Suggested Materials by Ingrid Wisniewska, Heidi Riggenbach, and Grammar Dimensions: Form, Meaning, Use Virgina Samuda (Heinle Cengage, 2007) by Karen Carlisi (Thomson Heinle, Grammar Connection 4: Structure Through Content 2008) by Susan Kesner Bland (Oxford, 2012) Grammar Sense 4 Instructor-generated materials Entry Criteria Current registration in IEPA 040 Returning students: Placement based upon new student placement scores (RW Level 4) New Students: Exit Criteria To pass the course, students must earn a 73% or higher average for all significant assessment tasks. Students must also demonstrate use of target structures correctly in writing 90% of the time with instructor corrective feedback. Level 5 IEPA 050 Academic Reading and Writing 5 Course Description In IEPA 050, students continue to develop academic reading and writing skills at a more advanced level. Strong emphasis is placed on reading authentic, un-adapted material—academic articles, fiction, and nonfiction texts—in order to obtain information, understand opposing viewpoints, and improve reading fluency and accuracy. In writing, emphasis is on the academic essay, culminating in a research paper. Students improve their use of academic vocabulary, advanced grammatical structures, and cohesive devices. Academic skills include gathering and
Suggested Materials Grammar Dimensions: Form, Meaning, Use by Ingrid Wisniewska, Heidi Riggenbach, and Virgina Samuda (Heinle Cengage, 2007) Grammar Connection 4: Structure Through Content by Karen Carlisi (Thomson Heinle, 2008) Grammar Sense 4 by Susan Kesner Bland (Oxford, 2012) Instructor-generated materials Entry Criteria Returning students: Current registration in IEPA 040 New Students: Placement based upon new student placement scores (RW Level 4) Exit Criteria To pass the course, students must earn a 73% or higher average for all significant assessment tasks. Students must also demonstrate use of target structures correctly in writing 90% of the time with instructor corrective feedback. Level 5 IEPA 050 Academic Reading and Writing 5 Course Description In IEPA 050, students continue to develop academic reading and writing skills at a more advanced level. Strong emphasis is placed on reading authentic, un-adapted material—academic articles, fiction, and nonfiction texts—in order to obtain information, understand opposing viewpoints, and improve reading fluency and accuracy. In writing, emphasis is on the academic essay, culminating in a research paper. Students improve their use of academic vocabulary, advanced grammatical structures, and cohesive devices. Academic skills include gathering and