Grammar Learning Objectives GOAL ONE: Foundations …

1 June 1, 2010. Grammar Learning Objectives GOAL ONE: Students will be able to recognize and understand the meaning of targeted grammatical structures in written and spoken form. Foundations Level One Level Two Level Three Students will build an elementary Students will expand their basic Students will begin to integrate form, Students will integrate form, meaning understanding of form, meaning and use understanding of form, meaning, and meaning and use in academic and use in academic discourse in varied discourse settings. use in longer discourse settings discourse settings. settings. including academic discourse. GOAL TWO: Students will be able to use targeted grammatical structures meaningfully and appropriately in oral and written production. Foundations Level One Level Two Level Three Students will use basic grammatical Students will demonstrate an Students will begin to demonstrate Students will demonstrate consistent structures in short conversations and understanding of more complex more consistent and appropriate and appropriate language use in discussions.

2 Grammatical structures in language use in extended extended conversations and conversations and discussions. In conversations and discussions. discussions. addition, students will begin to initiate and sustain conversations and discussions. Students will practice the Grammar Students will practice the Grammar Students will begin to transfer their Students will transfer their knowledge skills involved in writing sentences and needed to write various types of knowledge of structure into effective, of the structure of English into short paragraphs. writing including journals, and concise and grammatically correct effective, concise and grammatically personal /academic paragraphs. longer types of writing such as formal correct longer types of writing such as academic essays and personal journals. multi-paragraph academic essays and personal journals. GOAL THREE: Students will be able to self-correct when using targeted grammatical structures. Foundations Level One Level Two Level Three Students will begin to self-edit their oral Students will self-edit their oral and Students will self-edit their oral and Students will self-edit their oral and and written production.

3 Written production with growing written production. written production. confidence. Course Content: Learning Grammar structures and understanding their meaning and function is a process that occurs over an extended period of time. While there are instances when students may use Grammar structures competently in a short period of time, often, it will take more than one semester for students to learn to use Grammar structures appropriately. The course content for each level reflects this idea of spiraling the Learning of Grammar structures. Foundations Level One Level Two Level Three Pronouns: Pronouns Nouns Future Progressive Subject & Object Possessive, demonstrative, Of possessives Future Progressive Possessive reflexive Present Progressive Perfect & Perfect Progressive Demonstrative Nouns Future with time phrase Past Perfect Progressive Nouns: Count/Noncount Perfect & Perfect Progressive Future Perfect Singular/Plural Quantity Present Perfect Future Perfect Progressive Introduction to Expressions Present Perfect Progressive Yes/No & Wh- Questions Count/Noncount There is / are Past Perfect Verb Tense Integration Possessive nouns To Be-Main Verb Yes/No & Wh- Questions Mixed Verb Tenses in Direct Objects Simple Present Verb Tense Integration Connected Prose There is / are Single word & time phrases Integration of all tenses in Modals & Modal Expressions To Be-Main Verb Present Progressive connected prose Modals in past time Present, Past.

4 Future Long term action Modals & Modal Expressions Gerunds & Infinitives Imperatives Stative Verbs Review Present Modals & Expanded Verb List Simple Present Simple Past Expressions Passive & past forms Habit & Fact used to Introduction to modals in past Possessives to modify gerund Introduction to non- Past Progressive time Passive progressive verbs while/when Gerunds & Infinitives All Tenses Adverbs of Frequency Future Verb list Passive modals single word Yes/ No & Questions Used as Subject, Objects of Prepositions Present Progressive whom, whose Verbs & Prepositions Connectives Continuous action now Verb Tense Integration Negative Forms; Influence & yet, for, nor, due to, therefore, Simple Past Integration of simple tenses Causative Verbs nevertheless, despite, on the Regular & Irregular Modals & Modal Expressions Direct/Indirect Objects other hand, otherwise Future Present Modals & Modal Phrasal Verbs Determiners Be going to & will Expressions Separable & Nonseparable Adverbial Clauses: Time, Yes/No & WH Questions Prepositions Passive Cause/Effect, Contrast, Condition Who, what, when, where, Time & Place Present & Past Stative Passive Time, cause/effect, contrast, why, how much/many, how often Connectives Participial Adjectives condition Introduction to Present Modals and, but, so, or Intransitive and Transitive now that, since, while, whereas, Modals & Modal Determiners Verbs only if, even if, whether or not Expressions other/another; one, some, any.

