Grade percentage adjusted and finalized on Dec. 23, 2024. 

1. To get students familiarized with different types of essays.
2. To train students to write short English essays coherently and fluently.
3. Students are required to write weekly journal entries and present their essays in Peer review groups for the other peers to give you suggestions for further revisions.

Week 1	Introduction to the Textbook; Brain-storming; Writing draft in session.
Week 2	Peer review of draft 1 in session; use Chatgpt or other other online sources to improve your draft 1 and generate draft 2.
Week 3	Draft 2 returned in session; peer discussion again in session; draft 3 turned in at the end of the session
Week 4	Peer review of draft 3; reading
Week 5	response paper draft 1 in session and due at the end of class
Week 6	draft one returned; draft two done at session and due
Week 7	response paper finalized
Week 8	Personal consultation time available at the intructor’s office (A 1029)
Week 9	Assignment 3 draft one in session; due at the end of session
Week 10	peer review and discussion; draft 2 due at the session
Week 11	draft 3 finalized in session
Week 12	response paper draft 1 in session
Week 13	response paper draft 2 in session
Week 14	response paper draft 3 (finalized) in session
Week 15	final
Week 16	Final returned and oral presentation volunteer open to registered students (auditor not allowed from the beginning of the class)
Week 17	holiday
Week 18	digital week ((further revision to earn extra points + further oral presentation practice choice)

The Writer’s Response. (Available in Caves Books 敦煌書局, NCHU Branch).

1. 5 Essays + final (80%)
2. Attendance: 10% (2% deduction for each absence or extreme tardiness)
3. Peer review performance (presentation, summarizing and critical thinking ability) 10%
4. If you want to convert my final grade to a letter grade, the following is the conversion chart American Universities usually adopt: A= over 90, A- = 85-89, B+ = 80-84, B = 75-79, B- = 70-74, C= 65.