Essay Questions In a five paragraph, persuasive essay, address one of the following essay topics below.
The topic of the essay: Is Santiago a prideful man? Why or why not?
Be sure to support your statements with details from the novel.
Be sure to include proper references.
Submit three files that show the writing process – labeled as:
1. Rough Notes
2. Rough Essay
3. Final Essay
TheWriting Program
PIECES OF WRITING YOU WILL SUBMIT:
1. The Shortest Short Story
2. Five Paragraph Essay
3. Newspaper Article
4. Persuasive Essay
5. Analytical Essay
RATIONALE
The ENG 3U language unit is comprised of various elements; composition, which includes content,
organization, style and mechanics; Word Study; Speaking; Listening; Reading; Usage; Language Study. This unit is
not studied in a block, but is integrated with the study of literature throughout the programme. It is intended to make
students develop into better writers, readers, listeners, and speakers. At least one-third is devoted to writing, and
students will have ample opportunity to develop both academic and expressive writing skills. Formal grammar study
will focus on writing conventions and control of language. Students will become more aware of how the various
elements of language work. The aim of the Language Study unit is that students will understand and improve their
language usage, and the sophistication of their expression, both in written and spoken forms. As with this English
course in general, this unit strives to make students appreciative of the power of language, and to help them harness
this power within a thematic context.
OBJECTIVES:
1. To recognize the importance of and apply the conventions of standard English usage and form, when appropriate
and related to their own writing.
2. To appreciate and use writing as a means of intellectual and emotional expression (i.e. as a means of recording
and reflecting on experience and one’s responses to it), as a way of learning, as a vehicle for meaningful
communication with others, and as a means of developing and expressing one’s opinions and values (e.g. by
taking and expressing a position on an issue).
3. To understanding terminology associated with different forms of writing and with the writing process itself, and
use the writing process to extend and refine their writing abilities in a variety of contexts, and in a variety of
purposes.
4. To use electronic media to share ideas, experiences, and feelings with each other.
5. To understand that a variety of forms of writing (e.g. exposition, description) are required in all areas of study,
and use different forms of writing appropriately to organize ideas.
6. To understand and appreciate that personal writing (e.g. journals, diaries, and responses to literature) can reveal
personal identity and help shape the sense of self as unique individual and spiritual being.
7. To use reading to develop their spelling ability (e.g. to increase their knowledge of roots, letter clusters, variant
endings, and affixes).
8. To reinforce their ability to write an effective five paragraph paper (500-750 words), properly punctuated and
with few or no spelling errors. Approximately ten compositions.
9. To distinguish among the different types and uses of writing (narrative, exposition, description, argument), and
have an opportunity to write in each style.
10. To understand the different purposes, audiences, and contexts for writing, and identify and use appropriately
different types of vocabulary.
11. To understand and use a wide variety of forms and genres (e.g. narration, description, exposition, poetry).
12. To recognize and write sentences with the notion of style (loose, emphatic, periodic, balanced, and parallel
sentences)
13. To write reviews or analyses using critical evaluation or assessment.
14. To identify and follow the stages in the process of writing, including pre- and post-writing activities.
15. To communicate with real and varied audiences through letter writing.
16. To observe, read, and hear different kinds of language in use in different contexts (e.g. in classrooms, the streets,
business, newspapers, radio, professions).
17. To understand and appreciate the conventions of language (e.g. grammatical forms and patterns, spelling and
punctuation) as a means of clarifying meaning and writing effectively for a variety of audiences and in a variety
of contexts.
18. To demonstrate the ability to write a thesis statement using a topic, stating a purpose and suggesting a method of
proof.
19. To integrate quotations effectively in essays from primary source texts.
20. To understand the components of the writing process, and use the process to create written works.
CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS:
O1. listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes;
O2. use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes;
O3. reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most
helpful in oral communication situations
R1. read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to
construct meaning;
R2. recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help
communicate meaning;
R3. use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently;
R4. reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before,
during, and after reading.
