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Philosophy
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As an English Department, we believe communication skills are vital for students to succeed in today's society.
We structure our classes to build each student's skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing. We try
to make connections to other curricular areas and real world experiences.
Standards and Benchmarks
1. Demonstrates competence in the general skills
and strategies of the writing process
- Uses developmentally appropriate ideas
- Uses developmentally appropriate organization
- Uses developmentally appropriate voice
- Uses developmentally appropriate word choice
- Uses developmentally appropriate sentence fluency
- Uses developmentally appropriate conventions
2. Effectively gathers and uses information for research purposes
- Accesses and uses basic reference materials
- Discriminates among appropriate web sites
3. Demonstrates competence in the general skills of the reading process
for a variety of texts
- Reads to decode conventions
- Reads to establish comprehension
- Reads to realize context
- Reads to develop interpretations
- Reads to integrate for synthesis
- Reads to critique for evaluation
- Develops and expands vocabulary
4. Demonstrates competence in speaking and listening
- Uses discussion techniques
- Uses listening skills
- Uses appropriate techniques in oral presentations
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English Lesson
How to Write More Better
And don't start a sentence with a conjunction too often.
Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read.
Don't use no double negatives.
Proofread carefully to see if you words out.
Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.
Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
Don't overuse exclamation marks!!!
Avoid commas, that are not necessary.
A writer must not shift your point of view.
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Oh, That Crazy English!
English is a crazy language. There is no egg in egg plant and no ham in hamburger and neither pine nor apple in
pineapple. English muffins were not invented in England. French fries were not invented in France. Quicksand
takes you down slowly. Boxing rings are square. And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth? If the teacher taught, why didn't
the preacher praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Why do people recite at a
play but play at a recital? Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways? A house can burn up as it burns
down. We fill in a form by filling it out. English was invented by people, and it reflects the creatiity of the
human race (which, of course, is not a race at all).
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