73851716Writing Foundations 1 Survey
Course Information
Description
Writing Foundations 1 Survey is designed to help basic education students acquire the language skills necessary to succeed in higher levels of writing or academic writing, pass the GED Language Arts, Writing Test OR improve their writing skills for other goals.  Instruction is individualized, and the course covers basic grammar, sentence formation, capitalization/end punctuation and spelling.  Students will also complete a number of practice/assessment exercises and computer assisted instruction (CAI) assignments.
Total Credits
2
Course Competencies
  1. Use correct grammar.
    Assessment Strategies
    in a lab
    on standardized tests
    by simulated life and work situations
    Criteria
    you recognize simple nouns at a minimum 70% accuracy.
    you use designated pronouns at a minimum of 70% accuracy.
    you use simple present, simple past, and simple future verb tenses correctly at a minimum 70% accuracy.
    you use perfect tenses at a minimum 70% accuracy.
    you use adjectives and adverbs at a minimum 70% accuracy.
    you avoid the use of double negatives at a minimum of 70% accuracy.

  2. Apply sentence structure rules.
    Assessment Strategies
    in a lab
    on standardized tests
    by simulated life and work situations
    Criteria
    you compose complete simple sentences using standard basic English grammar and end punctuation at a minimum 70% accuracy.
    you combine sentences using modifiers at a minimum 70% accuracy.
    you correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences at a minimum 70% accuracy.

  3. Apply capitalization and end punctuation rules.
    Assessment Strategies
    in a lab
    on standardized tests
    by simulated life and work situations
    Criteria
    you use basic capitalization rules at a minimum 70% accuracy.
    you use end punctuation at a minimum of 70% accuracy.

  4. Apply spelling rules.
    Assessment Strategies
    in a lab
    on standardized tests
    by simulated life and work situations
    Criteria
    you spell simple sight words (such as in Fry List First 100 words) at a minimum of 70% accuracy.
    you verify spelling using print resources at a minimum of 70% accuracy.
    you spell and use basic homonyms at a minimum of 70% accuracy.