CEE- WRITTEN EXPRESSION
Weekly outline
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Course Content
Lesson
Content
Objective
Punctuation Rules
- Commas
- Semi colons
- Colons
- Quotation Marks
To indicate the structure of a sentence.
The Use of Capital Letters
Knowing the general rules that govern the use of the capital letters in English.
Learning the structural units which create meaning
- Clauses
o Independent Clauses
o Dependent Clauses
§ Noun Clauses
§ Adjective Clauses
§ Adverb Clauses
- Kinds of Sentences
o Simple Sentences
o Compound Sentences
o Complex Sentences
o Compound-Complex Sentences
Learning the structural units which create meaning
Knowledge of how groups of words function to convey units of thought further enhances our ability to communicate clearly.
Expanding Sentence Patterns
Expansion Through: modification, subordination, coordination and/ or substitution
Using Parallel Structure and Fixing Sentence Problems
o Parallelism with Coordinators: And, Or, But
o Parallelism with Correlative (Paired) Conjunctions
o Sentence Fragments
o Choppy Sentences
o Run – Sentences and Comma Splices
o Stringy Sentences
Determining meaning through context
Use of dictionaries connotations and denotation
- Three Parts of a paragraph
o Topic Sentence
o Supporting Sentences
o Concluding Sentence
- Unity and Coherence
o Unity
o Coherence
§ Repetition of key nouns
§ Key noun substitutes
§ Consistent Pronouns
§ Transition signals
§ Logical order
ü Understanding the Writing Process
ü Shaping Paragraphs
Types of Paragraphs
- Narrative paragraphs
- Supporting sentences for Narrative paragraphs
- ACTIVITIES
- Descriptive Paragraphs
o Supporting Sentences for Descriptive paragraphs
- ACTIVITIES
Assessment and Evaluation
Continuous Assessment
ü 50%
Final Assessment
ü Exam 50%
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