● Understanding academic tone and style ● Differences between academic and informal writing ● Overview of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising)

● Topic sentences and paragraph unity ● Supporting details and coherence ● Transitions and logical flow

● Essay outlines and thesis statements ● Introduction, body, and conclusion structure ● Paragraph development strategies

● Perfect tenses and tense consistency ● Passive voice in academic writing ● Modality for hedging and formality

● Introduction to AWL sublists ● Using context to understand new words ● Word families and affixation

● Expanded noun phrases ● Appositives and modifiers ● Correct use of parallel structure in writing

● Writing different academic essay types ● Using appropriate structures and transitions ● Developing arguments with examples and evidence

● Formal vs informal word choice ● Academic collocations (e.g., "strong evidence, " "clear correlation") ● Avoiding redundancy and wordiness

● Summarizing and paraphrasing techniques ● Avoiding plagiarism ● Citation styles (APA / MLA overview)

● Self-editing checklists ● Peer feedback strategies ● Finalizing academic papers

● Writing and submitting a final academic essay (250-300 words) ● Giving a brief academic presentation of your work ● Course review and individual feedback