Sheridan Course Outlines

COMM70011
Writing Grammatically

I: Administrative Information II: Course Details III: Topical Outline(s) Printable Version

Section I: Administrative Information

Total hours: 48.0
Credit Value: 3.5
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Winter 2014
Prerequisites: N/A
Corequisites: N/A
Equivalents: N/A
Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: N/A

Program(s): N/A
Program Coordinator(s): N/A
Course Leader or Contact: Multiple Course Leaders
Version: 2.0
Status: Approved (APPR)

Section I Notes: This course is delivered through OntarioLearn and hosted by Algonquin College. Access to this course is from the OntarioLearn website.

Section II: Course Details

Detailed Description
Students learn the rules of English grammar in a comprehensive, easy-to-follow manner. Starting with a review of sentence parts, students move to an in-depth explanation of sentence structuring and culminate in a practical review of stylistic conventions in business writing.

Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes

 LEARNING OUTCOMES:

To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated 
the ability to:

1. Identify and use phrases correctly in sentences 
2. Recognize and apply sentence parts and structure 
3. Understand and apply rules of agreement in sentence structure
4. Punctuate sentences correctly 
5. Recognize stylistic conventions

Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:

24% Discussion Board and Wiki Participation
76% Online Quizzes

Section III: Topical Outline

Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
Effective term: Winter 2014
Professor: Multiple Professors
Textbook(s):

No text required

Applicable student group(s): All
Course Details:

1.Identify and use phrases correctly in sentences 
- Identify prepositional phrases.
- Identify past and present participial phrases.
- Identify gerund phrases.
- Identify infinitive phrases.

2.Recognize and apply sentence parts and structure 
- Identify and analyze simple sentences.
- Identify and punctuate compound sentences.
- Identify and punctuate complex sentences with dependent adverb and
  dependent adjective clauses.
- Identify and analyze complex sentences with dependent noun clauses.
- Identify and punctuate compound-complex sentences.
- Write and analyze all four types of sentences.

3. Understand and apply rules of agreement in sentence structure
- Identify personal, indefinite, relative and interrogative pronouns.
- Identify person and case in personal pronouns.
- Use the correct case of personal pronouns
- Use whom and who correctly in dependent adjective and noun clauses.
- Apply a set of rules for pronoun-antecedent agreement.
- Apply the same set of rules for subject-verb agreement.

4.Punctuate sentences correctly 
- Apply rules for the use of the comma in sentence writing
- Apply rules for the use of the semi-colon and colon in sentence 
  writing.
- Apply rules for the use of quotation marks in sentence writing
- Apply rules for the use of italics in sentence writing.

5.Recognize stylistic conventions 
- Use parentheses and dashes to indicate parenthetical material
- End sentences with dashes, ellipses, question marks and exclamation
  marks
- Hyphenate compound words
- Abbreviate words according to standard rules of style
- Capitalize words and abbreviations correctly
- Incorporate numbers into writing using rules of style

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Academic Integrity: The principle of academic integrity requires that all work submitted for evaluation and course credit be the original, unassisted work of the student. Cheating or plagiarism including borrowing, copying, purchasing or collaborating on work, except for group projects arranged and approved by the professor, or otherwise submitting work that is not the student's own, violates this principle and will not be tolerated. Students who have any questions regarding whether or not specific circumstances involve a breach of academic integrity are advised to review the Academic Integrity Policy and procedure and/or discuss them with the professor.

Copyright: A majority of the course lectures and materials provided in class and posted in SLATE are protected by copyright. Use of these materials must comply with the Acceptable Use Policy, Use of Copyright Protected Work Policy and Student Code of Conduct. Students may use, copy and share these materials for learning and/or research purposes provided that the use complies with fair dealing or an exception in the Copyright Act. Permission from the rights holder would be necessary otherwise. Please note that it is prohibited to reproduce and/or post a work that is not your own on third-party commercial websites including but not limited to Course Hero or OneNote. It is also prohibited to reproduce and/or post a work that is not your own or your own work with the intent to assist others in cheating on third-party commercial websites including but not limited to Course Hero or OneNote.

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Course Outline Changes: The information contained in this Course Outline including but not limited to faculty and program information and course description is subject to change without notice. Any changes to course curriculum and/or assessment shall adhere to approved Sheridan protocol. Nothing in this Course Outline should be viewed as a representation, offer and/or warranty. Students are responsible for reading the Important Notice and Disclaimer which applies to Programs and Courses.

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