Teaching Workshop: Italian Writing

A.Y. 2024/2025
3
Max ECTS
20
Overall hours
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The teaching workshop provides the knowledge of the main skills required to write short and structured texts of an expository and argumentative type and proposes to the students to put them into practice.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge of the basic information necessary to produce short and structured texts of an expository and argumentative type; ability to write them.
Single course

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Course syllabus and organization

1

Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
Lesson1
Text and its characteristics
Lesson 2
Text typology
Lesson 3
Text typology (second part)
Lesson 4
Orthography, punctuation, typing
Lesson 5
The five paragraph essay
Lesson 6
The writing process
Lesson 7
Looking for and finding materials; analyzing and evaluating them; paraphrasing and summarizing documents
Lesson 8
Creating of a textual outline
Lesson 9
Writing the first draft
Lesson 10
Revising and correcting the essay
Prerequisites for admission
None.
Teaching methods
The teaching consists of asynchronous lessons, uploaded on the ARIEL platform; the teacher assigns materials to be studied and activities to be carried out on a weekly basis, then providing feedback to the students. There are exercises aimed at verifying knowledge and others aimed at controlling the acquisition of skills. During the laboratory, the students will then produce at least one argumentative or expository text according to the instructions given by the tutor.
Teaching Resources
The materials are made available through the Ariel site
Assessment methods and Criteria
Verification of learning takes place through verification of effective attendance at all lectures and performance of the proposed activities.
- University credits: 3
Humanities workshops: 20 hours

2

Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
Lesson1
Text and its characteristics
Lesson 2
Text typology
Lesson 3
Text typology (second part)
Lesson 4
Orthography, punctuation, typing
Lesson 5
The five paragraph essay
Lesson 6
The writing process
Lesson 7
Looking for and finding materials; analyzing and evaluating them; paraphrasing and summarizing documents
Lesson 8
Creating of a textual outline
Lesson 9
Writing the first draft
Lesson 10
Revising and correcting the essay
Prerequisites for admission
None
Teaching methods
The teaching consists of asynchronous lessons, uploaded on the ARIEL platform; the teacher assigns materials to be studied and activities to be carried out on a weekly basis, then providing feedback to the students. There are exercises aimed at verifying knowledge and others aimed at controlling the acquisition of skills. During the laboratory, the students will then produce at least one argumentative or expository text according to the instructions given by the tutor.
Teaching Resources
The materials are made available through the Ariel site
Assessment methods and Criteria
Verification of learning takes place through verification of effective attendance at all lectures and performance of the proposed activities.
- University credits: 3
Humanities workshops: 20 hours

3

Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
Lesson1
Text and its characteristics
Lesson 2
Text typology
Lesson 3
Text typology (second part)
Lesson 4
Orthography, punctuation, typing
Lesson 5
The five paragraph essay
Lesson 6
The writing process
Lesson 7
Looking for and finding materials; analyzing and evaluating them; paraphrasing and summarizing documents
Lesson 8
Creating of a textual outline
Lesson 9
Writing the first draft
Lesson 10
Revising and correcting the essay
Prerequisites for admission
None.
Teaching methods
The teaching consists of asynchronous lessons, uploaded on the ARIEL platform; the teacher assigns materials to be studied and activities to be carried out on a weekly basis, then providing feedback to the students. There are exercises aimed at verifying knowledge and others aimed at controlling the acquisition of skills. During the laboratory, the students will then produce at least one argumentative or expository text according to the instructions given by the tutor.
Teaching Resources
The materials are made available through the Ariel site
Assessment methods and Criteria
Verification of learning takes place through verification of effective attendance at all lectures and performance of the proposed activities.
- University credits: 3
Humanities workshops: 20 hours
Professor: Giuliano Maria

4

Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Lesson1
Text and its characteristics
Lesson 2
Text typology
Lesson 3
Text typology (second part)
Lesson 4
Orthography, punctuation, typing
Lesson 5
The five paragraph essay
Lesson 6
The writing process
Lesson 7
Looking for and finding materials; analyzing and evaluating them; paraphrasing and summarizing documents
Lesson 8
Creating of a textual outline
Lesson 9
Writing the first draft
Lesson 10
Revising and correcting the essay
Prerequisites for admission
None
Teaching methods
The teaching consists of asynchronous lessons, uploaded on the ARIEL platform; the teacher assigns materials to be studied and activities to be carried out on a weekly basis, then providing feedback to the students. There are exercises aimed at verifying knowledge and others aimed at controlling the acquisition of skills. During the laboratory, the students will then produce at least one argumentative or expository text according to the instructions given by the tutor.
Teaching Resources
The materials are made available through the Ariel site
Assessment methods and Criteria
Verification of learning takes place through verification of effective attendance at all lectures and performance of the proposed activities.
- University credits: 3
Humanities workshops: 20 hours
Professor: Giuliano Maria

5

Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Lesson1
Text and its characteristics
Lesson 2
Text typology
Lesson 3
Text typology (second part)
Lesson 4
Orthography, punctuation, typing
Lesson 5
The five paragraph essay
Lesson 6
The writing process
Lesson 7
Looking for and finding materials; analyzing and evaluating them; paraphrasing and summarizing documents
Lesson 8
Creating of a textual outline
Lesson 9
Writing the first draft
Lesson 10
Revising and correcting the essay
Prerequisites for admission
None
Teaching methods
The teaching consists of asynchronous lessons, uploaded on the ARIEL platform; the teacher assigns materials to be studied and activities to be carried out on a weekly basis, then providing feedback to the students. There are exercises aimed at verifying knowledge and others aimed at controlling the acquisition of skills. During the laboratory, the students will then produce at least one argumentative or expository text according to the instructions given by the tutor.
Teaching Resources
The materials are made available through the Ariel site
Assessment methods and Criteria
Verification of learning takes place through verification of effective attendance at all lectures and performance of the proposed activities.
- University credits: 3
Humanities workshops: 20 hours

6

Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Lesson1
Text and its characteristics
Lesson 2
Text typology
Lesson 3
Text typology (second part)
Lesson 4
Orthography, punctuation, typing
Lesson 5
The five paragraph essay
Lesson 6
The writing process
Lesson 7
Looking for and finding materials; analyzing and evaluating them; paraphrasing and summarizing documents
Lesson 8
Creating of a textual outline
Lesson 9
Writing the first draft
Lesson 10
Revising and correcting the essay
Prerequisites for admission
None
Teaching methods
The teaching consists of asynchronous lessons, uploaded on the ARIEL platform; the teacher assigns materials to be studied and activities to be carried out on a weekly basis, then providing feedback to the students. There are exercises aimed at verifying knowledge and others aimed at controlling the acquisition of skills. During the laboratory, the students will then produce at least one argumentative or expository text according to the instructions given by the tutor.
Teaching Resources
The materials are made available through the Ariel site
Assessment methods and Criteria
Verification of learning takes place through verification of effective attendance at all lectures and performance of the proposed activities.
- University credits: 3
Humanities workshops: 20 hours