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Adult Goal 1: Learners will identify and correct errors in pieces of writing using the conventions of standard written English. WRITING

OBJECTIVES EXAMPLES
Objective A: Learners will identify and correct errors in pieces of writing using the conventions of standard written English.
  • Identify errors and correct them; select correct answers from choices given.
  • Identify sentences which are free of mechanical errors.
  • Identify and correct misspelled words.
  • Identify and correct errors in possessives, contractions, and homonyms.
  • Identify and correct errors in capitalization: proper nouns and adjectives; titles of people, dates, places, and addresses; and season and time.
  • Identify and correct errors in comma usage: items in a series, between independent clauses, after introductory phrases and dependent clauses, overuse, and before and after parenthetical and appositive phrases.
  • Identify sentences which are free of errors in usage.
  • Identify and correct errors in subject-verb agreement.
  • Identify and correct verb tense errors in sentences and paragraphs.
  • Identify and correct errors in pronoun reference.
  • Identify sentences which are free of errors in structure.
  • Identify and correct sentence fragments.
  • Identify and correct run-on sentences.
  • Identify and correct comma splices.
  • Identify and correct improper use and punctuation of dependent and independent clauses.
  • Identify and correct errors in parallel structure.
  • Identify and correct errors in modifying phrases.
  • Identify a revised sentence that improves clarity or logic.
  • Identify signal words and connectives as appropriate for linking related clauses and sentences.
  • Identify and correct prepositional phrases, punctuation marks and dialogue, compound and complex sentences, transitional words and phrases, and conjunctions.
  • Check, edit, and revise for correct information, emphasis, and form.

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