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ENGL000: Pre-College English
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Unit 1: The Importance of Writing and Getting Started
Unit 2: Unity and Support
Unit 3: Coherence
Unit 4: Using Sentence-Level Skills to Proofread and Polish a Piece of Writing
Unit 5: Writing a Multi-Paragraph Piece of Writing
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Course Syllabus
Five Cool Things about Writing
Speech vs. Writing
Language Communities
Interaction: The Difference between Speech and Writing
Identifying Purpose and Audience
The Four Keys to Good Writing
Model Paragraph and Outline
Activity: Paragraph Outlining
Personal Writing: A Definition
Being Specific in Personal Writing
Activity: Rewriting Statements
Prewriting
Unit 1 Assessment
Staying on Topic
Activity: Parts of a Topic Sentence
Common Errors to Avoid When Writing a Topic Sentence
Activity: Writing Topic Sentences
Four Things You Need to Know about Topic Sentences
The Three Es
Anticipating Reader Questions
Activity: Missing Support
Activity: Completing a Paragraph
Being Specific
Show Me, Don't Tell Me
Making Boring Sentences More Interesting
Comparing the Support in Two Similar Paragraphs
Red Flags
Activity: Distinguishing General from Specific Ideas
The Main Idea and Supporting Sentences
Activity: Organizing Ideas into an Outline
Unit 2 Assessment
Organizing Ideas into a Logical Order
Connection of Ideas
Developing Relationships between Ideas
Types of Transitions
Activity: Relationship and Transition Fill-in-the-Blank
Transition Words
Transitional Words and Phrases
Content Transitions
Unit 3 Assessment
Two Key Points about Sentence Skills
Parts of a Sentence
Activity: Identifying Subjects and Verbs
Basics about Fragments
Fixing Fragments
Activity: Find and Correct Fragments
Definition of a Run-On
Fixing Run-Ons
Activity: Correcting Run-Ons
Activity: Subordination and Coordination
Punctuation and Spelling
Advanced Comma Rules
Semi-colons, Colons, and Dashes
Apostrophes
Confused Words
Activity: Parallel Sentences
Activity: Consistent Point of View
Activity: Verb Tenses
Activity: Slang
Activity: Wordiness
Activity: Repetition
Activity: Non-active Wording
Activity: Diction
Unit 4 Assessment
Expanding the "Corner Store" Essay
Thesis Statements
Activity: Thesis Statement Writing
Introductions
Activity: Writing Introductions
Conclusions
Unity, Support, and Coherence
Model Essay: The Decision to Start College
Activity: Five-Paragraph Essay Writing
Writing a Five-Paragraph Essay
Sentence-Skills and Formatting Checklist
Unit 5 Discussion
Unit 5 Assessment
ENGL000 Study Guide
ENGL000: Certificate Final Exam
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