English Language Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives
LEVEL 3 WRITING
Level 3
Program Goals
1. Students will learn to analyze and
synthesize short texts at the literal
(propositional) level.
Level 3
Writing Goals
Students will analyze short written
texts for accuracy and cohesion.
Students will synthesize information
from sources into short, original
written texts on personal/concrete
topics.
2. Students will learn to create short
written and spoken texts to express
their own ideas and to represent the
ideas of others.
Students will produce short, original
written texts on a number of personal
and concrete topics such as the
description of people, preferences,
places, and regularly occurring
activities.
Students will summarize texts (written
or spoken) that describe, narrate,
Level 3
Writing Objectives
SWBAT1:
 Identify and correct grammatical and
mechanical errors at sentence level.
 Identify content that is in/consistent
with topic and main idea of the
paragraph (cohesion) at paragraph
level.
 Identify the appropriate topic
sentence for a given text.
 Identify supporting ideas for the
main idea of a given text .
 Incorporate basic quotes and/or
information into short, original
written texts (≤ 250 words).
SWBAT:
 Create an appropriate topic sentence
for a given text.
 Create an appropriate topic sentence
for an original text.
 Write appropriate supporting ideas
for a given main idea .
 Write a short, original written text (≤
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2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary
Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]
English Language Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives
LEVEL 3 WRITING
Level 3
Program Goals
Level 3
Writing Goals
explain, and present opinions.
Level 3
Writing Objectives
250 words) incorporating a topic
sentence, appropriate supporting
ideas and conclusion.
 Construct a series of linked
statements about pictures, simple
charts or graphs.
 Write a summary (≤ 250 words)
restating the main idea and
incorporating the most important
supporting ideas and details
 Use limited transitions of addition,
sequence, exemplification,
comparison/ contrast and clauses
introducing opinion and fact in
original and summary texts.
3. Students will interact via
responding to written texts and
interlocutors & eliciting written or
spoken information on personal &
concrete topics.
Students will produce short, original
written texts (≤ 250 words) requesting
and responding to information on
personal and concrete topics.
SWBAT:
 Complete forms appropriately (such
as applications, on-line forms)
 Write a complaint letter or request
for service
 Respond to a request in writing
(such as appointment with a teacher,
relative who wants to borrow
money)
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1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ...
2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary
Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]
English Language Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives
LEVEL 3 WRITING
Level 3
Program Goals
Level 3
Writing Goals
Level 3
Writing Objectives
4. Students will use and interpret
language in socio-culturally
appropriate ways, including
recognizing & using different
registers and styles.
Students will distinguish between
spoken and written language with
regard to register.
5. Students will use targeted lexical,
phonological, morphological and
syntactic elements at a lowintermediate level.
Students will use core vocabulary
selected from the ELI word list2 and
additional targeted vocabulary in
written texts on personal and concrete
topics.
SWBAT:
 Identify and correct errors in
register.
 Write original compositions
displaying appropriate register.
 Write in narrative, descriptive and
expository styles with appropriate
transitions and organization
SWBAT:
 Use 73% of vocabulary from a
teacher prepared list based on core
vocabulary selected from the ELI
word list2 and additional targeted
vocabulary appropriately in
prepared texts.
 Use 50% of vocabulary from a
teacher prepared list based on core
vocabulary selected from the ELI
word list2 and additional targeted
vocabulary appropriately in
spontaneous texts.
Students will use narrative,
descriptive, and expository styles of
writing.
Students will produce some variety of
complex morphological forms in short
texts.
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1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ...
2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary
Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]
English Language Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives
LEVEL 3 WRITING
Level 3
Program Goals
Level 3
Writing Goals
Students will produce English
sentences with appropriate word order
(SVO).
Students will produce questions.
Students will produce negative
sentences and negative questions.
Level 3
Writing Objectives
SWBAT:
 Produce sentences with appropriate
word order in the main clause.
 Produce coordinated clauses with
appropriate word order.
 Produce some complement clauses
(think/say, want/like)
 Produce adverb clauses of reason
(because)

SWBAT:
 Produce yes-no questions
 Produce wh questions
SWBAT:
 Produce negative yes-no questions
involving copula and non-do
support
 Produce negative wh- questions
involving copula
 Produce negative sentences using dosupport and copula
 Produce negative sentences using
modals can & will
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1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ...
2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary
Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]
English Language Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives
LEVEL 3 WRITING
Level 3
Program Goals
Level 3
Writing Goals
Level 3
Writing Objectives
Students will use appropriate basic
verb morphology
and verb phrases.
SWBAT:
 Produce simple present tense and
present progressive sentences
 Produce simple past sentences
involving regular verbs and a
determined list of high frequency
irregular verbs
 Produce simple present perfect
sentences with the 'past until now'
meaning
 Produce future tense sentences with
be going to
 Produce sentences using modals of
ability, requests, possibility (might),
necessity (must)
 Produce verb phrases with common
adverbs description, manner and
frequency
SWBAT:
 Use non-existential singular and
plural demonstratives
 Use count and noncount concrete
nouns
Students will be able to produce and
appropriately use some noun phrase
structures.
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1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ...
2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary
Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]
English Language Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Program Goals, Course Goals, and Course Objectives
LEVEL 3 WRITING
Level 3
Program Goals
Level 3
Writing Goals
Students will be able to use
hypothetical structures.
Students will be able to use
prepositions.
Students will be able to use some
phrasal verbs.
Level 3
Writing Objectives
 Recognize article use to distinguish
between specific and general
 Use articles to distinguish between
specific and general meanings in a
concrete and focused context
 Use noun phrases with adjectives
 Produce adjectival comparatives
involving –er, than, as ...as and
comparative adjective and comparative
adjective structures
 Use quantifiers such as some, all,
many, most
SWBAT:
 Produce present and future real
conditional sentences
SWBAT:
 Use basic prepositions of time and
place such as in, on, at
SWBAT:
 Use basic separable phrasal verbs
from a determined list
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1. SWBAT = Students will be able to ...
2. The ELI word list is a list of very frequently used words and is compiled by feeding the Coxhead list into the BNC Vocabulary
Profiler: [http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/]