English Workshop: Second Course

by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc.

• ISBN13: 9780030971754
• ISBN10: 0030971756
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School

Table of Contents

INVITATION TO WRITING
The Writing Process
Prewriting: Finding Ideas for Writing	1	(2)
Prewriting: Asking Questions	3	(1)
Prewriting: Arranging Ideas	4	(1)
Writing a First Draft	5	(1)
Evaluating and Revising	6	(2)
Proofreading and Publishing	8	(3)
Paragraph Workshops
Main Ideas and Topic Sentences	11	(2)
Unity and Coherence	13	(2)
Using Description and Narration	15	(2)
Using Comparison/Contrast and Evaluation	17	(2)
Composition Workshops
Planning a Composition	19	(2)
Writing Introductions	21	(2)
Writing Conclusions	23	(2)
AIMS FOR WRITING
Expressing Yourself
A Friendly Letter	25	(8)
Thinking About the Model	26	(1)
Prewriting	27	(2)
Writing	29	(1)
Evaluating and Revising	30	(2)
Proofreading and Publishing	32	(1)
For Your Portfolio	32	(1)
Creative Writing
A Children's Story	33	(12)
Thinking About the Model	35	(2)
Prewriting	37	(4)
Writing	41	(1)
Evaluating and Revising	42	(1)
Proofreading and Publishing	43	(1)
For Your Portfolio	44	(1)
Informing Others
A News Article	45	(8)
Thinking About the Model	46	(2)
Prewriting	48	(2)
Writing	50	(1)
Evaluating and Revising	50	(1)
Proofreading and Publishing	51	(1)
For Your Portfolio	52	(1)
Persuading Others
A Public Service Announcement	53	(6)
Thinking About the Model	53	(2)
Prewriting	55	(1)
Writing	56	(1)
Evaluating and Revising	56	(2)
Proofreading and Publishing	58	(1)
For Your Portfolio	58	(1)
LANGUAGE AND STYLE
Sentence Workshops
Sentence Fragments	59	(2)
Run-on Sentences	61	(2)
Combining by Inserting Words and Phrases	63	(2)
Combining by Using And, But, or Or	65	(2)
Improving Sentence Style	67	(4)
Chapter Review	69	(2)
Language Workshops
Choosing Your Words I	71	(2)
Choosing Your Words II	73	(4)
Chapter Review	75	(2)
GRAMMAR, USAGE, AND MECHANICS
The Sentence
Sentence Sense	77	(2)
The Subject and the Predicate	79	(2)
The Simple Subject and the Simple Predicate	81	(2)
Compound Subjects and Compound Verbs	83	(4)
Chapter Review	85	(2)
Parts Of Speech
Nouns	87	(2)
Common, Proper, Abstract, and Concrete Nouns	89	(2)
Pronouns	91	(2)
Adjectives	93	(2)
Proper Adjectives	95	(4)
Chapter Review	97	(2)
Parts Of Speech
Verbs	99	(2)
Linking Verbs	101	(2)
Helping Verbs	103	(2)
Adverbs	105	(4)
Review Exercise	107	(2)
Prepositions	109	(2)
Conjunctions and Interjections	111	(4)
Chapter Review	113	(2)
Complements
Direct Objects	115	(2)
Indirect Objects	117	(2)
Predicate Nominatives	119	(2)
Predicate Adjectives	121	(4)
Chapter Review	123	(2)
The Phrase
Prepositional Phrases	125	(2)
Adjective Phrases	127	(2)
Adverb Phrases	129	(4)
Review Exercise	131	(2)
Participles and Participial Phrases	133	(2)
Gerunds and Gerund Phrases	135	(2)
Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases	137	(2)
Appositives and Appositive Phrases	139	(4)
Chapter Review	141	(2)
The Clause
Independent and Subordinate Clauses	143	(2)
The Adjective Clause	145	(2)
The Adverb Clause	147	(2)
The Noun Clause	149	(4)
Chapter Review	151	(2)
Sentence Structure
Simple and Compound Sentences	153	(2)
Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences	155	(4)
Chapter Review	157	(2)
Agreement
Agreement of Subject and Verb	159	(2)
Prepositional Phrase Interrupters	161	(2)
Singular and Plural Indefinite Pronouns	163	(2)
All, Any, Most, None, and Some	165	(4)
Review Exercise 1	167	(2)
Compound Subjects	169	(2)
Other Agreement Problems	171	(2)
Don't and Doesn't	173	(2)
Review Exercise 2	174	(1)
Pronoun Agreement	175	(4)
Chapter Review	177	(2)
Using Verbs Correctly
Principal Parts and Regular Verbs	179	(2)
Irregular Verbs	181	(4)
Verb Tense	185	(2)
Sit and Set and Rise and Raise	187	(2)
Lie and Lay	189	(4)
Chapter Review	191	(2)
Using Pronouns Correctly
Cases of Pronouns	193	(2)
Nominative Case Pronouns	195	(2)
Pronouns as Direct Objects	197	(2)
Other Objective Case Pronoun Uses	199	(2)
Who and Whom	201	(2)
Pronoun Appositives and Reflexive Pronouns	203	(4)
Chapter Review	205	(2)
Using Modifiers Correctly
Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs	207	(2)
Irregular Comparison	209	(2)
Review Exercise	210	(1)
Other Modifier Problems	211	(2)
Placement of Modifiers	213	(2)
Placement of Participial Phrases	215	(2)
Placement of Adjective Clauses	217	(4)
Chapter Review	219	(2)
A Glossary Of Usage
Accept through Bad, Badly	221	(2)
Because through Hardly, Scarcely	223	(2)
Hisself through Try And	225	(2)
Well through Your, You're	227	(4)
Chapter Review	229	(2)
Capital Letters
The Pronoun I and Proper Nouns	231	(2)
Places and People	233	(2)
Groups, Organizations, and Religion	235	(2)
Objects, Events, Structures, and Awards	237	(2)
Titles	239	(2)
School Subjects, First Words, Proper Adjectives	241	(4)
Chapter Review	243	(2)
Punctuation
End Marks and Abbreviations	245	(2)
Commas in a Series	247	(2)
Commas with Compound Sentences	249	(2)
Commas with Interrupters	251	(2)
Other Uses of Commas	253	(2)
Introductory Words, Phrases, and Clauses	255	(2)
Dates, Addresses, and Friendly Letters	257	(4)
Review Exercise	259	(2)
Semicolons	261	(2)
Colons	263	(4)
Chapter Review	265	(2)
Punctuation
Underlining (Italics)	267	(2)
Quotation Marks	269	(4)
Apostrophes	273	(2)
Contractions	275	(4)
Chapter Review	277	(2)
Spelling
The Dictionary	279	(2)
Spelling Rules	281	(2)
Prefixes and Suffixes	283	(4)
Plurals of Nouns	287	(6)
Chapter Review	291	(2)
Spelling Words	293	(4)
Index	297