1. introduce coherence in academic writing & its importance
2. talk about how to be coherent in your academic writing
Warm-up Activity: Story Rounds
Directions: The whole class will be divided into 2 groups, and each group will have a piece of paper with one sentence on it. Only one person is allowed to read the sentence and write another sentence according to the information of the given sentence, and then he or she will fold it and pass it down to the next person. Each person can only read the sentence that the previous person writes, and write his or her own sentence.
The Hospital Task
Question:
After doing these 2 activities, what are some implications you can get?
What is COHERENCE then?
Coherence warm-up can be found here. Read these 4 paragraphs and discuss with someone next to you on the given questions.
So what exactly is Coherence that we are talking about in writing?
Coherence can usually achieved by using good transitions in writing, and those transitional devices can be found here and here.
HOMEWORK
1. Do the exercises on "Thesis Statement" & "Introduction" on Writer's Help ebook as a review, and this should be done before the class time next Monday (Sep 15th).
2. Work on your introduction (thesis statement) and body paragraphs (coherence). The revised version of your introduction and body paragraphs are due next Monday (Sep 15th) before class time in my email (xinliu6@illinois.edu) and Compass 2g.
Again, Writer's Help ebook!!!
Tutorial & Guides can be found here and here.
Get yourselves registered and do one exercise to make sure your name is on my list!
Hey everyone, I just uploaded a sample research paper than you can all read and get a general idea of what you are trained to do ultimately in this class. So here is the Sample RESEARCH PAPER.
In addition, here are 3 more sample research papers with illustrations and explanations. You can read them if you are interested, but we will definitely come back to those papers in the future. Paper 1 & Paper 2 & Paper 3.
