DAY 1:

Upon successful completion of this course day, students will be able to:

• Examine nouns, pronouns, and verbs.
• Identify adjectives and adverbs.
• Identify prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
• Identify some important rules of grammar and some commonly made grammatical errors.
• Identify grammar rules regarding correct punctuation.
• Identify problematic sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices, as well as effective methods of rewriting sentences so that they are clear and complete.
• Identify methods for improving word choices.
• Identify methods for building effective sentences.
• Identify methods for editing text effectively.

Lesson 1: Identifying Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs

• Topic A: Identify Parts of Speech
• Topic B: Use Nouns
• Topic C: Use Pronouns
• Topic D: Use Verbs

Lesson 2: Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs

• Topic A: Use Adjectives
• Topic B: Use Adverbs

Lesson 3: Identifying Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections

• Topic A: Use Prepositions
• Topic B: Use Conjunctions
• Topic C: Use Interjections

Lesson 4: Identifying Rules

• Topic A: Monitor Sentence Structure
• Topic B: Monitor Modifiers
• Topic C: Avoid Common Errors

Lesson 5: Identifying Correct Punctuation

• Topic A: Use Parentheses Correctly
• Topic B: Use Commas, Semicolons, Colons, Em Dashes, and Quotation Marks Correctly
• Topic C: Use Numbers, Symbols, and Capitalization Correctly

Lesson 6: Identifying Sentence Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices

• Topic A: Identify and Resolve Sentence Fragments
• Topic B: Identify and Resolve Run-ons and Comma Splices

Lesson 7: Improving Word Choices

• Topic A: Identify Commonly Misused Words
• Topic B: Identify Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms

Lesson 8: Writing Effectively

• Topic A: Write with Purpose
• Topic B: Consider the Audience
• Topic C: Consider the Context

Lesson 9: Editing Effectively

• Topic A: Use Correct Spelling
• Topic B: Check Your Work

DAY 2:

SECTION A: CENTRAL CONCEPTS OF TECHNICAL WRITING

• Introduction to Technical Writing
• The Reader
• Style

SECTION B: ESSENTIAL WRITING STRATEGIES

• Direct Writing
• Concise Writing
• Sentence Structure
• Paragraph Structure
• Signposts

SECTION C: WRITING MECHANICS

• Commas
• Colons, Semicolons, Dashes, and Hyphens
• Quotation Marks and Italics
• Grammar
• Word Usage
• Technical Language Use

SECTION D: TECHNICAL AND ACADEMIC DOCUMENTS

• Document Structure
• Attribution
• Table Formatting
• Styles and Style Sheets
• One Last Note: Writing Process