Unit 1 Understanding Writing
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini-Lecture : UnderstandingWriting
3. Writing Awareness
4. Writing Activities
5. Integrated Practice
6. Mechanics : Commas
7. Model Essay: My Romance withEnglish
Unit 2 Choice of Words
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini-Lecture : Choice ofWords
3. Writing Awareness: UsingEnglish-English Dictionaries
4. Sample Analysis
5. Writing Activities
6. Integrated Practice
7. Mechanics: Period and OtherEnd Marks
8. Model Essay : Youth
Unit 3 Styling Sentences
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini-Lecture : StylingSentences
3. Writing Awareness: RecastingYour Sentences
4. Sample Analysis
5. Writing Activities
6. Integrated Practice
7. Mechanics: Semicolons andColons
8. Model Essay: The Will toWin
Unit 4 Paragraph Writing
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini-Lecture: Writing StrongParagraphs
3. Writing Awareness: ProvidingSpecific Supporting Details
4. Sample Analysis
5. Writing Activities
6. Integrated Practice
7. Mechanics : CapitalLetters
8. Model Paragraph: The WinterMonths
Unit 5 Essay Writing
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini-Lecture- Essay Writing
3. Writing Awareness: ReaderAwareness
4. Sample Analysis
5. Writing Activities
6. Integrated Practice
7. Mechanics: Quotation Marksand Italics
8. Model Essay: PersonalTransformation
Unit 6 Writing Descriptive Essays
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini-Lecture: WritingDescriptive Essays
3. Writing Awareness : Figuresof speech
4. Sample Analysis
5. Writing Activities
6. Integrated Practice
7. Mechanics : TheEllipsis
8. Model Essay: The Avenue of Stars inHong Kong
Unit 7 Writing Narrative Essays
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini-Lecture: WritingNarrative Essays
3. Writing Awareness: The Toneof a Narrative Essay
4. Sample Analysis: An InterestingClass
5. Writing Activities
6. Integrated Practice
7. Mechanics: WritingNumbers
8. Model Essay: Fish Cheeks
Unit 8 Review
Unit 9 Writing Expository Essays (1)
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini Lecture: An Overview ofExpository Essays
3. Writing Awareness:Overcoming Writer's Block
4. Sample Analysis
5. Writing Activities
6. Integrated Practice
7. Study Skill (1) : Two Solutions toWriter's Block
8. Model Essay: The Great Wallof China
Unit 10 Writing Expository Essays (2)
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini-Lecture: Writing Cause-and-effectEssays
3. Writing Awareness: Opinionand Fact
4. Sample Analysis : Opinionsof China
5. Writing Activities
6. Integrated Practice
7. Study Skill (2) : WritingTimed Essays
8. Model Essay: A Student IsMore Than Numbers
Unit 11 Writing Expository Essays (3)
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini-Lecture: Comparison andContrast Essays
3. Writing Awareness: TheSignificance of Comparison
4. Sample Analysis
5. Writing Activities
6. Integrated Practice
7. Study Skill (3) : Reflective LearningJournals
8. Model Essay: GenerationNext
Unit 12 Writing Expository Essays (4)
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini-Lecture: Essays Basedon Graphics
3. Writing Awareness: Steps forData Description
4. Sample Analysis
5. Writing Activities
6. Integrated Practice
7. Study Skill (4) : IndependentStudy
8. Model Essay : Sources of Income forStudents
Unit 13 Writing Argumentative Essays
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini-Lecture : WritingArgumentative Essays
3. Writing Awareness:Qualifying Your Statements
4. Sample Analysis
5. Writing Activities
6. Integrated Practice
7. Study Skill (5) : The \CREAM\ Stragetyfor Learning
8. Model Essays: Can Money BuyHappiness
Unit 14 Practical Writing (1)
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini-Lecture: WritingLetters, Notes and Notices
3. Writing Awareness:Expressions & Letter Closings
4. Sample Analysis : letters,notes, and notices
5. Writing Activities
6. Integrated Practice
7. Study Skill (6) : Find theProfessor within You
8. Model Letters: Between aTeacher and Her Students
Unit 15 Practical Writing (2)
1. Appreciative Reading
2. Mini-Lecture: Cover Letter,resume , personal statement
3. Writing Awareness:Expressing Identity
4. Sample Analysis
5. Writing Activities
6. Integrated Practice
7. Study Skill (7) : What isYour Learning Style
8. Model Essay : I Am
Unit 16 Review
Appendix 1. Answers for Reference
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