ESAL 0480: Advanced Composition

Course Description:

This course reviews the paragraph as a component of the English essay. Emphasis is on the planning, development, and revision of multi-paragraph compositions. Students focus on specific problems with their writing and practice editing.

 

This online class environment was really enhanced by the teachers technology. The teacher had a great mic and camera set up so the students were much more engaged. Being able to see the teacher is more authentic and brings a face-to-face feel.

In the online environment students need to continually be coaxed to respond. The beast teachers are able to give cues and give students opportunities to interact. The are able to interact back to the teacher as well as with each other when properly guided.

This class had some really proficient english learners. Many pf them can read write and speak in structured sentences. This class seems like a community of writers, people who like writing, who are artistic.

Student difficulties that may arise:
  • Reading aloud to the class
  • Concise paragraphs
  • More is not better
  • the sentences that aren’t needed

 

General notes from the class:
  • T is asking students preferred name
  • T stresses importance of microphone
  • One from Kazakhstan!
  • Lots of students have an English name
  • S from china joining, it is 1:00am there.
  • I would not know how to pronounce these names. The T is good at knowing how to say them

 

  • Sounds like a fun writing course
  • journal entries are usually informal
  • “dangerous sports”
  • “travelling with friends of alone”
  • “morning person or not”
  • “good qualities of son or daughter”
  • how do they refer to your culture?

 

  • Topic is one word
  • every sentence in paragraph has to address the topic somehow
  • “topic sentence is like an umbrella”
  • visual analogies

 

  • This reminds me of like grade 10 English class; however the thesaurus was not online
  • using the textbook to teach
  • Good lesson for the use of the chat box