Course Weekly Lecture Plan

Week	Topic
1	Introduction to course, explanation of course objectives, speed reading exercises
2	Reading and analyzing various texts, making use of info in them, basic citation rules
3	Incorporating information taken from a text into a paragraph, simple citation
4	Interpretation of graphs & charts and using them in writing
5	Introduction to Cause& Effect essay, critical thinking and reading exercises
6	Working on essay writing- content, organization, structure language
7	Cause &Effect essay writing, pairwork and peer evaluation
8	Midterm exam
9	Introduction to argumentative essay, reading and analyzing text controversial issues
10	class debate, reading
11	Writing argumentative essay, analying text to elicit relevant info to be used in the essay
12	Analyzing argumentative essays, exercises dealing with both sides of an issue
13	Revising argumentative essay writing and feedback on homework
14	Mock exam