Course Description:
In this course students learn how to write five-paragraph essays or longer, about topics in a number of academic
subjects such as English, Science, Sociology, Humanities and History. This course offers academic themes and writing
topics to assist students in adapting to student life at university as well as to equip them with critical thinking strategies
and skills needed for academic achievement. Various questions and topics are used to stimulate interest, activate prior
knowledge and launch the topic of the units. Graphic organizers are given for the organizing of information; ideas with
instruction, sentence practice and paragraph skills help build a solid foundation for essay writing.
Course Objectives:
- Understand the structure of a paragraph
- Understand the structure of an essay
- Understand various types of essays
- Write plans for essays
- Write better paragraphs, and gradually build to essays