Reading/Writing III Syllabus Revised 3-12-13 Instructor: Classroom: Office: Office Hours: Office Phone: E-Mail: Textbooks: Azar, Betty: Fundamentals of English Grammar (Fourth Edition) Wiese, David: OR Real Reading 2 Gramer, Margot: Q: Skills for Success: Reading and Writing 3 Other Materials: Learning Outcomes Reading/Writing III is a low-intermediate class in grammar, reading, and writing. Grammar: By the end of this class, you will be able to understand and use: versus in the future tense. Will be going to Future time clauses with when, before, after, as soon as, until and if. Present perfect tense for actions occurring at an indefinite time in the past or in the recent past and for activities which began in the past and continue up to the present. Time clauses with simple past and past progressive tenses. The following: and and, but, or, so, because even though. Gerunds and infinitives as subjects and objects. Infinitives of purpose. and with infinitives Too enough Participial adjectives Reading: By the end of this class, you will be able to: Identify the main idea of a reading and of the paragraphs. Understand the relationships of ideas within a paragraph and between paragraphs. Identify pronoun referents. Guess the meaning of a word from context clues and word forms. Writing: By the end of this class, you will be able to:
Reading/Writing III Syllabus Revised 3-12-13 Instructor: Classroom: Office: Office Hours: Office Phone: E-Mail: Textbooks: Azar, Betty: Fundamentals of English Grammar (Fourth Edition) Wiese, David: Real Reading 2 OR Gramer, Margot: Q: Skills for Success: Reading and Writing 3 Other Materials: Learning Outcomes Reading/Writing III is a low-intermediate class in grammar, reading, and writing. Grammar: By the end of this class, you will be able to understand and use: Will versus be going to in the future tense. Future time clauses with when, before, after, as soon as, until and if. Present perfect tense for actions occurring at an indefinite time in the past or in the recent past and for activities which began in the past and continue up to the present. Time clauses with simple past and past progressive tenses. The following: and, but, or, so, because and even though. Gerunds and infinitives as subjects and objects. Infinitives of purpose. Too and enough with infinitives Participial adjectives Reading: By the end of this class, you will be able to: Identify the main idea of a reading and of the paragraphs. Understand the relationships of ideas within a paragraph and between paragraphs. Identify pronoun referents. Guess the meaning of a word from context clues and word forms. Writing: By the end of this class, you will be able to:
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