＜授業の特色＞
Course Description

  In this course, students will practice critical thinking
  skills for writing a 3-5 paragraph essay.  They will learn 
  how to collect information, distinguish between facts and 
  opinions, and practice expressing their ideas clearly
  in an essay format.

＜授業の内容＞
Course Contents

  Week 1:       Introduction
  Week 2:       Using numbers (data correlation)
  Week 3:       Facts and opinions
  Week 4:       Data tables
  Week 5:       Writing an outline
  Week 6:       Sentence variety
  Week 7:       Proofreading
  Week 8:       Writing an opinion paragraph
  Week 9:       Peer review
  Week 10:      Peer review (cont.)
  Week 11:      Self-assessment (paragraph)
  Week 12:      Planning an opinion essay
  Week 13:      Vocabulary, grammar test
  Week 14:      Writing an opinion essay
  Week 15:      Self-assessment (essay)
  Week 16:      Final exercise
   
  Course homepage:  
    http://sakura.cs.shinshu-u.ac.jp/pauline/course/ae2/F2019/ae2.html

  Textbook:
    "Q: Skills for Success - Reading and Writing", Level 2, 2nd Edition

＜評価方法＞
Grading

  Students receive points for class participation, classwork, quizzes,
  and a final exercise to evaluate whether or not:

    * they can identify, write topic sentences for an essay
    * they can construct a 3-5 paragraph essay on a given topic
    * their vocabulary has expanded from the text readings
    * their grammar skills have improved from the class exercises

  The grading scale is shown below:

     Class participation, classwork, quizzes: 70%
     Final exercise: 30%

        S:  90-100%
        A:  80-89%
        B:  70-79%
        C:  60-69%
        F:  Less than 60%