to write a paragraph or an eay with examples or negative examples (what the term does not mean), with analogies or comparisons, with claification or cause-effect analysis.III.When we give a definition, we should observe certain principles: 1.First, we should avoid circular definitions.“Democracy is the democratic proce.” And “astronomer is one who studies astronomy” are circular definition.2.Second, we should avoid long lists of synonyms if the term to be defined is an abstract one.For example: By imagination, I mean the power to form mental images of objects, the power to form new ideas, the gift of employing images in writing, and the tendency to attribute reality to unreal things, situations and states.

13 (picking up words, expreions from a dictionary , in the hope that one will hit) 3.Third, we should avoid loaded definition, Loaded definitions do not explain terms but make an immediate appeal for emotional approval. A definition like:‟ By state enterprise, I mean high cost and poor efficiency.” is loaded with pejorative emotional connotation.Conversely, “ By state enterprise, I mean one of the great bleing of democratic planning” is loaded with favorable emotional connotation.Such judgements can be vigorious to a discuion, but they lead to argument, not clarification, when offered as definition. IV.Types of definition 1.Standard/ Formal definition---denotation is a word‟s core, direct, and literal meaning. 2.Connotative/Personal meaning---Explains what you mean by a certain term or concept that could have different meanings for others.On the other hand, connotation is the implied, suggested meaning of a word; it refers to the emotional response stimulated by aociations the word carries with it.

A.For Americans, Water gate is aociated with a political scandal that means dishonesty.And more words are created with the suffix—gate to mean some scandal in English now, thus, Iran Gate, Intelligence Gate B.Dogs, in Chinese culture, may be quite a negative image.It is insulting to call someone a dog.What about the western people? In their eyes, dog is lovely and has good aociated meanings.They say “ Love me, love my dog.”

C.Imperialism means to us Chinese quite negative.Some of the western people may be proud of being imperial and imperialism itself.D.People everywhere may also share some connotations for some words.They are general connotations.Mother means love, care, selfle, etc.E.Let‟s get the gang together for a party tonight. (a group) Don‟t go around with that gang or you‟ll come to no good.(degraded group of people or group of criminals) Connotation can make all the difference.It is the mirror of your attitude.

14 3.Extended definition---is an eay length piece of writing using this method of development.V.How to write an extended definition

Follow 4 rules for a good definition:

1.Don‟t use the words “when “„where”, giving a definition.A common practice is to define the noun with a noun, adjective with adjective and so on. 2.Remember, that definition is not a repetition.3.Use simple and well- known term in your explanation. 4.Point out the distinguishing features of the term.

Unit Six

Task Two: The Title I.What is title? A title is a very brief summary of what your paper is about.It is often no more than several words.You may find it easier to write the title after you have completed your paper.A title may be a phrase which can indicate a topic of interest (i.e.your focus) and at the same time point towards a particular kind of discuion (your mode of argument).Accordingly, your title needs not only to indicate what the eay will be about, but also to indicate the point of view it will adopt concerning whatever it is about.II.The purpose of the title To give the reader an idea of what the eay is about To provide focus for the eay To arouse the reader‟s interest

III.How to write a good title Make it clear, concise and precise Use a phrase rather than a sentence Exclude all extra words IV.Other rules to obey Center it at the top of the first page.Use no period at the end or quotation marks Capitalize the first and last words Capitalize all other words except  articles (a, the)  the to in infinitives  prepositions containing one syllable

15  coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, etc)

A title leads, but a poor title misleads.Be sure that it is appropriate.Besides, be careful with the capitalization.Write an appropriate title for each of the introductory paragraphs that follow. 1.Title: _____Reactions to Disappointment___________________

Ben Franklin said that the only sure things in life are death and taxes.He left something out, however: disappointment.No one gets through life without experiencing many disappointments.Strangely, though, most people seem unprepared for disappointment and react to it in negative ways.They feel depreed or try to escape their troubles instead of using disappointments asan opportunity for growth.

2.Title: ____Annoying People_____________________

President Richard Nixon used to keep “enemies list” of all the people he didn‟t especially like.Iam ashamed to confe it, butI, too, have an enemies list—a mental one.On this list are the people I would gladly live without , the ones who cause my blood preure to rise to the boiling point.The top three places on the list go to people with annoying nervous habits, people who talk in movie theatres, and people who talk on car phones while driving. 3.Title: ___The Meaning of Maturity______________________ Being a mature student does not mean being an old-timer.Maturity is not measured by the number of years a person have lived.Instead, the yardstick of maturity is marked by the qualities of self-denial, determination, and dependability. 4.Title: _____College Stre____________________

Jack‟s heart pounds as he casts panicky looks around the claroom.He doesn‟t recognize the profeor, he doesn‟t know any of the students, and he can‟t even figure out what the subject is.In front of him is a test.At the last minute his roommate awakens him.It‟s only another anxiety dream.The very fact that dreams like Jack‟s are common suggests that college is a streful situation for young people.The cause of this stre can be academic, financial, and personal. 5.Title: __How to Complain_______________________

I‟m not just a consumer—I‟m a victim.If I order a product, it is sure to arrive in the wrong color, sixe, or quantity.If I hire people to do repairs, they never arrive on the day scheduled.If I owe a bill, the computer is bound to overcharge me.Therefore, in self-defense, I have developed the following consumer‟s guide to complaining affectively

16 授课题目：Unit Seven The Insight I Gained

一、教学目的、要求：

（一）掌握：

1、To learn the basics of Analogy → Definition → Uses → Methods of Organization

2、To learn to use transitions → What is analogy → The difference between analogy and comparison

知识点： → The field analogy is used

→ The difference between analogy and comparison

→ The patterns of analogy

（二）熟悉:

→ The functions and areas analogy is usually used., to learn to use transition 知识点:

→

Functions and patterns of analogy:

→ A comparison explains two obviously similar things and considers both their differences and similarities → An analogy compares two apparently unlike things, and focus only on their major similarities

→

An analogy is thus an extended metaphor—the figure of speech that declares one thing to be another

（三）了解： How to organize an analogy by the way ---subject by subject

How to organize an analogy by the way—point by point

二、教学重点及难点：

重点：Functions and patterns of definition

The differences between comparison and analogy

How to learn to use transition

How to organize an analogy by the way ---subject by subject How to organize an analogy by the way—point by point

难点：How to learn to use transition

How to organize an analogy by the way ---subject by subject How to organize an analogy by the way—point by point

三、课时安排：共4课时