EN 220 Writing for Teachers

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Assessment Strategies

1.1. Use nouns and pronouns correctly in written work, including count/non-count nouns, regular and irregular plural nouns, pronoun agreement, pronoun antecedents, singular and plural possessive nouns and pronouns, articles, and that/who/whom.

Submit written assignments such as lesson plans, worksheets, journal entries, reflection papers, answers to essay questions, and essays. Work will be assessed on correct use of the grammatical items. A scoring rubric will be used.

1.2. Use verbs correctly in written work, including correct use of verb tense, irregular verbs, modals, active and passive verb forms, contractions, auxiliary and linking verbs.

Submit written assignments such as lesson plans, worksheets, journal entries, reflection papers, answers to essay questions, and essays. Work will be assessed on correct use of the grammatical items. A scoring rubric will be used.

1.3. Use prepositional phrases correctly in written work.

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1.4. Use adjectives correctly in written work.

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1.5. Use adverbs correctly in written work.

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1.6. Use conjunctions correctly in written work.

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Assessment Strategies

2.1. Explain subject-verb-agreement

Submit written assignments such as lesson plans, worksheets, journal entries, reflection papers, answers to essay questions, and essays.
Work will be assessed on correct use of the grammatical items. A scoring rubric will be used

2.2. Identify and edit run-on sentences.

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2.3. Use complete sentences in written work.

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2.4. Use parallel construction in written work.

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Assessment Strategies

3.1. Apply capitalization rules correctly in written work.

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3.2. Apply punctuation rules correctly in written work.

Written checkout. Written work will be scored only on correct use of nouns and pronouns, verbs, prepositional phrases, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, subject-verb agreement, avoidance of run-on sentences, use of complete sentences, parallel construction, capitalization, and punctuation. A scoring rubric will be used.

Assessment Strategies

4.1. Demonstrate understanding of the meaning and appropriate use of vocabulary commonly used in elementary curricula.

Written checkout. Written work will be scored only on correct use of nouns and pronouns, verbs, prepositional phrases, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, subject-verb agreement, avoidance of run-on sentences, use of complete sentences, parallel construction, capitalization, punctuation, and appropriate vocabulary. A scoring rubric will be used.

4.2. Correctly spell words commonly used in elementary curricula including words commonly confused due to pronunciation errors, such as ate and hate, lose and loose, and pound and bound.

Written checkout. Written work will be scored only on correct use of nouns and pronouns, verbs, prepositional phrases, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, subject-verb agreement, avoidance of run-on sentences, use of complete sentences, parallel construction, capitalization, punctuation, appropriate vocabulary, and spelling. A scoring rubric will be used.

4.3. Use transition words correctly in written work.

Written checkout. Written work will be scored only on correct use of nouns and pronouns, verbs, prepositional phrases, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, subject-verb agreement, avoidance of run-on sentences, use of complete sentences, parallel construction, capitalization, punctuation, appropriate vocabulary, spelling and transition words. A scoring rubric will be used.

4.4. Distinguish between formal and casual speech and use only formal speech in written work. For example, the student will use "going to" instead of "gonna," "because" instead of "cause" or "cuz," "through" instead of "thru," etc.

Written checkout. Written work will be scored only on correct use of nouns and pronouns, verbs, prepositional phrases, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, subject-verb agreement, avoidance of run-on sentences, use of complete sentences, parallel construction, capitalization, punctuation, appropriate vocabulary, spelling, transition words, and formal speech. A scoring rubric will be used.

Assessment Strategies

5.1. Use an electronic dictionary and a paper dictionary.

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5.2. Use an electronic thesaurus and a paper thesaurus.

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5.3. Use the spell-check and grammar-check functions in a word processing program.

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