About this Course
For the course syllabus, student forms, and policies, please refer to Student Resources on the TLC website.
https://www.thelanguagecompany.com/index.php?student-resources
Course Objectives
- 9.RW.1 Produce plans for timely completion of an academic writing project.
- 9.RW.2 Produce an in-depth academic or professional project with at least 3 outside sources (business proposal, case study, research paper, etc.) that adheres to academic formatting guidelines.
- 9.RW.3 Evaluate information as effective or ineffective by evaluating bias, tone, purpose, and quality of research.
Learning modules
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Week 1
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Class theme discussion
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Timed, in-class paragraph: What are you passionate about?
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Self-assessment
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Corrections to in-class paragraph
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Week 1 in-class essay
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Read article 1 (No-vacation nation)
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Week 2
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Sentence correction worksheet & discussion
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No-vacation nation: vocabulary
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No-vacation nation: Reading comprehension questions
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No-vacation nation: Summary and 1 paraphrased sentence
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In-class practice with general and specific language + article review
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Research paper thesis proposal
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Narrowing a research paper topic: class discussion and practice
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Week 3
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Summaries of sources 1 and 2
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Essay outline
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Summary of source 3
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Teacher conference
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In-class work: outlines
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Find third source
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Week 4
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First draft
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Final draft
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Revision and editing
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Revision and editing
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About the Instructor
Christina Stefanik
TLC Director of Curriculum & SystemsBorn and raised in Cleveland, I currently reside in Columbus, Ohio. I've spent some years in both Germany and Austria as a student (high school, undergraduate, and graduate). I'm passionate about language, travel, politics, history, and food. I received my BA and BS degrees from Heidelberg University and both of my MA degrees from Bowling Green State University. I've been with TLC since 2009 and thoroughly enjoying working with international students.
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