Transcript The Teaching of Paragraph Writing through the Internet

TEACHING PARAGRAPH
WRITING THROUGH THE
INTERNET
Benedict B.Dwijatmoko
Sanata Dharma University
Yogyakarta - INDONESIA
Course Identity
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The second course in writing
Given in the second or third
semester
Having two credits
Aiming at helping the students
acquire the skill to write paragraphs
Paragraph Writing Knowledge
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Type: declarative and procedural
Components:
♦Organization knowledge
♦Grammatical knowledge
♦Orthographical knowledge
Organization Knowledge
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concept of paragraph
controlling idea
major and minor support sentence
good development
unity
cohesiveness
genres
(syllabus)
Grammatical Knowledge
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Sentence elements (subject and
predicate)
Concord between subject and predicate,
noun and pronoun, and noun and article
Verb: finite and non-finite
Order: head and modifier
Orthographical Knowledge
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Capital letter
Full-stop, question mark, exclamation
mark
Comma
Classroom Activities
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knowledge acquisition
knowledge use
peer evaluation
self-evaluation
Knowledge Acquisition
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Understanding the concepts
Testing their concepts
Confirming the concepts
Evaluating the concepts
Knowledge Use
Writing the sample:
 write controlling ideas and paragraphs
 check the grammar
 check the punctuation
Paragraph requirement: at least 5
sentences
Peer Evaluation
Rubrics: grammar and punctuation
 Comments: organization skill
Students revise their work.
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Self-Evaluation (1)
Bases of Self-Evaluation
1. classmates' evaluation (rubrics)
2. classmates' comments (texts)
3. students' participation
Self-Evaluation (2)
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Grade they deserve
Reasons
Advantages
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Exposure to authentic texts
Analytical thinking
Grammatical awareness
Autonomous learning
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