Learning Method: Instructor-led Classroom Learning Duration: 1.0 Day
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Overview:
In this class, students learn how to use writing to effectively communicate information. Includes material on improving skills by avoiding common pitfalls, adhering to common guidelines, following a standard writing process, developing effective sentences and paragraphs, and understanding basic elements of grammar and sentence structure.
Outline:
Lesson 1: General Approach to Writing
- The writing process
- Word choice
- Effective sentence guidelines
- Effective paragraph guidelines
- Essential tools
- Document types and formats
Lesson 2: Writing Specific Messages
- Positive message guidelines
- Writing opinionated messages
- Negative message guidelines
Lesson 3: Importance of Grammar
- Parts of speech
- Basic sentence formation
- Sentence classification
Lesson 4: Agreement Rules
- Subject-Verb agreement
- Parallel sentence structure
- Sentence fragments Sentence run-ons
- Common mistakes
Lesson 5: Improving Sentence Structure
- Active v. Passive-voice
- Additional sentence structure guidelines
- Commonly misused words
- Common spelling errors
Lesson 6: Punctuation
- Commas, colons, semicolons, dashes
- Parentheses, brackets, apostrophes
- Quotation marks
- Spelling out words, numbers
- Capitalization
