Academic Writing
Autumn
2017
Instructor: Chris
Elvin
Email: chriselvin@gmail.com
Course Description
Welcome to Academic Writing. This class is designed to accomplish the following:
1) Write a 1500-word research
essay.
2) Write direct and indirect quotations.
3) Paraphrase and summarize.
4) Use APA style to cite sources
and compile reference lists.
Course Assessment and Grading Criteria
50% A 1500-word research essay, which should
include a detailed map or outline, and at least seven APA formatted in-text
citation markers together with their corresponding correctly formatted
references.
30% A portfolio of all the work that you downloaded
and did in class or finished for homework.
10% A
mid-term in-class essay
10% A
final in-class essay
Attendance
Policy
You are expected to attend ALL classes. Your
absences may affect your final grade.
Two or
three late arrivals count as one absence. If you are very late or wilfully
late, you will be considered absent. There is a grade ceiling policy depending
on the absences you have from class.
Good luck!
Chris Elvin
Download Course Outline
HOMEWORK
You should check this blog every week; homework, including downloading is your responsibility.
Download Chapter 1 of Advanced Academic Writing Workbook (AAWW).
