ABED 046 Writing

5 credits

An introductory Adult Basic Education writing skills class where students will focus on the sentence, including basic sentence types, usage, and punctuation. Students will practice writing sentences that relate to the same topic, which will be used to lead the student into the development of paragraphs that are unified under a topic and a thesis sentence.

Prerequisites: Equivalent placement score or instructor permission.

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Write a variety of sentences, including statement, questions and commands
Expand simple sentences to reflect more complex ideas
Use correct subject-verb agreement, capitalization, and punctuation
Develop proofreading and editing skills
Compose a letter
Write a simple paragraph
Experience writing as a form of personal expression
Demonstrate knowledge of the use of a dictionary

Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50