ABE 021 ABE Beginning Basic Education - Writing (1 to 5 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review beginning grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraph development.
Course Content
1. Washington State Adult Learning Standards – ABE/GED
> To convey ideas in writing
a. Determine the purpose for communicating.
b. Organize and present information to serve the purpose.
c. Pay attention to conventions of English language usage, including grammar, spelling, and sentence structure, to minimize barriers to reader’s comprehension.
d. Seek feedback and revise to enhance the effectiveness of the communication.
2. Goal Setting
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W2.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing.
W2.2 Follow a highly structured plan to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W2.3 Appropriately use familiar vocabulary (based on personal experience and learning) and basic text structure of simple steps/instructions/commands or a single paragraph to convey an idea with supporting details and examples.
W2.4 Demonstrate beginning attention to revision strategies including rereading and revising based on review and feedback from others.
W2.5 Make basic edits of grammar (verb tenses, subject/verb agreement), simple and compound sentences, capitalization, spelling and punctuation (end periods, some commas).
2. Goal Setting
G2.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
Degree Outcomes
1. Writing
W2.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing.
W2.2 Follow a highly structured plan to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W2.3 Appropriately use familiar vocabulary (based on personal experience and learning) and basic text structure of simple steps/instructions/commands or a single paragraph to convey an idea with supporting details and examples.
W2.4 Demonstrate beginning attention to revision strategies including rereading and revising based on review and feedback from others.
W2.5 Make basic edits of grammar (verb tenses, subject/verb agreement), simple and compound sentences, capitalization, spelling and punctuation (end periods, some commas).
2. Goal Setting
G2.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
Lecture Contact Hours 10-50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-50
Potential Methods
A. Written exercises/assignments
B. Objective tests
C. Multiple choice tests
D. Small group activities/discussions
E. Instructor observation
F. Self-assessment
F. Written tests
G. Teacher/Student interview
H. CASAS reading and math pretest
I. CASAS reading and math posttest
J. Washington State and GED rubrics
L. Performance tasks
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