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ESL Writing A for Beginners (Pre-1)Course Description:Reading and writing skills that establish foundation for English literacy. Material is based on personal life, familiar topics, and American customs. Focus is on vocabulary, introduction to reading passages, and accuracy in sentence-level writing.Course Measurable Objectives:1. Write and spell vocabulary.2. Write sentences about personal life and family.3. Write sentences with specific detail about holidays.4. Use a variety of brainstorming techniques to generate ideas for writing.5. Identify parts of simple sentences.6. Edit simple sentences and short paragraphs for basic capitalization and punctuation – SLO assessed.7. Reconstruct stories in logical order – SLO assessed.8. Give examples of descriptive adjectives when writing about an object, person, event, or location.9. Identify and apply vocabulary building strategies.ESL Writing ACourse Description:Beginning level reading and writing skills using familiar topics and American customs. Focus is on combining sentences and learning vocabulary.Course Measurable Objectives:1. Skim and scan reading passages for main idea and specific information.?2. Identify vocabulary building strategies, such as using personal dictionaries and contextual cues.3. Interpret familiar words, phrases, and high frequency expressions from learned material.4. Write simple sentences based on personal or familiar topics using accurate grammatical structure and coordinating conjunctions.5. Edit simple sentences and short paragraphs for grammar, capitalization, and punctuation – SLO assessed.6. Respond accurately to a sequenced set of written instructions.7. Employ descriptive adjectives in sentences and paragraphs that describe an object, a person, an event, or a location.8. Write a series of related sentences in paragraph form that support a main sentence – SLO assessed.ESL Writing BCourse Description:Intermediate level reading and writing using a variety of reading materials and writing topics. Abridged book reports, process writing, and peer editing, primarily at paragraph level.Course Measurable Objectives:1. Identify the main idea of a passage through skimming or paced readings.?2. Identify the supporting details and examples in reading passages through scanning.3. Construct compound and complex sentences with accuracy.4. Utilize conjunctions and transitions in writings.5. Perform pre-writing activities, such as brainstorming, clustering, and outlining.?6. Edit writing for spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammatical forms – SLO assessed.7. Write paragraphs on familiar topics including topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence.?8. Write paragraphs using various rhetorical modes.?9. Write a simple letter or email expressing opinions and sentiments – SLO assessed.10. Write personal journal entries.?11. Infer meaning of new words through context.ESL Writing CCourse Description:Advanced level reading and writing proficiency using a range of genres. Process writing to facilitate academic preparation and workplace advancement. Focus on interpretation of authentic material and development of editing strategies.Course Measurable Objectives:1. Employ pre writing activities, such as clustering, listing, and freewriting.2. Outline a multi-paragraph composition including introduction, body, and conclusion – SLO assessed.3. Write a thesis statement that clearly states the essay topic and controlling idea.4. Write a conclusion including the restatement of the thesis.5. Connect ideas by using appropriate transitional words in writing.6. Summarize articles by outlining and paraphrasing – SLO assessed.7. Write a multi-paragraph composition using various rhetorical modes, such as narrative, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, and process analysis.8. Revise errors in writing for grammatical form, word choice, spelling, mechanics, and organization. ................
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