Fundamentals of Writing I

Typical Student: 4th grade to adult learners who have not mastered basic writing skills. These students do not write complete sentences or write a series of short, simple sentences.

Students will learn:

• To recognize and write complete sentences
• To write more sophisticated sentences by expanding sentences, combining shorter sentences into longer sentences and writing compound and complex sentences

Students will leave Fundamentals of Writing I with proficient skills in basic writing sentence development.

Fundamentals of Writing II

Typical Student: 5th grade to adult learners who have not mastered basic punctuation and capitalization skills.

Students will learn:

• Nineteen punctuation and capitalization rules.

Students leave Fundamentals of Writing II able to compose coherent, understandable and correctly written sentences.

Process of Writing I

Typical Student: 4th grade to adult learners who have difficulty with expressive writing.

Students will learn:

• To translate observations into sentences
• To write paragraphs that do not deviate from a topic
• To edit the work of others as well as one's own work

Students will leave Process of Writing I able to write interesting paragraphs based on observations. Students will be proficient in editing their work and the work of others.

Process of Writing II

Typical Student: 4th grade to adult learners who have basic expressive writing skills, but lack the knowledge to write more complex expressive writing passages.

Students will learn:

• To write clearly (using pronouns and including details that are necessary for clarity)
• To write with a variety of sentences (sentences that begin with a dependent clause, sentences that contain a series and some compound sentences)
• To write what people say and appropriately paragraph their conversations
• Editing for clarity, punctuation, paragraphs and sentence forms

Students will leave Process of Writing II being able to write more sophisticated and conversational writing.