Writer's World, The: Sentences and Paragraphs (Book Alone)

by Gaetz, Lynne; Phadke, Suneeti

• ISBN13: 9780131830417
• ISBN10: 0131830414
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

The Writerrs"s Worldaddresses the diverseneedsof your students by meeting the needs of nonnative English speakers, visual learners and students with varying skill levels! What are the diverseneedsof your students? Do you have students with varying skill levels? Do you have nonnative English speakers in your courses? How many of your students are visual learners? Lynne Gaetz and Suneeti Phadke put their classroom teaching experience to use by writingThe Writerrs"s World for you and your students. This ground breaking developmental writing series was written and designed from the ground up to address the greatest teaching challenges and the diverse needs of todayrs"s students.

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
PART The Writing Process	2	(104)
Exploring	3	(9)
What is Exploring?	3	(1)
Topic	4	(1)
Audience	4	(1)
Purpose	5	(1)
Exploring Strategies	5	(5)
Journal and Portfolio Writing	10	(2)
Developing	12	(20)
What is Developing?	12	(2)
Narrow the Topic	14	(1)
The Topic Sentence	15	(5)
The Supporting Ideas	20	(8)
The Paragraph Plan	28	(1)
The First Draft	29	(3)
Revising and Editing	32	(11)
What is Revising and Editing?	32	(1)
Revise for Unity	33	(1)
Revise for Adequate Support	34	(2)
Revise for Coherence	36	(2)
Revise for Style	38	(1)
Edit for Errors	38	(3)
The Final Draft	41	(2)
Paragraph Patterns	43	(46)
What Are Paragraph Patterns?	43	(1)
The Illustration Paragraph	44	(5)
The Narrative Paragraph	49	(5)
The Descriptive Paragraph	54	(6)
The Process Paragraph	60	(5)
The Definition Paragraph	65	(5)
The Comparison and Contrast Paragraph	70	(5)
The Cause and Effect Paragraph	75	(6)
The Argument Paragraph	81	(8)
Writing the Essay	89	(17)
Exploring the Essay	89	(3)
Explore Topics	92	(1)
The Thesis Statement	93	(3)
The Supporting ideas	96	(1)
The Essay Plan	97	(1)
The Introduction	98	(2)
The Conclusion	100	(2)
The First Draft	102	(1)
Revising and Editing the Essay	102	(1)
The Final Draft	103	(3)
PART The Editing Handbook	106	(2)
Grammar Section 1: Some Parts of Speech	108	(39)
Nouns, Determiners, and Prepositions	108	(19)
Nouns	109	(5)
Count Nouns and Noncount Nouns	114	(2)
Determiners	116	(4)
Prepositions	120	(7)
Pronouns	127	(20)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement	128	(2)
Indefinite Pronouns	130	(2)
Vague Pronouns	132	(1)
Pronoun Shifts	133	(1)
Pronoun Case	134	(2)
Problems with Possessive Pronouns	136	(4)
Relative Pronouns	140	(2)
Reflexive Pronouns (-self, -selves)	142	(5)
Grammar Section 2: Problems with Verbs	147	(77)
Subjects and Verbs	147	(12)
Identifying Subjects	148	(3)
Identifying Prepositional Phrases	151	(2)
Identifying Verbs	153	(6)
Present and Past Tenses	159	(19)
Understanding Verb Tense	160	(1)
The Simple Present Tense	160	(6)
The Simple Past Tense	166	(8)
Avoiding Double Negatives	174	(4)
Past Participles	178	(19)
Past Participles	179	(4)
The Present Perfect Tense: Have/Has & Past Participle	183	(4)
The Past Perfect Tense: Had & Past Participle	187	(3)
The Past Participle as an Adjective	190	(1)
The Passive Voice: Be & Past Participle	190	(7)
Progressive Tenses	197	(11)
Understanding Progressive Tenses	198	(1)
Present Progressive	198	(2)
Past Progressive	200	(2)
Using Complete Verbs	202	(1)
Other Progressive Forms	203	(5)
Other Verb Forms	208	(16)
Modals	209	(4)
Nonstandard Forms: Gonna, Gotta, Wanna	213	(1)
Conditional Forms	214	(4)
Gerunds and Infinitives	218	(6)
Grammar Section 3: Verb Agreement and Consistency	224	(24)
Subject-Verb Agreement	224	(16)
Basic Subject-Verb Agreement Rules	225	(4)
Verb Before the Subject	229	(2)
More Than One Subject	231	(1)
