Written Expression Syllabus | USMT Cours en ligne

Accueil Cours année universitaire 2024/2025

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.
	The Phrases	Learning the structural units which create meaning
	The Sentence Structure - 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
	Sentence Patterns	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 - Parallelism o Parallelism with Coordinators: And, Or, But o Parallelism with Correlative (Paired) Conjunctions - Sentence Problems 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
	Paragraph Structure - 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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