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Dr. Abdullah Shaghi (discuss • contribs) 17:08, 15 October 2015 (UTC)Writing 2, course-handout, by Dr. Abdullah Shaghi, for 1st Y.E B.Ed. students, 2nd semester 2014-2015, Zabid-College of Education, Hodeidah University

Table of Contents

Section 1: Welcome to the Writing 2 Course-Handout …………………………. 3 Section 2: Quick Review of 12 Sentence Types Taught in Writing 1…………… 5 Section 3: Writing Your First Complex Sentences………………………………. 6 Section 4: Writing Your First Compound-Complex Sentences ………………… 11 Section 5: Improving Your Writing Style: Linking Language / Sentence Connectors and Sentences ………………………………………………………. 17 Section 6: Sentence Corrections ………………………………………………… 22 Section 7: Writing Your First Long Descriptive, Narrative and Free Writing Paragraphs ………………………………………………………………………. 35 Section 8: Your First “Cursive Handwriting Practice” …………………………. 47 Sources, References and Bibliographies ………………………………………... 77

Section 1: Welcome to the Writing 2 Course-Handout

This course-handout of Writing 2 focuses on teaching writing and cursive handwriting to the 1st-Year-English-B.Ed. students, of the year 2014-2015, 2nd Semester 2014-2015, in the Department of English, Zabid-College of Education, Hodeidah University, Yemen, by: Dr. Abdullah Shaghi, an Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Ph.D. in Linguistics, from Aligarh Muslim University (A.M.U.), U.P., India, 2010; M.A. in Linguistics from JNU, New Delhi, India in 2006, and B.Ed. in English from Hodeida University (HU) in 1996.

The course Writing 2 (137ج /E137) aims at developing the Yemeni students’ awareness of writing skills in connection with the English Language as a foreign language in Yemen (especially in Tihamah of Yemen, Zabid city, Zabid College of Education, Hodeidah University). The Yemeni students will study some important English writing skills (writing complex and compound-complex sentences, more punctuation marks, and writing descriptive, narrative, and free writing long paragraphs about different topics using complex and compound-complex sentences sentence) It also provides a Cursive Handwriting Practice. The premise behind the Cursive Handwriting Practice in this handout is simple and straightforward and –frequent – focused practice of a skill leads to a mastery and retention of that skill. In daily life, we, like many other people, think writing in cursive works best when we write, a note, a report or a friendly letter because we can write it faster. Cursive [= joined] writing also makes the note or the report or the friendly letter very personal.

It completes the previous course Writing 1 (135ج /E135) that has focused on teaching writing of simple sentences and compound sentences and other types of sentences within these two categories and teaching writing short paragraphs using such sentences; capitalization rules and punctuation marks have been thoroughly and in details taught including teaching print handwriting; it is closely linked with Reading 2 (139ج /E139) course in the abovementioned educational institutions. The students will be given practice in writing Complex sentences, compound complex sentence descriptive, narrative and free writing long paragraphs composed of such types of sentences including linking language/sentence-connectors, with grammatical and acceptable English on various topics including some of topics covered in Reading 2 course. The students will also be given handwriting / writing practice in cursive or a cursive handwriting practice with guidelines based on a language used to model and practice proper cursive-formation of English Lower-Case/Small Upper-Case/Capital Letters where the teacher / lecturer will have the students say the language with him/her as you trace or write a letter on a three-lines-stave; then they are going to learn and practice cursive handwriting of sentences on several lines of three-lines-staves as indicated in every case there. After that, they are going to learn and practice cursive handwriting of a report and a friendly letter on several lines of two-lines-staves provided there and indicated in every case there.

Finally, Cursive Handwriting Worksheets without Guidelines where students will use their educational experience of their best cursive handwriting to rewrite carefully, and neatly paragraphs of the worksheets without guidelines; they will rewrite them on eight lines of the three-lines-staves as well as on the other eight lines of two-lines-staves provided below each paragraph of the worksheet or on any lined-paper/copybook of theirs. What follow will be normal handwritings of each paragraph of the worksheet meant for those few of the students who cannot read the cursive/joined letters and words well.

Course Requirements

Mid-term Exam:                  	% 45 Final Exam:                  		% 105

Examinations

There will be TWO examinations. The Mid-term examination will focus primarily on the material which has been covered since the beginning seven weeks of the study of this course. The final examination will be given during the final examination period.

Participation and Attendance

Participation includes regular attendance, preparation of class materials and readings, and active contribution. Think about what you are learning, and be ready to participate when you come to class. Please ask questions if you do not understand or even if you do. If you are having any problem, or if you just want to discuss specific issues see me after class. Attend class! Attendance is important to understanding the material since we will try to show corrections of writing exercises in our class discussions. If you are going to miss class for a good reason, it is a good idea to let me know ahead of time if possible.

This course-handout Writing 2 course-handout by Dr. Shaghi 2014-2015.pdf on Google Plays can be viewed from this link https://play.google.com/books/reader?printsec=frontcover&output=reader&id=4OE5BgAAAEAJ&pg=GBS.PA0 Dr. Abdullah Shaghi (discuss • contribs) 17:08, 15 October 2015 (UTC)