Special Subject Forms	231	(3)
Interrupting Words and Phrases	234	(6)
Tense Consistency	240	(8)
Consistent Verb Tense	241	(7)
Grammar Section 4: Effective Sentences	248	(40)
Sentence Combining 1	248	(13)
Comparing Simple and Compound Sentences	249	(1)
Combining Sentences Using Coordinating Conjunctions	249	(4)
Combining Sentences Using Semicolons	253	(2)
Combining Sentences Using Transitional Expressions	255	(6)
Sentence Combining 2	261	(14)
Understanding Complex Sentences	262	(1)
Using Subordinating Conjunctions	262	(5)
Using Relative Pronouns	267	(3)
Combining Questions	270	(5)
Sentence Variety and Exact Language	275	(13)
Achieving Sentence Variety	276	(3)
Using Specific Vocabulary	279	(2)
Avoiding Cliches	281	(2)
Slang versus Standard English	283	(5)
Grammar Section 5: Common Sentence Errors	288	(28)
Fragments	288	(10)
Understanding Fragments	289	(1)
Phrase Fragments	289	(1)
Explanatory Fragments	290	(2)
Dependent-Clause Fragments	292	(6)
Run-Ons	298	(7)
Understanding Run-Ons	299	(6)
Faulty Parallel Structure	305	(11)
Identifying Parallel Structure	306	(1)
Correcting Faulty Parallel Structure	307	(9)
Grammar Section 6: Modifiers	316	(28)
Adjectives and Adverbs	316	(17)
Adjectives	317	(4)
Adverbs	321	(4)
Comparative and Superlative Forms	325	(8)
Mistakes with Modifiers	333	(11)
Misplaced Modifiers	334	(4)
Dangling Modifiers	338	(6)
Grammar Section 7: Word Use and Spelling	344	(25)
Spelling	344	(15)
Improving Your Spelling	345	(1)
Writing ie or ei	345	(2)
Adding Prefixes and Suffixes	347	(5)
Writing Two-Part Words	352	(1)
Commonly Misspelled Words	353	(6)
Commonly Confused Words	359	(10)
Commonly Confused Words	360	(9)
Grammar Section 8: Punctuation and Mechanics	369	(37)
Commas	369	(14)
Understanding Commas	370	(1)
Commas in a Series	370	(1)
Commas After Introductory Words and Phrases	371	(1)
Commas Around Interrupting Words and Phrases	371	(3)
Commas in Compound Sentences	374	(1)
Commas in Complex Sentences	375	(3)
Commas in Business Letters	378	(5)
The Apostrophe	383	(11)
Understanding Apostrophes	384	(1)
Using Apostrophes in Contractions	384	(3)
Using Apostrophes to Show Ownership	387	(2)
Using Apostrophes in Expressions of Time	389	(5)
Quotation Marks and Capitalization	394	(12)
Direct and Indirect Quotations	395	(1)
Quotation Marks	395	(5)
Capitalization	400	(2)
Titles	402	(4)
Grammar Section 9: Editing	406	(10)
Editing Practice	406	(10)
PART Reading Strategies and Selections	416	(57)
Reading Strategies and Selections	417	(56)
Reading Strategies	417	(4)
Reading Selections	421	(41)
Reading 1: ``Fish Cheeks''	421	(2)
Amy Tan
Reading 2: ``The Hijab''	423	(2)
Naheed Mustafa
Reading 3: ``A Conversation with John E. Smelcer''	425	(3)
Dale E. Seeds
Reading 4: ``The Point Is?''	428	(2)
John G. Tufts
Reading 5: ``Sports and Life: Lessons to Be Learned''	430	(3)
Jeff Kemp
Reading 6: ``Birth''	433	(2)
Maya Angelou
Reading 7: ``For Marriage''	435	(1)
Kirsteen Macleod
Reading 8: ``Against Marriage''	436	(2)
Winston Murray
Reading 9: ``The Appalling Truth''	438	(4)
Dorothy Nixon
Reading 10: ``The New Addiction''	442	(2)
Josh Freed
Reading 11: ``The Culture War''	444	(3)
Linda Chavez
Reading 12: ``Going Thin in Fiji''	447	(2)
Ellen Goodman
Reading 13: ``What It Feels Like to Walk on the Moon''	449	(3)
Buzz Aldrin
Reading 14: ``The Zoo Life''	452	(2)
Yann Martel
Reading 15: ``Political Activism''	454	(3)
Craig Stern
Reading 16: ``How to Handle Conflict''	457	(2)
P. Gregory Smith
Reading 17: ``The Rewards of `Dirty Work'''	459	(3)
Linda L. Lindsey
Stephen Beach
Appendices
Appendix 1: Grammar Glossary	462	(2)
Appendix 2: Verb Tenses	464	(1)
Appendix 3: Combining Ideas in Sentences	465	(1)
Appendix 4: Punctuation and Mechanics	466	(3)
Appendix 5: Spelling, Grammar, and Vocabulary Logs	469	(4)
Credits	473	(2)
Index	475