About this Course

• 6.RW.1 Identify and employ methods used for avoiding plagiarism.
• 6.RW.2 Produce compound sentences with various conjunctions in pieces of writing.
• 6.RW.3 Produce proper citations and a Works Cited/ References page in MLA and/or APA style.
• 6.RW.4 Produce a 4-5 paragraph timed writing.
• 6.RW.5 Produce a 1‐2-page piece of academic writing using outside sources and proper citation.
• 7.RW.1 Identify and cite effective resources for use in academic or professional essays by evaluating bias, purpose, and
author’s stance.
• 7.RW.2 Respond to questions about academic material from sources.
• 7.RW.3 Produce proper in-text citation for summaries, paraphrases, and quotations.
• 7.RW.4 Produce a 5-paragraph timed writing with details and examples.
• 7.RW.5 Produce a 2-page piece of academic writing using 2+ outside sources and proper citation.
Learning modules
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Week 1
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Reading Comprehension "Amazon Rainforest" (www.ESLlibrary.com handout)
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Academic Reading Summary Questions "Amazon Rainforest"
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Group Project "Earth Sciences Jigsaw" (www.ESLlibrary.com handout)
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L6/7 How to Avoid Plagiarism Quiz
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Week 2
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L6/7 Students attended a UCO library presentation on locating sources in the library followed by checking them out.
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L6/7 Students produced a Works Cited page for their research papers and read and discussed an article in EAW3 Unit 4 about Plagiarism.
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Research: Students continued source research and added to their Works Cited page.
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L6/7 Brainstorming: Students wrote their thesis statements and prepared a T chart with pros and cons.
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Students produced an introduction for their papers.
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Plagiarism Quiz: Quoting/Paraphrasing/Summarizing
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Week 3
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Students completed, revised, and edited Body 1 of research papers.
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Students reviewed and practiced the 4 types of sentences(s, cp, cx, cpcx).
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Body Argument 2/3: Students competed Body 2/3 with counter arguments/concessions/refutations for reveiw.
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Students completed their level Study Guides for review.
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Research paper final draft submitted with Works Cited and documentation.
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Week 4
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L6/7 Students brainstormed and wrote a timed-essay using level appropriate COR worksheets.
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L6/7 Students reviewed their leveled Study Guides in preparation for the final exams.
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L7 Final Exam
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Grouped students corrected and reviewed leveled Study Guides.
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L6 Final Exam
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