A Writer's Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays

by Brannan, Bob

• ISBN13: 9780073385686
• ISBN10: 0073385689
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-06
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

This two-book developmental writing series engages using with its environmental theme.A Writer's Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essaysengages developing writers with a hands-on, process-oriented, collaborative, and conscientious approach to writing, treating students as writers and writing as a dynamic process. Throughout, this text offers sound connections between its lessons and students' existing knowledge. It also explores why we study each writing skill and process, linking lessons to future application in the classroom and beyond.

Table of Contents

Getting Our Feet Wet

Practicing the Writing Process

Making the Most of Reading

Working with the Paragraph

Crafting Paragraphs

Revising Paragraphs

Picturing A Place (Description)

Telling Your Own Story (Narration)

Illustrating through Examples

Creating and Explaining Groups (Classification)

Recognizing Causes, Explaining Effects

Explaining Activities: Doing and Understanding Them (Process Analysis)

Explaining Similarities and Differences (Comparison-Contrast)

Working with the Essay

Introducing the Essay

Expanding Paragraphs into Essays

Revising Essays

Defining Terms, Clarifying Ideas (Definition)

Writing Persuasively (Argument)

Taking Essay Exams

Writing with Research

Polishing Style

Creating Sentence Variety

Choosing the Most Effective Word

Practicing Sentence Sense

Working with Sentence Parts

Using Coordination, Subordination, and Parallelism

Avoiding Run-Ons, Comma Splices, and Sentence Fragments

Working with Verbs: Form and Agreement

Working with Pronouns: Reference, Agreement, and Form

Describing with Adjectives and Adverbs

Using Commas, Other Punctuation, and Mechanics

Spelling and Distinguishing Sound-Alike Words

Additional Readings

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