Course | Madison College Outline of Instruction

73851736Writing 3 PreGED

Course Information

Description

Writing 3-Pre-GED is designed to improve the learners' writing skills, so they can move into the GED-level writing course. The course covers grammar, sentence structure, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Using the writing process, students will also compose one-paragraph essays.

Total Credits

Course Competencies

Use correct grammar

Assessment Strategies

in writing and editing written samples

in oral communication

in simulated life and work situations

Criteria

you compose simple and compound sentences using standard English grammar according to Elements of Style by William Strunk, the Gregg Manual, the Gregg Manual or other established guidelines

you use correct forms of irregular verbs

you identify and use compound subjects and compound verbs

you use nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, pronouns, and conjunctions correctly

you use past participle and progressive tense

you speak using standard English grammar according to Elements of Style by established guidelines

you use correct tenses to indicate the relative order and relationship of events

you employ principles of agreement, including subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent

you correct grammatical errors in written material with 70% accuracy
Apply rules of mechanics

Assessment Strategies

in writing and editing written samples

with and without specified reference material

in simulated life and work situations

Criteria

you follow rules of mechanics according to established guidelines

you access reference materials as needed

you form contractions correctly

you punctuate compound sentences correctly

you use commas with conjunctions correctly

you use apostrophes correctly

you correct mechanical errors in written materials with 70% accuracy
Apply spelling rules and exceptions

Assessment Strategies

in classroom oral and written performance

with and without reference material

in simulated life and work situations

Criteria

you verify spelling using technical and print resources

you use homonyms and homographs according to meaning

you spell level appropriate sight words (such as Fry List)

you follow phonics, syllabication, prefix, and suffix rules

you spell words with 70% accuracy in final drafts
Compose complete sentences

Assessment Strategies

by writing sentences

through self and peer evaluation of written work

in simulated life and work situations

Criteria

you revise sentence errors to eliminate run-ons and fragments with 80% mastery

you use correct pronoun-antecedent agreement

you connect thoughts logically

you use word choice appropriate to the audience

you write sentences with 90% accuracy in final drafts

you use sentence variety to include simple and compound sentences

you follow standard editing procedures
Create written documents

Assessment Strategies

by creating written documents

by accessing resources from the library, Internet, interviews and other sources

in simulated life and work situations

Criteria

you follow the steps in the writing process (prewrite, write, revise, and edit).

you select necessary information

you organize information

you write simple paragraphs with a main idea and supporting details on familiar topics

you title a document

you write a final document which contains 70% correct spelling and grammar

you produce a final draft on a computer using word processing software (optional)