5 Prepositions Reducing adverb clauses to Want, need, like + Infinitive so, very, too, enough Preposition Combinations with phrases Prepositions Adjectives Adjectives & Verbs Adjective Clauses Time & Place Noun Modifiers Connectives who, whom, that, which, whose, Connectives because of, so that, however, where, when And, but, so, or Comparatives, Equatives and yet, for, nor, due to, therefore, Restrictive and non-restrictive Determiners Superlatives nevertheless, despite, on the Reducing adjective clauses to Articles, numbers & more/less, as, as other hand, otherwise phrases quantifiers many, much, some, a lot many/much, the same, like/alike, Comparatives, Equatives and Noun Clauses of, any different Superlatives Noun Clauses Adjectives Adverbs Adverbs Direct & Reported Speech Descriptive, Demonstrative, Frequency and manner Adverbials of Means: by + Subjunctive Possessive Adverbial Clauses (Time, gerund; with + noun phrase. Conditional Sentences Adverbs Cause/Effect, Contrast, Condition) Adverbials of Purpose: Adverbs of frequency Because, when, before, after, if, because of, in order to, for Adverbial Clauses: Time, although Adverbial Clauses: Time, Cause/Effect, Contrast, Condition Cause/Effect, Contrast, Condition.

6 Because, when, before, after Time Clauses because, although, even though, if/unless Adjective Clauses Introduction to Adjective Clauses who, whom, that,which, whose Noun Clauses Introduction to Noun Clauses and Reported Speech Conditional Sentences Introduction to Conditional Sentences ASSESSMENT. GOAL ONE: Students will be able to recognize and understand the meaning of targeted grammatical structures in written and spoken form. Foundations Level One Level Two Level Three Students will demonstrate an Students will demonstrate an Students will demonstrate an Students will demonstrate an understanding of a Grammar structure understanding of a Grammar structure understanding of a Grammar structure understanding of a Grammar structure on quizzes, tests, journal writing and on quizzes, tests, journal writing and on quizzes, tests, journal writing and on quizzes, tests, journal writing and other writing assignments. other writing assignments. other writing assignments. other writing assignments.

7 GOAL TWO: Students will be able to use targeted grammatical structures meaningfully and appropriately in oral and written production. Foundations Level One Level Two Level Three Students will demonstrate an Students will demonstrate an Students will demonstrate an Students will demonstrate an understanding of a Grammar structure understanding of a Grammar structure understanding of a Grammar structure understanding of a Grammar structure by talking about it in pair and group by talking about it in pair and group by talking about it in pair and group by talking about it in pair and group work, and class discussions. work, and class discussions. work, and class discussions. work, and class discussions. Students will write sentences and Students will write paragraphs which Students will write paragraphs and Students will write paragraphs and paragraphs which use targeted Grammar use targeted Grammar structures. essays which use targeted Grammar essays which use targeted Grammar structures.

8 Students will write a variety of structures and various rhetorical structures and various rhetorical Students will write a variety of sentence sentence types. modes. modes. types. Students will write a variety of Students will write a variety of sentence types. sentence types. GOAL THREE: Students will be able to self-correct when using targeted grammatical structures. Foundations Level One Level Two Level Three Students will edit their own and their Students will edit their own and their Students will edit their own and their Students will edit their own and their classmates' sentences, and paragraphs. classmates' sentences, and paragraphs. classmates' sentences, paragraphs, and classmates' sentences, paragraphs, essays. and essays.