Course Title: Study and Thinking Skills

Course Code: Eng1

Course Description:

This is a three-hour-per-week course designed to train and develop in the students the skills of effective study habits, communication in the English language,
critical thinking and reasoning, and socially desirable attitude, as keys to success in college in particular and in life in general.

Course Objectives:

At the end of the course, students are expected to:

1. To be linguistically competitive through oral and written discourse.
2. To acquaint themselves in the field of communication by using different modems such as the internet.
3. To develop their selves through expressing their ideas, thoughts and feelings by using the blog.
4. To be competent and skillful students who can face the outside world.

SESSION DATE TOPIC METHOD ASSESSMENT

PRELIM PERIOD
1 JUNE 14, 2016 Getting to know each other Calling students
individually

2 JUNE 16, 2016 Introduction to the Course title , Study and thinking Skills Class discussion Quiz
(lecture)
3 JUNE 21, 2016 The library
- The importance of library Think-Pair-Share Quiz
 - System of Classifying Books in the Library Class discussion
- The Call Number (Lecture)
- The Card Catalogue
Parts of the Book

4 JUNE 23, 2016

Reading Techniques Class discussion
- What is Reading? (Lecture)
- Reading Techniques Oral Recitation Quiz
 Skimming Reading/Speaking
 Scanning
- Reading Comprehension

5 JUNE 28, 2016 - Reading Comprehension Class discussion

 Literal Level (Lecture) Seatwork
 Interpretative Level Class Discussion
 Critical Level Oral Recitation
Application Level Sharing of thoughts about
the topic

6 JUNE 30, 2016 - Using Context Clues in Class Discussion Seatwork

Oral Recitation
7 JULY 5, 2016 Grammar Points Board work
- Parts of Speech Lecture Seatwork
- Classes of noun Oral Recitation
 Common Noun
 Proper noun
 Compound noun
 Collective noun
8 JULY 7, 2016  Mass noun Board work Long Quiz
 Count noun Lecture
 Abstract noun Oral Recitation
  Concrete noun
9 JULY 12, 2016 - Cases of Noun Class Discussion Seatwork
(Lecture)
Oral Recitation
10 JULY 14, 2016 The Verb Class discussion Quiz
- Formal Characteristics of Verbs (Lecture)
- Forms of Verb Board work
- Properties of Verbs

11 JULY 19, 2016 Subject - Verb Agreement Class discussion Quiz

(Lecture)
Board work
Oral Recitation
JULY 20-22, 2016 PRELIM EXAMINATION
MIDTERM PERIOD
13 JULY 26, 2016 - Properties of Verbs Class discussion Quiz
(Lecture)

14 JULY 28, 2016 The Pronouns Class discussion Quiz

        - Classes of Pronouns (Lecture)
- Person and Gender Board work

15 AUG 2, 2016 Modifiers Class discussion

- Adjectives (Lecture) Seatwork
 Types of Adjectives Board work

16 AUG 4, 2016 - Adverbs Class discussion

 Types of adverbs (Lecture) Quiz
Board work
 - Preposition Class discussion Quiz
17 AUGUST 9, 2016 (Lecture)
Board work

Sentence, Clauses, Phrase Class discussion

18 - The Sentence (Lecture) Seatwork
- The Clause Board work
- The Phrase
AUGUST 11, 2016
- Tag Questions
Conjunction
19 AUGUST 16, 2016 - Coordinating Conjunction Class discussion Short Quiz
- Subordinating Conjunction (Lecture) Group Activity
Board work
20 AUGUST 18, 2016 The Paragraph
- Paragraph Defined Class discussion Seatwork
(Lecture
Group Activity
Writing activity
AUG 24-26, 2016 MID-TERM EXAMINATION
PRE-FINAL PERIOD
- Elements of the Paragraph
21  Unity Class discussion
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016  Coherence (Lecture) Seatwork
 Topic sentence Group Activity
 Adequate development Writing activity
 Topic sentence
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016  Adequate development Class discussion
(Lecture) Seatwork
Writing activity
22
 - Characteristic of Effective Paragraph Class discussion
23 SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 (Lecture) Quiz

- Classification of Paragraph Class discussion Seatwork

24 SEPTEMBER 13, (Lecture)
2016
-
Methods of Paragraph Development
25 SEPTEMBER 15,
2016  Use examples and illustrations Class Discussion
 Cite data (facts, statistics, evidence, details, and others) (Lecture) Long Quiz
 Examine testimony (what other people say such as quotes Writing activity
and paraphrases) Oral Recitation
 Use an anecdote or story
 Define terms in the paragraph

SEPT. 19 – 21, 2016 SEMI-FINAL EXAMINATION

FINAL PERIOD
 Compare and contrast
SEPTEMBER 22,  Evaluate causes and reasons Class Discussion Quiz
2016  Examine effects and consequences (Lecture)
 Analyze the topic Written Activity
 Describe the topic

Offer a chronology of an event (time segments

The Composition Class Discussion
SEPTEMBER 27, (Lecture) Quiz
2016 Written Activity
Nature of Composition
SEPTEMBER 29, - Use of Tenses of the verb Class Discussion Long Quiz
2016 (Lecture)
 Written Activity
Essential Requirements in Composition Writing Class Discussion
OCTOBER 4, 2016 (Lecture)
Written Activity Quiz

OCTOBER 6, 2016 Steps in the Writing  Class Discussion

- Journal (Lecture)
- Free writing Written Activity Quiz
- Brainstorming
- Clustering
OCTOBER 11, 2016 - Brainstorming Class Discussion
Clustering (Lecture) Quiz
Written Activity
OCTOBER 13, 2016 Outlining Class Discussion
- Connecting (Lecture) Quiz
- Correcting Written Activity
- Spelling
- Punctuation
- Capitalization
- Usage
- Grammar
OCTOBER 17-19, FINAL EXAMINATION
2016

References:

Supplemental Book:
1. Writing Grammar Composition (communication in action. Joyce Armstrong, et al. 2001
2. Writing skill in English. Claudio Tabato. 2008

Website Reference:
1. http://mysubjectsspuqc.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/1/8/7618395/topic_one_notes_in_pdf.pdf
2. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/
Grading System
Attendance and Class Participation - 10%
Quizzes - 25%
Exam - 50%
Project/ Activity - 15%
100%