COURSE OUTLINE

Course Identity Subject Pre-requisite Credit Department Semester Lecturer : Writing ::2 : Nursing 2A :2 : Rafika Rabba Farah S.Pd

Course Description: This course provides the students with some practical knowledge to improve their Writing Skill in order to understand and master the writing process. Standard Competence:
By the end of the course, the students are able to write correct sentences, to construct different types of paragraph (narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive and argumentative) in the forms of authentic compositions (stories, reports).

Contents: The materials of writing course contain the articles of the study.Various methods of writing are used to attract the students participation and increase their writing skill. Classroom Activities: The activity in every meeting includes an individual work, pair work, and group work in dealing with writing task. Evaluation: - Attendance - Assignments - Midterm Test - Final test

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MEETING SCHEDULE

Meeting Topic and Sub Topic 1 Pretest of Writing 2 Parts of Speech: adjective, noun, adverb, verb He is a student (n) She is kind (adj) I am here (adv) They study English (v) Using Be 3 Nouns and Pronouns Nouns: Subjects and Objects Adjective + Noun Subject Pronouns and Object Pronouns Nouns: Singular and Plural

 Nouns: Irregular Plural Forms Count and Non Count Noun Using an vs a Using a/an vs some Using many, much, a few Using the Using no article to make generalization Using some and any 4 Nouns and Modifiers Modifying nouns with adjectives and nouns Word order of adjectives Expressing of quantity: all of, most of, some of Expressing of quantity: subject verb agreement Expressing of quantity: one of, none of Indefinite pronouns: nothing and no one Indefinite Pronouns: something, someone, anything Using every Linking verbs + Adjectives Adjectives and Adverbs Using the Simple Present Expressing Past Time Using the Present Progressive Simple Future Present Perfect Modal Possessive Kinds of Sentence: Simple Compound Complex Compound-complex Mid Term Test The four main stages in the writing process: Prewriting : - Listing - Brainstorming - Clustering - Descriptive Detail Planning Writing and revising drafts Writing the final copy to hand in Grammar and Mechanics Punctuation Capitalization Five elements of a good paragraph:

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A topic sentence ( A complete sentence with a subject, a verb and a controlling idea) Supporting sentences (Giving reasons, facts, examples, statistics and quotations) Concluding sentence (The summary of the main points of the paragraph); end-ofparagraph signals: finally, in conclusion, in summary, therefore, thus, as a result, indeed, in brief, in short, etc Unity (Oneness) Coherence: Writing a descriptive paragraph Practice Writing an expository paragraph Practice Writing an essay Practice Review the whole materials Final Test

References: Azar, Schrampfer Betty & Hagen, A. Stacy. Basic English Grammar Third Edition. Pearson Longman Kinella, Kate. 2013. Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1. HEINLE CENGAGE Learning Hogue, Ann. 1996. First Step in Academic Writing. Longman Oshima, Alice & Hogue, Ann. 1983. Writing Academic English. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Esp Lectures. 2009. English for Nursing. LC UMM