To the Teacher
To the Learners
PART ONE BASIC WRITING SKILLS
I. COURSE OUTLINE
1.1 Goals
1.2 Course Requirements and Marks
1.3 Diagnostic TestPretest
1.4 Diagnostic Test Posttest
II. Mechanics
2.1Capitalization
2.2Punctuation Marks
2.3Spelling
2.4Paragraph Styles
2.5Handwriting
III. Word Choice
3.1Levels of Usage
3.1.1 Formal Usage
3.1.2 Informal Usage
3.1.3 Slang Usage
3.2Word Meanings
3.2.1 Denotation
3.2.2 Connotation
3.2.3 Contextual Meaning
3.2.4 Other Meanings
IV.Grammar
4.1Sentence and its Parts
4.1.1 Subject
4.1.2 Predicate
4.1.3 Fragment
4.1.4 Requirements of Written Sentence
4.1.5 Kinds of Sentences
4.2Subject-Verb Agreement
4.2.1 Rules on Subject-Verb Agreement
4.2.2 Exceptions to the Rules
4.3 Phrases and Clauses
4.3.1 Phrases
4.3.2 Clauses
4.3.2.1 Main Clause
4.4.2.2 Subordinate Clause
4.4 Sentence Errors
Suggestions to Sentence Errors
PART TWO METHODS OF PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT
I. Definition
1.1 Paragraph by Definition
1.2 Model One
1.3 Model Two
1.4 Model Three
1.5 Model Four
II. Example
2.1 Paragraph by Example
2.2 Model One
2.3 Model Two
2.4 Model Three
2.5 Model Four
III. Generalization
3.1 Paragraph by Generalization and Specific Details
3.2 Model One
IV. Time
4.1 Paragraph by Time
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In writing context, a diagnostic test is sometimes called diagnostic-assessment test because it evaluates learners and assesses their skill and level. It has two types: the pretest and the posttest. The pretest is conducted with the objective of assessing individual student’s writing level. Such test guides the writing teacher for future course of action.
Posttest is administered after a course of instruction including feedback has been given to students on the assumption that there was already a pretest. A posttest is given only for one purpose - to check the progress of students in terms of what they have learned on specific lessons.
Prior to posttest is a pretest. A writing diagnostic pretest is a 100 to 200 word-test usually given to the students at the beginning of a course. If there is a significant difference between the pretest and the posttest scores - that is, the post test is higher than the pretest then there is learning. The students have learned something. As such, a posttest is an evaluation of students’ learning.