ACAD 1601 WI010
Academic Writing
January – April 2020
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Lecture schedule

Jan 7introduction
effective words and effective sentences
Jan 14summary and quotations
“They Say / I Say”, chapters 1-3
Bergamini, “The Importance of Zoos
MLA and APA format and bibliographies
Jan 21response
“They Say / I Say”, chapters 4-7
Bergamini, “The Importance of Zoos
essay structure
Jan 28workshop response essay (8:30 – 9:50)
library session #1 (10:00 – 11:20)
Feb 4academic dishonesty
Handbook, chapters 35 and 36
reading: Orwell
academic essay: social science
reading: Sikora, Evans, and Kelley
response essay due
Feb 11mid-term test (8:30 – 9:50)
library session #2 (10:00 – 11:20)
Feb 25academic essays
Handbook, chapter 33
“They Say / I Say”, chapter 8
Bee Quest
Mar 3Bee Questbibliography due
Mar 10academic writing and academic conversations and punctuation
“They Say / I Say”, chapters 9-10, 14
workshop academic essay (10:00 – 11:20)
Mar 17introduction to rhetoric and academic essay: humanities
reading: Gillam and Wooden
effective sentences
academic essay due
Mar 24academic essay: science
reading: Woodcock et al.
academic proof-reading and assessment
Mar 31academic essay: education
reading: Puttick and Tucker-Ramond
review



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