Basic Writing Skills II

1Grade

2.00Credits

semester not specified

Brett Collins

This class is instructed in English.

Togane Campus

This is the second part of Basic Writing Skills and is a required course for first year students in the Department of International Exchange Studies. It covers the fundamental skills of sentence structure, paragraphs, and the writing process. During the semester, students will further develop the portfolio of written work they started in the previous quarter and submit it at the end of the quarter as a course requirement.

Students need to take and pass the Basic Writing Skills 1 course first in order to register for this class. In each class students will study an aspect of writing from the class textbook, then practice the skills learned through short writings. In addition, the students will complete in-class writing assignments related to their textbook assignments. At the end of the course, students will submit a complete portfolio of their work.

Chapter 5 - Use irregular past tense verbs; Use the negative past tense with did not (pp.70-81)

Unit 1 Wrap-up; Chapter 4 vocabulary and grammar review

Time expressions; Comparative adjectives

Chapter 5 - Use time expressions and comparative adjectives (pp.70-81)

Use irregular past tense verbs; Use the negative past tense with did not

Use the past progressive; Use adjective + infinitive

Chapter 6 - Use the past progressive; Use adjective + infinitive (pp.82-94)

Assignment due: Book Activity Assignment 5 - What did your city build?

Use time expressions and comparative adjectives

Put background information before the topic sentence; Use verbs with that in a conclusion

Lesson: Chapter 6 - Put background information before the topic sentence; Use verbs with that in a conclusion (pp.82-94)

Review: Use the past progressive; Use adjective + infinitive

Preview: Book Activity 6; Unit 2 Review Assignment

Lesson: Unit 2 Review Assignment


Assignment due: Book Activity Assignment 6 - How did a place surprise you?; Unit 2 Review Assignment

Review: Unit 2 vocabulary and grammar

Preview: Use used to + verb; Use more/less + noun

Lesson: Chapter 7 - Use used to + verb; Use more/less + noun (pp.96-107)

Review: Book Activity 6; Unit 2 Review Assignment

Preview: Use instead; Use more/less + long adjective

Lesson: Chapter 7 - Use instead; Use more/less + long adjective (pp.96-107)

Review: Use used to + verb; Use more/less + noun

Preview: Book Activity 7; Use will (not) + verb; Use can + verb

Lesson: Chapter 8 - Use will (not) + verb; Use can + verb  (pp.108-119)

Assignment due: Book Activity Assignment 7 - Who are 21st century teenagers?

Review: Use instead; Use more/less + long adjective

Preview: Use maybe and then; Use gerunds after prepositions

Lesson: Chapter 8 - Use maybe and then; Use gerunds after prepositions (pp.108-119)

Review: Use will (not) + verb; Use can + verb

Preview: Book Activity 8; Use could (not) + verb; Use so that

Lesson: Chapter 9 - Use could (not) + verb; Use so that (pp.120-131)

Assignment due: Book Activity Assignment 8 - What does your future look like?

Review: Use maybe and then; Use gerunds after prepositions

Preview: Use maybe and then; Use gerunds after prepositions

Lesson: Chapter 9 - Use also; Use verbs followed by gerunds (pp.120-131)

Review: Use maybe and then; Use gerunds after prepositions

Preview: Book Activity 9; Unit 3 Review Assignment

Lesson: Unit 3 Review Assignment


Assignments due: Book Activity Assignment 9 - Who is your country proud of?; Unit 3 Review Assignment

Review: Unit 3 vocabulary and grammar

Preview: S2 Report; Portfolio check

Lesson: Course Review and Completed Portfolio Submission

Review: Book Activity 9; Unit 3 Review Assignment

Assignment due: S2 Report

Students will be assessed on an ongoing basis based on the following criteria:

Portfolio Assignments 45 points

Participation         15 points

S2 Report         10 points

Total         70 points

Feedback on assignments:

Explanation during next class or written comments

About Lesson Preview and Review:
As part of this course, students are expected to preview upcoming class content, as well as to review the content of the previous classes. In addition to this, teachers will assign, preview and review activities as part of the regular homework assignments. Assessment of how fully students are previewing and reviewing the lesson content, as well as how successfully they have completed the preview and review activities assigned, is included in the Homework and Class Participation section of the assessment guidelines set out below. Preview and review of course content is an essential aspect of language learning, therefore, in order to pass this course and achieve a good passing grade, please ensure that you do this to the best of your abilities.

TRIO Writing 2

Alice Savage & Colin Ward

Oxford University Press

9780194854115

Students should have their own paper or electronic dictionary. Online dictionaries and smartphone apps are not allowed.

Note:
The textbook for Basic Writing Skills A is Trio Writing 2 (green coloring). Students must purchase their own copy of this textbook by the second class meeting. The textbook is available in the JIU bookstore.  

Please see your schedule for your classroom.

Please ask your individual teacher for details of their office hours in the first lesson.

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