This course focuses on simple sentence structure, basic English grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling. Students will compose paragraphs, simple letters and other documents, and complete job applications. Additionally, students will maintain a written journal. This course reviews standard English grammar, sentence structure, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
Students complete exercises demonstrating rules of mechanics and grammar and write short documents.
This course focuses on writing documents including general paragraphs, business letters, narratives, 200-word essays, and the resume is the emphasis of this course. Students proofread their work to identify and revise errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar. This course emphasizes effective oral communication. Students demonstrate the ability to express spoken ideas in a clear, concise manner in a variety of settings. They give planned and unplanned talks, participate in group discussions and debates, give a presentation using presentation technology and evaluate their own and other students oral communication.