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COURSE OUTLINECourse Identity

Subject : WritingPre-requisite : -

Credit : 2

Department : Nursing 2ASemester : 2

Lecturer : Rafika Rabba Farah S.Pd

Course Description:This course provides the students with some practical knowledge to improve their Writing Skill

in order to understand and master the writing process.

Standard Competence:By the end of the course, the students are able to write correct sentences, to construct different types of

paragraph (narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive and argumentative) in the forms of authentic

compositions (stories, reports).

Contents:The materials of writing course contain the articles of the study.Various methods of writing are

used to attract the students participation and increase their writing skill.

Classroom Activities:

The activity in every meeting includes an individual work, pair work, and group work in dealingwith writing task.

Evaluation:

- Attendance 25 %- Assignments 25 %

- Midterm Test 25 %

- Final test 25 %

MEETING SCHEDULE

Meeting Topic and Sub Topic

1 Pretest of Writing

2 Parts of Speech: adjective, noun, adverb, verb He is a student (n) She is kind (adj) I am here (adv) They studyEnglish (v)

Using Be

3 Nouns and Pronouns Nouns: Subjects and Objects Adjective + Noun Subject Pronouns and Object Pronouns Nouns: Singular and Plural

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Nouns: Irregular Plural FormsCount and Non Count Noun

Using an vs a Using a/an vs some Using many, much, a few

Using the Using no article to make generalization Using some and any

4 Nouns and Modifiers Modifying nouns with adjectives and nouns Word order of adjectives Expressing of quantity: all of, most of, some of Expressing of quantity: subject verb agreement Expressing of quantity: one of, none of Indefinite pronouns: nothing and no one Indefinite Pronouns: something, someone, anything Using every Linking verbs + Adjectives Adjectives and Adverbs

5 Using the Simple PresentExpressing Past Time

Using the Present Progressive

6 Simple Future

Present Perfect

Modal

Possessive

7 Kinds of Sentence: Simple Compound Complex Compound-complex

8 Mid Term Test

9 The four main stages in the writing process: Prewriting :

- Listing- Brainstorming- Clustering- Descriptive Detail

Planning Writing and revising drafts Writing the final copy to hand in

10 Grammar and Mechanics Punctuation Capitalization

11 Five elements of a good paragraph:

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A topic sentence ( A complete sentence with a subject, a verb and a controllingidea)

Supporting sentences (Giving reasons, facts, examples, statistics and quotations) Concluding sentence (The summary of the main points of the paragraph); end-of-

paragraph signals:

fi nal ly, in conclusion, in summary, therefore, thus, as a resul t, indeed, in br ief,

in shor t, etc

Unity (Oneness) Coherence:

12 Writing a descriptive paragraph Practice

13 Writing an expository paragraph Practice

14 Writing an essay Practice

15 Review the whole materials16 Final Test

References:Azar, Schrampfer Betty & Hagen, A. Stacy. Basic English Grammar Third Edition. Pearson

Longman

Kinella, Kate. 2013.Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1. HEINLE CENGAGE Learning

Hogue, Ann. 1996.First Step in Academic Writing. LongmanOshima, Alice & Hogue, Ann. 1983. Writing Academic English. Addison-Wesley Publishing

Company

Esp Lectures. 2009.English for Nursing. LC UMM