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    Dec 06, 2024  
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ABE 031 ABE Low Intermediate Basic Education - Writing 3 (1 to 5 credits)



Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review intermediate 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 W3.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing. W3.2 Use simple planning strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose (to convey personal experience, meet a specific need, or respond to recent learning), and produce a legible and comprehensible draft. W3.3 Appropriately use mostly familiar vocabulary (based on personal experience and learning) and basic text structure of simple steps/instructions/commands or a paragraph to convey ideas with several supporting details/examples reflecting some attention to audience. W3.4 Use simple revision strategies to monitor effectiveness by re-reading and revising during the writing process and making revisions to a first and final draft based on review and feedback from others. Demonstrate beginning attention to clarity, descriptiveness, personal voice, and appropriateness of text for the intended audience. W3.5 Make several simple edits of grammar (such as simple tense agreement), spelling, and punctuation (such as periods, capital letters, and some commas), sentence structure (such as compound and some complex sentences), language usage, and text structure using tools such as spelling word lists and simple editing checklists. 2. Goal Setting G3.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.

Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will be able to question, search for answers and meaning, and develop ideas that lead to action. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

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
G. Written tests
H. Teacher/Student interview
I. CASAS reading and math pretest
J. CASAS reading and math posttest
K. Washington State and GED rubrics
L. Performance tasks



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