tailieunhanh - A HANDBOOK FOR THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH 87: BASIC WRITING SKILLS II

Most units will be appropriate for use with all teachers in primary, special and secondary schools where their subjects will support the application and reinforcement of the skills that are the unit’s focus. The document might well be used, for example, if a school’s self-evaluation process has indicated that the standard of learners’ writing is a problem either in English, Welsh or in subjects across the curriculum. In a Welsh or bilingual school setting, it might be more useful to use the Welsh version of the document for the majority of units, looking at the English units where there are differences between both languages, for example Units 6 and. | A HANDBOOK FOR THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH 87 BASIC WRITING SKILLS II COMPOSED ON SABBATICAL LEAVE BY ROBERT BINI SPRING 2008 SAN JOAQUIN DELTA COLLEGE Table of Contents . 3 Interview English 70 . 5 English 87 Portfolio . 9 Frequently Asked Questions. p. 10 Results of Portfolio . 22 Comparable . 23 Planning the Semester. p. 27 Curriculum Outline. p. 31 Learning . 37 Responding to Student Writing 1. p. 43 Responding to Student Writing 2. p. 49 Case Study . 54 Case Study . 64 Sample . 72 Sample Lesson . 76 Sample Writing . 78 Sample Narrative . 87 Sample Argumentative Essay. p. 90 Sample . 94 Sample Course . 101 . 116 2 Introduction English 87 is a place where two tributaries meet before entering into the main river of English 79. The two tributaries are English 70 and English 85. In English 87 native and near-native English speakers from English 70 are introduced to the English 85 students who have just completed the English as a Second Language program. While native English speakers do enroll in the course most students in English 87 are non-native English speakers. For example eighteen of the twenty-two students who completed one section in the fall of 2007 were ESL students. Originally designed as a bridge course for ESL students English 87 in the past year has been serving more native and near-native English speakers as the English 70 program has developed. With the possibility of even more growth in the near future English 87 seeks to continue to improve basic writing skills of students before they enroll in English 79 Preparatory English. In the spring of 2006 the course curriculum of English 87 was revised to institute a mandatory portfolio examination to be evaluated by a group of English 87 instructors at the end of the semester. The new curriculum also aligned the entry skills of English 87 with the exiting skills of .