Introduction to the course - WRITING ORGANIZATION

English as a Second Language  

Level: Advanced

"Writing is making sense of life." -- Nadine Gordimer

NAME OF THE COURSE:
 WRITING ORGANIZATION

 Goal and Objectives: 

- This course is aimed at developing your writing skills and critical thinking.  Upon the end of the course, you:

- Will be familiar with basic concepts regarding the process of writing as well as with writing organization (e.g. brainstorming, selection of topics, coherence, unity, parallelism, modulators, and so on).

- Will be familiar with ten of the most common paragraph structures.

- Will be able to write well organized and coherent paragraphs, using the ten basic structures seen throughout the course. 

 Let's Get Started: 

ACTIVITY 1:  
(Work with a peer or two to do this assignment)

Watch the video below.
Write down the main points.
Discuss with your peers and answer the questions:

What is writing?
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What are the main elements in writing?

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Now let's discuss with the rest of the class your conclusions!

To continue with the course 

Let's GO to PAGE No. 2