Day 24: Final Day of Classes!!

Dear students, 
After writing hundreds and hundreds of words here you are, at the end of your writing course. Today we will take a final look at the most important topics covered in class, evaluate the experience, and take a class photograph.

Shangai, China 
Caracas, Venezuela
Seoul, Korea
Istanbul, Turkey
Taipei, Taiwan
Tegucigalpa, Honduras 
Shenzhen, China
Beijing, China
Kaohsiung, Taiwan

I. Please take a few minutes to evaluate the final project of the class: Go to 
student survey on the final project


II. Class Photo


III. Now, please some time to complete the Instructor & Course Evaluation system (ICES).
 The Instructor & Course Evaluation System (ICES) is used across campus as the official instructor and course evaluation for faculty and teaching assistants. The ICES results are often utilized for course improvement, promotion & tenure review, teaching award decisions, and student registration assistance (via our "Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students" list). ICES results are only one indicator of teaching effectiveness and should be used in conjunction with other measures of teaching quality such as student learning outcomes, observations, document analysis, and self-review. (The Center for Teaching Excellence of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved from:
http://cte.illinois.edu/teacheval/ices/main.html

I wish everyone a great vacation!

Day 23: Final Project (5)

Objectives:
Students will be able to
a) review language use and how to achieve a formal voice in writing.
b) analyze and evaluate the case study memo for language use and formal voice.

I. Final feedback on oral presentations.
II. Language use in writing.
ppp 1
ppp 2

II. Putting the reflective essay together.

 Sources:
 Joukova, E. (2012). Engineering Activity based on the Heineken Case Study.
Formal Writing Voice, Business Tone, and Writing Clearly and Concisely (mini lessons). Retrieved from http://esl505ta.blogspot.com/

Day 22: Final Project (4)

Objectives:
Students will be able to 
a)  review and reflects on concepts about thesis statement and purpose.
b)  analyze the case study memo for thesis statement and purpose.

I.  Oral Presentations (final group)

II. Introductions, Thesis Statements vs. Problem Statements
a) Review what we learned about thesis statements. Go to Days 4 and 5 and review concepts learned about essays, introductions, and thesis statements.
b) Different types of writing: essays, summary-critiques, memorandum, case study, reflection, etc.
d) What about case studies? 
ppp   
case study #2 

• What are the parts of a case study?
• Check the first paragraph.  Does it contain a thesis statement?
• What is presented in the first paragraph of a case study?

e)  Write a reflection of what you have learned today?
f)   Go to the case study you are analyzing and see if the writer has included a statement of purpose in the first paragraph. Write a paragraph about this.

Day 21: Final Project (3)

Objectives
Students will be able to
a) review concepts associated with audience and purpose analysis.
b) write a reflective paragraph about these two elements with respect to the case study memo.
c) be aware of the differences and similarities between a thesis statement and a problem statement. 
d) write a reflection on the effectiveness of the problem statement in the case study assigned for analysis.


I.  Analyzing audience and purpose
PPP
prompt
ppp
II. Thesis statement vs problem statement
A problem statement is similar to a thesis statement:

Both describe the purpose of the paper.

Both have a claim that has to be proven.

Both are specific and focused

A problem statement describes a main issue in order to potentially solve it. That is why it is called a "problem" statement. In order to write the problem statement, we have to know exactly what the problem is, right? So, instead of having a thesis statement in the intro, a case study memo  will have a problem statement. 

 

A problem statement is different from a thesis statement:

A problem statement describes an issue intended to solve.

A problem statement includes a vision, issue statement, and steps used to solve the problem.

A problem statement is not a purpose statement (the purpose is to solve the issue)

In a recommendation memo, the audience already knows the background context, but what the audience wants to see is the problem statement and the potential solutions (recommendations) to the problem. So, this is why this particular case study recommendation memo has a summary of recommendations (potential solutions) in the introduction. This explanation connects back to audience and purpose as well.

Sources:

Materials and ideas come from the class, Review of Thesis Statement and Purpose & Engineering Acitivty 2.  Created by Janice Kim & Jin Kim summer 2012. Retrieved from

http://esl505ta.blogspot.com/2012/07/day-18.html

Day 20: Final Paper (2)

Objectives
Students will be able to
a) reflect on the feedback given to their summary critiques.
b) analyze the sample case study memo for audience and purpose.

I.  Reflecting on the Summary Critique

II. Analyzing audience in the sample case study memo
case study memo
PPP

Homework
Those of you who would like to work on your summary critique and submit a better draft can do so. Dateline for submission: Friday, July 27, midnight.

Day 19: Final Paper (1)

Objectives
Students will be able to
a)  identify and prepare for the different aspects required for the writing of the final paper.
b)  describe what critical analysis is.
c)  discuss the Heineken article.
d)  review what they learned about audience earlier in the semester.
e)  analyze purpose and audience expectations of a sample case study memo by studying its writing prompt.

I. Final Paper Assignment Details (20 min)
 ppp

II.  Oral Presentations: Writing Emails (20 min)
 Sheila, Ki Tae, and Young.
III.  Critical Analysis: What is it? (10 min)
ppp
IV.  A discussion of the Heineken article (10 min)

V.  A review of Audience and Purpose (10 min)
ppp 
an example

 VI.  Analysis of purpose and audience expectations of a sample case study memo from its prompt.  (10 min)

VII. Reflection (10 min) 

Sources
Critical analysis image retrieved from
 http://toughsledding.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/dont-let-positive-thinking-impede-critical-analysis/

Day 18: Introduction to Critical Analysis (1)

Objectives
Students will be able to
a)  revise the draft of their memo. Check it against the rubric.
b)  discuss business emails.
c)  learn about their final assignment: The Critical analysis of a case study.

I.  Writing a memo
a. Revising
b. Rubric

II.  Business emails
video  
PPP2
PPP1

III. Introduction to Critical Analysis
Read the following article for next class.