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
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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.
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Contents
Sentence types

Sentence problems

Descriptive paragraphs

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