ACAD 1601 WI001
Academic Writing
January – April 2020
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Lecture schedule

Jan 6introduction
Jan 8effective words and effective sentences
Jan 13summary and quotations
“They Say / I Say”, chapters 1-3
Bergamini, “The Importance of Zoos
Jan 15MLA and APA format and bibliographies
Jan 20response
“They Say / I Say”, chapters 4-7
Bergamini, “The Importance of Zoos
Jan 22essay structure
Jan 27workshop response essay
Jan 29library session #1
Feb 3academic dishonesty
Handbook, chapters 35 and 36
reading: Orwell
response essay due
Feb 5academic essay: social science
reading: Sikora, Evans, and Kelley
Feb 10mid-term test
Feb 12library session #2
Feb 24academic essays
Handbook, chapter 33
“They Say / I Say”, chapter 8
Feb 26Bee Quest
Mar 2Bee Questbibliography due
Mar 4Bee Quest
Mar 9academic writing and academic conversations and punctuation
“They Say / I Say”, chapters 9-10, 14
Mar 11workshop academic essay
Mar 16introduction to rhetoric and academic essay: humanities
reading: Gillam and Wooden
Mar 18effective sentencesacademic essay due
Mar 23academic essay: science
reading: Woodcock et al.
Mar 25academic proof-reading and assessment
Mar 30academic essay: education
reading: Puttick and Tucker-Ramond
Apr 1review



Marc R. Plamondon, Ph.D. Department of English Studies Nipissing University