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  • Written Expression

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     The Written Expression module develops students' academic writing skills by focusing on creating clear, coherent, and well-st

  • 3 August - 9 August

  • Lecturer Contact Details

    Dr. Yasser BEN MOUSSA, Assistant lecturer

    • Faculty of Letters and Foreign Languages, at Mohamed Khieder University of Biskra
    • Department of English Language and Literature 
    • Contact: yasser.benmoussa@univ-biskra.dz

    Course Details 

    •   Written Expression, also refers to ' WE'
    • Teaching Time: 2hours per week
    • Setting: Monday from 08:00am to 9:00am at Room 15.
    • Tuesday from 9.40 am to 11.10 at room 25
    • For First year LMD
    • Group 15
    • Coefficient: 2
    • Credit: 2
    • Unit: Fundamental

    Availability

    • Office: Staff-room 2. Tuesday, from 10am- 13:00, at the Department of English.
    • Forum Discussion: If you have questions related to the course, or the assignment, you can post them in the forum space. I will be able to answer you back during 48hours.
    • Email: I also answer emails, in case I am in an annual leave, you will receive an automatic reply that informs you about my non-availability. In urgent situations, I reply through emails, however, the way that I prefer we contact each other is through the forum.

  • Learning Objectives

    Learning Objectives: by the completion of this semester, students will be able to

    Ÿ   Demonstrate the ability to comprehend and express ideas in written form in the language of study, producing coherent and well-structured texts.

    Ÿ   Develop textual, metatextual, and linguistic knowledge by analyzing and engaging with a variety of text types, and apply this knowledge to create original written work.

    Ÿ   Acquire and enhance reading and writing skills, including the use of effective strategies for comprehension, analysis, and composition.

    Ÿ   Distinguish between literal and inferential meanings in texts, and apply this understanding to interpret and analyze written material effectively.

                        -       LO1: what is a sentence

    -       LO2: Identify the four types of sentences based on function (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory) and provide examples of each.

    -       LO3: Point out the key differences between simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences based on their structure and clause types.

    -       LO4: Examine how punctuation marks (periods, question marks, exclamation marks) are used to distinguish between sentence types based on their function.

  • Pre- requisites

    Objectives designed for the pre-requisites are interrelated to what students know (de savoir ce que savent), and what students need to develop to be able to apply writing skills.

    Ÿ   Recognition of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and articles.

    Ÿ   Understanding subjects (who/what the sentence is about) and verbs (action/state of being).

    Ÿ   The concept of a complete thought (a sentence must express a full idea).

  • Pre- requisites Test

    Activity One: Highlight the subject and the verb in each sentence.

    1. The dog barks loudly.

    2. Maria reads a book.

    3. Birds fly south in winter.

    4. The teacher explains the lesson.

    5. We eat dinner at 7 PM. Highlight.

    Activity Two: Identify the bolded word's part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, article).

    The quick fox jumps.

     A

    Adjective

     B

    adverb

    Activity Three: Identify the bolded word's part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, article).

    . She sings beautifully.

     A

    Verb

     B

    Preposition

       

    Activity Four: Identify if the statement is a complete sentence or it's a fragment.

    On the tall mountain.

     A

    Compete sentence

     B

    Fragment

       

     

       

     

       

  • Pdf- Chapter One.

  • scorm chapter one: Types of Sentences

    Current week

  • Discussion of Chapter One

  • Reflections on First Lecture

  • Final Evaluation Practice

    • Lecture 1 activities Quiz
      Opened: Wednesday, 13 August 2025, 9:46 AM
      Closed: Monday, 18 August 2025, 9:46 AM

  • Sentence Problems/ Errors

    Sentence errors are common grammatical mistakes that hinder clarity and correctness in writing. They include issues like fragments (incomplete sentences), run-ons (multiple independent clauses improperly joined), comma splices (commas incorrectly connecting independent clauses), and subject-verb agreement errors (when the verb form doesn't match its subject in number). Identifying and correcting these errors is crucial for effective writing.

  • 19 October - 25 October

  • Chapter Two scorm

  • Chapter two pdf

  • Links-

  • Practice- Chapter two

    Read each group of words below. Identify whether it is a sentence fragment (F) or a complete sentence (S). If it is a fragment, rewrite it as a complete sentence.

    Part 1: Identify Fragments

    The sun set behind the mountains, casting a warm glow over the valley.

    2. _ __ Because I was late to the meeting.

    3. __ _ Running through the park in the morning

    4. _ __ She enjoys reading novels on weekends.

    5.   When the sun sets over the horizon.

    6. __  The students studied for their exams.

    7. __ _ Although it was raining heavily.

    8. ___ My brother loves to play soccer with his friends.

    Quiz: Identify sentence errors in the below paragraph.  

      When I woke up this morning. I realized I was late for school, I rushed to get ready, I forgot to eat breakfast. Running out the door with my backpack. Because I didn't want to miss the bus. The bus was already leaving, I had to run after it, the driver didn't see me. Although I was out of breath. I finally caught up to the bus, the driver let me on. Sitting in my seat, feeling relieved. My friend asked me why I was so late, I told her about my morning, she laughed. After I got to school, everything was fine.

  • Lecture two Model answers

    Activity One Read each group of words below. Identify fragment, rewrite it as a complete sentence.

    Part 1: Identify Fragments

    The sun set behind the mountains, casting a warm glow over the valley.

    2. _CS__ Because I was late to the meeting.

    3. __F_ Running through the park in the morning.

    4. _F__ She enjoys reading novels on weekends.

    5. __CS_ When the sun sets over the horizon.

    6. __CS_ The students studied for their exams.

    7. __F_ Although it was raining heavily.

    8. CS___ My brother loves to play soccer with his friends.

    Corrected paragraph

    When I woke up this morning, I realized I was late for school. I rushed to get ready and forgot to eat breakfast. I ran out the door with my backpack because I didn't want to miss the bus. The bus was already leaving, so I had to run after it, but the driver didn't see me. Although I was out of breath, I finally caught up to the bus, and the driver let me on. I sat in my seat, feeling relieved. My friend asked me why I was so late, and I told her about my morning. She laughed. After I got to school, everything was fine.

  • Reflections on Lecture Two

  • Final Evaluation

    • Final evaluation Quiz
      Opened: Thursday, 14 August 2025, 11:14 AM
      Closed: Thursday, 14 August 2025, 11:14 AM

  • Bibliography

    Khan, S. (2024). Kind of sentences: Assertive, interrogative, imperative, optative, exclamatory sentences; English grammar. Sakha Global Books, Inc.

    Coker, D. L., & Ritchey, K. D. (2015). Teaching beginning writers. Guilford Publications.

     Bartle, P. (2006). Grammar and composition: A comprehensive guide. Academic Press.

     Vito, G. (2006). Mastering punctuation and grammar: A practical guide. Language Press.

  • Examiner 2