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    This document outlines a first year writing module that teaches students grammatical basics like parts of a sentence, sentence types, and common sentence problems. The module aims to help students distinguish different sentence types, identify sentence issues, write varied sentences accurately, compose paragraphs without a specified style, and write both descriptive and narrative texts of around 200 words. Students will be assessed through attendance, midterm tests, a final exam testing grammar and writing skills, and must achieve at least 50% of total grades to pass. The teaching schedule covers topics like sentence types, sentence problems, paragraphs, descriptive writing, and narrative writing over 15 weeks.

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    This document outlines a first year writing module that teaches students grammatical basics like parts of a sentence, sentence types, and common sentence problems. The module aims to help students distinguish different sentence types, identify sentence issues, write varied sentences accurately, compose paragraphs without a specified style, and write both descriptive and narrative texts of around 200 words. Students will be assessed through attendance, midterm tests, a final exam testing grammar and writing skills, and must achieve at least 50% of total grades to pass. The teaching schedule covers topics like sentence types, sentence problems, paragraphs, descriptive writing, and narrative writing over 15 weeks.

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    This document outlines a first year writing module that teaches students grammatical basics like parts of a sentence, sentence types, and common sentence problems. The module aims to help students distinguish different sentence types, identify sentence issues, write varied sentences accurately, compose paragraphs without a specified style, and write both descriptive and narrative texts of around 200 words. Students will be assessed through attendance, midterm tests, a final exam testing grammar and writing skills, and must achieve at least 50% of total grades to pass. The teaching schedule covers topics like sentence types, sentence problems, paragraphs, descriptive writing, and narrative writing over 15 weeks.

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    This document outlines a first year writing module that teaches students grammatical basics like parts of a sentence, sentence types, and common sentence problems. The module aims to help students distinguish different sentence types, identify sentence issues, write varied sentences accurately, compose paragraphs without a specified style, and write both descriptive and narrative texts of around 200 words. Students will be assessed through attendance, midterm tests, a final exam testing grammar and writing skills, and must achieve at least 50% of total grades to pass. The teaching schedule covers topics like sentence types, sentence problems, paragraphs, descriptive writing, and narrative writing over 15 weeks.

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    WRITING 1

    SYNOPSIS
    • This is the first writing module which ultimately
    offers first year students of English major as
    beginning writers grammatical basics (parts of a
    sentence, sentence types and sentence problems)
    within the sentence domain for the abilities of
    sentence construction and development. In line
    with this, students supposedly narrate such
    fundamentals to the composition of descriptive
    and narrative texts to convey complete ideas or
    messages.
    LEARNING OUTCOMES:
    • At the end of the module, students will (be able
    to):
    • distinguish different sentence types: simple, compound,
    complex, compound complex
    • identify common sentence problems (run-ons, comma
    splices, fragments, stringy, choppy sentences, parallel)
    • write sentence variety in accurate forms
    • understand writing paragraph of no specified rhetorical
    style
    • write descriptive and narrative texts of around 200
    words
    • locate and repair problems in their own paragraph
    writing
    ASSESSMENT
    • Attendance and Participation: 10%
    • Mid-term test 1 : 15%
    • Mid-term test 2 : 15%
    • Final Exam (Grammar + Writing): 60%
    REQUIREMENTS
    • To gain a pass in this subject, students MUST:
    • Achieve at least 90 % of total attendance
    • Achieve at least 50% of total grading
    TEACHING SCHEDULE

    WEEK CONTENT
    LEARNING MATERIALS

    1 Course Introduction

    2&3 Unit 1: Sentence types Unit 1- Course book


    4 &5 Unit 2: Sentence problems Unit 2- Course book
    6 Unit 3: What’s a paragraph? Unit 3- Course book
    7&8 Unit 4: Descriptive writing Unit 4- Course book
    9 Revision 1 + Progress Test 1

    10 & 11 Unit 5: Narrative writing Unit 5- Course book

    12 Revision 2 + Progress Test 2


    13 & 14 Revision 3 + Mock Test

    15 Revision 4
    RECOMMENDED REFERENCES
    • Brown, K. & Hood, S. (1989). Writing Matters. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    • Folse, K. S. et.al (2002). Greats Sentences for Great Paragraphs. America: Houghton Mifflin Company.

    • Fowler, W.S. (1989). Progressive Writing Skills. Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.

    • Guigu, G. (2002). Essay Writing for English tests. Academic English Press.

    • Haines, S. & Stewart, B. (1994). First Certificate Masterclass. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    • Hogue, A. (1996). First Steps in Academic Writing. Longman: Pearson Education.

    • Ingram B. & King C. (1996). From Writing to Composing. An Introductory Composition Course for
    Students of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    • Jolly, D. (1984). Writing Tasks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    • Kelly, C. & Gargagliano, A. (2001). Writing from Within. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    • Stephens, M. (1986). Practise Writing. Longman.

    • Oshima, A. & Hogue, A. (2006). Writing Academic English (level 4). Fourth Edition. Pearson Longman.

    • Withrow, J. (1987). Effective Writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    • Zemach, D. E., and Rumisek, L. A. (2005). Academic Writing: From Paragraph to Essay. Oxford:
    Macmillan Publishers Limited.
    QUIZ
    1. Collecting all ideas and choosing the best one is
    always a tough part of group work.
    2. Two main problems threaten the result of group
    work are personal conflicts and poor organization.
    3. A strictly management in controlling group work
    activities is really a good idea.
    4. This project not worth spending time and money
    on
    5. My favorite book is Jane Eyre. It has enlightened
    me on many issues.
    QUIZ
    6. The first thing should be mentioned here is that I have
    to schedule all subjects for my timetable which is
    suitable with the time I spent staying at university.
    7. Surprisingly, the dream comes true he becomes a rich
    boy with new shoes.
    8. I have only 45 minutes to leave my place of work and go
    to university on time, I do not have enough time to get a
    comfortable lunch.
    9. People often spend as much time worrying about the
    future as plan for it.
    10. One of the ways effective to manage time is to work out
    a detail schedule of daily tasks.
    January 2019

    Contents
    Sentence types

    Sentence problems

    Descriptive paragraphs

    Narrative paragraphs
    Free writing 
    In groups
    In about 150 words (30ms)

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