A Writer's Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays

by Brannan, Bob

• ISBN13: 9780072522679
• ISBN10: 0072522674
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co

Summary

From paragraph to essay, no text builds better writing with such an active and collaborative approach. A Writer's Workshop helps hone writing through the detailed instruction - explanation, examples, student models, and activities - that students need.

Table of Contents

Getting Our Feet Wet

Practicing the Writing Process

Making the Most of Reading

Working with the Paragraph

Introducing the Paragraph

Revising Paragraphs

Picturing A Place

Telling Your Own Story

Illustrating through Examples

Creating and Explaining Groups

Recognizing Causes, Explaining Effects

Explaining Activities: Doing Them, Understanding Them

Explaining Similarities and Differences

Working with the Essay

Introducing the Essay

Revising Essays

Expanding Paragraphs into Essays

Defining Terms, Clarifying Ideas

Combining Patterns of Development

Writing Persuasively

Combining Patterns of Development

Taking Essay Exams

Combining Patterns of Development

Polishing Style

Creating Sentence Variety

Choosing the Most Effective Word

Practicing Sentence Sense

Working with Sentence Parts

Coordination, Subordination, and Parallelism

Run-Ons, Comma Splices, and Sentence Fragments

Verbs: Form and Agreement

Pronouns: Reference, Agreement, and Form

Adjectives and Adverbs: Words that Describe

Commas, Other Punctuation, and Mechanics

Spelling and Sound-Alike Words

ESL Concerns

Additional Readings

"The Great Tide Pool,"excerpt from

"The Dare,"by Roger Hoffman "Rambos of the Road,"

"The Ways of Meeting Oppression,"

"The Ten Most Memorable Bores"

"Two by Two, We'll Fill the Planet"

"Black Men and Public Spaces"

"How to Write a Letter,"

Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts,"

"A Nice Place to Visit"

"Opposing Principles Help Balance Society"

"What Is a Dad?"

"Abortion, Right and Wrong,"

"What Is Biodiversity and Why Should We Care about It?"

Working with Your Computer

Improvement Chart

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