本课程的设置充分考虑三个层面的训练和反馈：首先，精选优质语言输入材料。在词组和句型层面选取英美主流媒体地道优美的正式书面语材料；内容层面注重普遍性和全球性，因此话题选取了当代学生面临和思考的五个主要问题，即教育与就业、性别平等、旅行的要义、慕课以及家庭教育等；其次，练习和任务设计力图将语言表达和思维训练相结合。比如：要求学生就课文提问并用自己的话来回答（paraphrase），训练学生提问能力，同时训练地道英文表达；用自己的话写摘要（summary），训练总结概括和篇章组织结构能力。这些训练将语言表达和认知思维层面融为一体。最后，在评估反馈方面，本课程强调教师的示范作用。在线写作课的批改量大到不切实际，本课程针对这一实际情况，提供了写作课反馈的折中最优方案。本课程的每个练习都配有教师自己编写创作的参考问题和回答，以及参考范文。这样学生可以将自己的作业与这些范例和范文相对照，通过这种方式给予学生充分、持续、靶向性的反馈。另外，借助在线平台的便利，专设助教辅导答疑环节，以确保学生的问题能够及时得到解答与反馈。
Week1: Summary Writing
Introduction
Lesson1-Writing Skill: Summary Writing
Lesson2-Article Analysis: A Job or an Education
Test-1 for Lecture 1
Week2: Paragraph Construction
Lesson 1-Writing Skill: Paragraph Construction
Lesson 2-Article Analysis: Is College Worth It
Test-2 for Lecture 2
Week3: Support
Lesson 1-Writing Skill: Support
Lesson 2-Article Analysis: Women Earning More
Test-3 for Lecture 3
Week4: Topic Sentence and Thesis Statement
Lesson 1-Writing Skill: Topic Sentence and Thesis Statement
Lesson 2-Article Analysis: Women in Leadership & Why Men Fail
Test-4 for Lecture 4
Week5: Conciseness and Emphasis
Lesson 1-Writing Skill: Conciseness and Emphasis
Lesson 2-Article Analysis: One Small Step back to Where We Started
Test-5 for Lecture 5
Week6: Unity
Lesson 1-Writing Skill: Unity
Lesson 2-Article Analysis: Grand Isle
Test-6 for Lecture 6
Week7: Coherence
Lesson 1-Writing Skill: Coherence
Lesson 2-Article Analysis: Creative Destruction
Test-7 for Lecture 7
Week8: Five-paragraph Essay Layout
Lesson 1-Writing Skill: Five-paragraph Essay Layout
Lesson 2-Article Analysis: Equipping People to Stay ahead of Technological Change
Test-8 for Lecture 8
Week9: CET 4-6 Essays and IELTS & TOEFL Essays
Lesson 1-Writing Skill: CET 4-6 Essays
Lesson 2-Writing Skill: IELTS & TOEFL Essays
Lesson 3-Article Analysis: Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior
Test-9 for Lecture 9
Week10: Plagiarism and Documentation
Lesson 1-Writing Skill: Plagiarism
Lesson 2-Writing Skill: Documentation
Lesson 3-Article Analysis: Tiger Moms and Helicopter Parents
