Basic writing

Elena is literate in Spanish and often reads Spanish literature. Her previous report card indicates above average grades. This indicates that she is fond of reading and understands the grade level content. Based on her written and oral responses two specific learning needs the student has as an English learner are • Linguistic Vocabulary (Word Choice) The written response sample indicates that the student needs to build English language vocabulary. The student’s thought process is in Spanish and…

grammar in writing wouldn’t understand that these two phrases mean two different things. Many times we don’t realize how important writing and grammar are. Some might say it is only important for those studying English because they use it. What some of us may not realize is that English extends beyond simply an English major to more areas of expertise. Engineers use writing to communicate with each other and to report their work in databases for corporate companies. Physicians use writing to…

“The five-paragraph formula confuses and alienates students and undermines our most basic goals as writing instructors,” stated Marie Foley, as she composed her work of “Unteaching the Five-Paragraph Essay”. The five-paragraph formula has been taught to structure and give students a proper form to write an essay. Creating a simple and easy way for teachers to teach in bulks, and not have to worry about going in depth to broaden students minds. Although, it limits room for creativity,…

many people consider writing difficult, especially when not everyone is practicing it daily. During the introduction of The Elements of Style White claims that often writers struggle to clearly present their ideas, what should be clear and easy to say presents scrambled and frail on paper. For this reason, it is White’s goal to help all aspiring writers to develop their own satisfactory writing style. The text is separated into basic grammar rules, how to structure your writing, misused words…

Intertextuality and the Discourse Community, a text written by James E. Porter, outlines the basics of a given text and the way a person understands writing. Porter examines the principle of intertextuality, “the idea that all texts contain some other texts(395),” and the principle of a discourse community, “a group of individuals bound by a common interest who communicate through approved channels and whose discourse is regulated(400).” Bootstraps: From an Academic of Color, a story written by…

this cover letter I will talk about the learning outcomes. My evidence for this cover letter that have written will be the essays I have written so far or anything else I have written for this class. For example, in my ENG 098 class I have used the writing process such as generating multiple drafts. For both of those classes I’ve had to write essays and journal entries that I am able…

teachings and coursework provided in this course have been tremendously helpful. I am much more confident in my critical thinking and writing skills and feel much better prepared for future endeavors. The reference materials provided throughout this capstone course greatly assist and encourage students to develop the necessary skills for effective critical thinking and writing. The course syllabus and assignments are particularly helpful in providing the step by step the building blocks required…

began several years ago, the researcher began to notice that students in her tenth grade World Civilizations class were lacking basic skills in writing and proofreading. It was believed that students in the tenth grade would not need to be taught the steps of how to write a basic paragraph, but it became clear that she would need to spend more time teaching the writing and editing process to her students. As stated earlier, the purpose of this study to use technology to help students receive…

thru this assignment requires to learn how to do Secondary Research Techniques: the library and internet. We will focus on two types of researches: secondary and primary researches. The first one, secondary research is library research, used in your writing when you synthesize, critique, evaluate, or report other writers’ ideas or research to either inform or persuade your audience (135). On the other hand, the primary research, or field research, is what scientists actually do-experiments,…

Academic English. Writing 39A is about imitating someone and using observation to write up an essay. Grammar and basic sentence structure are not covered in this class because Writing 39A is much more advancing,…