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Unit 3Written Communications and Writing ConventionsNotes for Teaching and Learning(continued)Suggestions for Assessment(continued)Writing Conventions4. Students at this level should have masteredthe fundamentals of writing conventions andterminology (including parts of speech,sentences, verb tenses, end punctuation, andsubject-verb agreement). However, studentswho demonstrate weakness in thesefundamentals should be required to dostructured review and practice.Instruction in writing conventions should beapproached as direct teacher-to-studentinstruction as far as possible. Grouping ofstudents should also be used as far as possiblein order to facilitate meaningful discussion ofthe conventions being taught. Students doingEnglish 3101A may be grouped with studentsdoing English 3102A for instruction inwriting conventions, as they are studying thesame material.Writing ConventionsInstructors should always use some kind ofdiagnostic measure to determine whetherstudents need instruction and practice in anyaspect of writing conventions. This willnormally be done through examining students’writing but, in some cases, it may be donethorough the use of a pre-test.Although student performance on practiceexercises and summative tests in writingconventions will be considered for a portion ofthe grade in this section of English 3101A, theprimary focus of assessment for gradingpurposes should be on the application ofwriting conventions in the finished work.Students should not be expected to completepractice exercises on any element of writingconventions without having first had therelevance of the component to their writingexplained and demonstrated by the instructor.While efforts have been made to select themost appropriate reference texts, no text canprovide sufficient explanation for the studentsto make the necessary connection to their ownwriting.Page 24 Curriculum Guide English 3101A
Unit 3Written Communications and Writing ConventionsNotes for Teaching and Learning(continued)5. Required Work 6 has students examine theuse of the colon and semi-colon. Explanationsfor colons and semicolons can be found inResource Lines 9/10 (pages 335-336), Guide toLanguage, Literature and Media (page 149)and Reference Points (pages 352-353; 365). Itis recommended the material in these texts beused as the basis of direct instruction with agroup of students.For Required Work 6.1, students will need topractice using the colon and semicolon. Whileany good language reference text may providepractice exercises in this, the following maybe recommended from the ABE Englishresource materials:“Colons”, Passages 12 Language Master 24“Colons ”, Communicate! Blackline Master5-13“Colon”, Crossroads 10 Language Master 39“Semicolon”, Crossroads 10 LanguageMaster 36“Semicolons”, Passages 12 Language Master246. Required Work 7 has students examine theuse of parallel structure. Explanations ofparallel structure can be found in ReferencePoints (pages 357-358), and Communicate!(pages 87-88). It is recommended that thematerial in these texts be used as the basis ofdirect instruction with a group of students.(Continued on following page)English 3101A Curriculum Guide Page 25
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