BBI2421/GENERAL WRITING SKILLS/SEM1/2015-2016/SDL/PJJ
Self-directed Learning Portfolio - SDL (20%)
1. The SDL consists of self-accessed online exercises.
2. These exercises will begin in Week 3 until Week 12
3. The exercises are to be completed individually. They are meant to help
strengthen grammar and vocabulary which then would help in writing better
academic texts.
4. Submit each practice via Edmodo by uploading your completed exercise.
Follow the following steps:
a) After completing each practice, print screen the page containing the
results of the exercise.
b) To print screen the result page, click the print screen button.
c) Next, open a word document and click paste.
d) On the word document, make sure you have the following information:
 Name, Matric No., Group
 SDL Task (e.g: SDL Task 1)
e) Save the document as PDF and upload it on Edmodo.
5. The completed task will be graded on Edmodo. Marks will only be awarded for
the task that is submitted on time.
Schedule for Self-directed Learning Exercises
SDL
Week
Topics & Links
Submission Due
Date
Task 1
3
TOPIC:
subject-verb agreement
https://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/
owl/exercises/agreement_sv_ex2.ht
m
20 September 2015
TOPIC:
subject-verb agreement
https://www.classzone.com/books/ln
etwork_gr06/page_build.cfm?id=quiz
&ch=7
BBI2421/GENERAL WRITING SKILLS/SEM1/2015-2016/SDL/PJJ
SDL
Week
Tasks/Topics
Schedule Due Date
Task 2
4
TOPIC:
Fragment
https://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/
owl/exercises/fragments_ex1.htm
27 September 2015
TOPIC:
Fragment
https://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/
owl/exercises/fragments_ex2.htm
Task 3
5
TOPIC:
Sentence types (simple and
compound sentence)
http://www.quia.com/quiz/242899.ht
ml?AP_rand=867817647
4 October 2015
TOPIC:
Sentence types (simple, compound
and complex sentence)
http://www.quia.com/quiz/2922118.h
tml?AP_rand=2118642153
Task 4
6
TOPIC:
Sentence types (simple, compound
and complex sentence)
http://highered.mheducation.com/sit
es/0073511994/student_view0/brush
_up/part_igrammar2/grammar_exerc
ise_04.html
TOPIC:
Dependent and independent clause
https://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/
owl/exercises/clauses_ex2.htm
11 October 2015
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Task 5
7
TOPIC:
Sentence errors (run-on)
https://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/
owl/exercises/run-ons_ex1.htm
18 October 2015
TOPIC:
Sentence errors (comma splice)
https://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/
owl/exercises/comma_splices_ex1.h
tm
Task 6
8
TOPIC:
Sentence errors (run-on)
https://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/
owl/exercises/run-ons_ex2.htm
1 November 2015
TOPIC:
Sentence errors (comma splice)
https://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/
owl/exercises/comma_splices_ex2.h
tm
Task 7
9
TOPIC:
Parallel structure
http://highered.mheducation.com/sit
es/0073511994/student_view0/brush
_up/part_igrammar2/grammar_exerc
ise_09.html
8 November 2015
TOPIC:
Parallel structure
https://www.noslanguesourlanguages.gc.ca/quiz/jeux-quizcnjnctns-eng.php
Task 8
10
TOPIC:
Topic sentence
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1351271.h
tml?AP_rand=634433635
TOPIC:
Paragraph development
http://english-zone.com/writing/strctrquiz.html
15 November 2015
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Task 9
11
TOPIC:
Topic sentence
http://highered.mheducation.com/sit
es/0073533890/student_view0/chapt
er1/topic_sentences.html
22 November 2015
TOPIC:
Concluding sentence
http://www.quia.com/quiz/3690355.h
tml?AP_rand=32036619
Task 10
12
TOPIC:
Transition signals
http://highered.mheducation.com/sit
es/0073533858/student_view0/chapt
er9/transitions.html
TOPIC:
Transition signals
http://www.grammarbank.com/tra
nsition-words.html
29 November 2015