W1. generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience;
W2. draft and revise their writing, using a variety of literary, informational, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate
for the purpose and audience;
W3. use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors,
refine expression, and present their work effectively;
W4. reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at
different stages in the writing process.
A BASIS FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE WRITING FOLDER:
General Guidelines for Writing Submissions:
a) save all forms of writing in your folder
b) date and label everything
c) use creative titles for all compositions
Layout of Information in Compositions
All information placed on the upper left-hand side of the page. No need for a separate title page.
a) Creative title (centred on the first line; includes a figurative and literal component)
b) Student name
c) Prepared for (teacher’s name)
d) Due by (date)
e) Composition No.
f) Course code
g) Rough drafts including editing remarks
ENG 3U WRITER’S SELF-ASSESSMENT:
Begin your journal with an honest self-reflection about your experiences as a writer, and
where you want to progress to at the end of the course. Below are some samples of writing goals:
• Work on focusing on one topic when designing my thesis; narrowing the focus of my compositions.
• Supporting more in my writing. Give more specific information so readers can assess the quality
of my arguments with the evidence I provide
• Experiment with alternatives rhetorical styles: several different leads (or conclusions or titles) and
then choose and work with my best.
• Try some new kinds of writing, beyond essay writing: personal experience narratives, longer
research papers, editorials, poetry, parodies, etc.
• “Brainstorm” topics or issues before attempting to write. Jot down as many ideas as I can, as fast
as I can. Then choose the best.
• When I read, start noting how professional authors begin and conclude their essays, novels and
short stories.
• Try a sustained piece of fiction: characters who change, logical plot, theme, the works.
• Try some poetry, both rhymed and free verse, as a way of developing greater originality of
expression.
• Pursue some personal idea in writing; investigate a special areas of knowledge within the thematic
concerns of the course.
• Continue to work on context, embedding essential information required when assessing an
argument.
• Tell more about your thoughts and feelings, about why events or ideas are significant. Give readers
a way into your pieces without being pedantic.
• Confer with myself more, trying to be more independent in deciding what works and what needs
more work in pieces of my writing.
• Get some group response to drafts-in-progress C or at least response beyond one friend.
• Spend less time conferring. Limit myself to one conference each class period.
• Spend more time at home on my writing: at least three evenings each week.
• Work on finishing more pieces of writing. Try not to abandon first drafts quite so soon.
• Start keeping and maintain a list of potential topics for development. Jot down ideas as they come.
• Ask a serious writer/friend to interview me when I am stuck on a topic.
• Work at organizing myself. Take time at the end of each day’s writing class to straighten my folder
and file papers. Make a special place in my locker to store my folder.
• Record my new skills on the skills list immediately after each editing conference or writing period.
• Take more time and care with final drafts or copies, and proofread when I=m finished with a pen
in hand.
• Proofread in particular for missing words and misspelled word endings
• Make more use of direct quotations, bringing arguments to life rather than simply paraphrasing
ideas.
Grammar and Writing Skills
Here are several on-line websites that offer basic grammatical concepts. Ensure that you cover all
the concepts listed below:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/2/
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.h…
https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/support/writi…
http://myeslcorner.blogspot.com/2009/10/20-places-…
http://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/english-gramma…
1. Pronouns
2. Verbs/Verbals
3. Prepositions
4. Phrases
5. Sentence Patterns
6. Subject/Verb Agreement
7. Ponoun/Antecedent
8. Pronoun Form
9. Verbs
10. Adjectives/Adverbs
11. Conjunctions
12. Semicolon
13. Comma
14. Apostrophe
15. Parentheses
14. Spelling
15.Diction
16. Sentences
17. Paragraph
18. Compositions
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/2/
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm
https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/support/writingcenter/resourcesforwriters/grammarandusage
http://myeslcorner.blogspot.com/2009/10/20-places-to-study-english-grammar.html
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