My translingual writing curriculum design

	Essay 1 Literacy Autobiography	Essay 2 Reaction essay	Essay 3 Bilingual education in Taiwan
Teaching foci Instruction	Rhetorical strategies: sensory descriptions, descriptive details. Vivid wordings, similes, metaphors, sentence varieties, conversations, repetitions, episodic examples. Forms/organization Chronological organization showing important English learning landmarks.	Rhetorical strategies: Reporting verbs to show writer’s stance, transitions, tagging the author, learning what thesis statement and topic sentence are in order to summarize a reading. Paraphrasing strategies by changing key words and sentence structures, Forms/organization *Teaching the forms of thesis statement and topic sentence; *Teaching the CARS four moves of an introduction.	Rhetorical strategies:
Teaching materials	Reading materials: Canagarajah	Reading materials: Students are allowed to pick whatever reading they like to respond.	Yourube films: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=bdYKSc8s0DY https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=H_FC5VrTm9w Online articles: https://flipedu.parenting.com.tw/ article/5171 https://tw.appledaily.com/new/ realtime/20181011/1445281/
In-class Activities	*Group discussion about the rhetorical strategies used by Canagarajah; *Rhetorical practices in voice; *Peer review *Displaying Good writings	*Group discussion about and practices in rhetorical strategies of writing thesis statements and topic sentences *peer review	Discussing five questions: 1. Can bilingual education enhance Taiwan's international competitiveness? 2. Would bilingual education marginalize indigenous languages? 3. What kind of bilingual programs can work in Taiwan? 4. Can bilingual education increase social stratification? 5. Would bilingual education affect Taiwanese students' language identity and attitude?
Thinking practice	Recalling one’s past memories and making retrospection and reflection upon their language learning experience	*Critical thinking on a reading article, a movie, or an issue. *The writer is required to choose his/her position and explain why.	*Critical thinking on the upcoming language policy in Taiwan. *Designing survey questions to investigate the issues that they are interested in. Students need to learn how to break down an issue into questions that are researchable. *Team writing demands interpersonal skills, metacognitive strategies, and pragmatic negotiations
Requirement	*At least 1000 words	*At least 2000 words *Adopting at least 3 references to support their arguments	*At least 3000 words *Adopting at least 3 references to support their arguments *Collaborative writing *Survey