Writing for Life Sentences and Paragraphs with MyWritingLab with eText -- Access Card Package

by Henry, D. J.; Kindersly, Dorling

• ISBN13: 9780321881878
• ISBN10: 0321881877
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2013-01-11
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

The revolutionary approach of D.J. Henry's Writing for Lifeoffers a visually rich, high-interest, and down-to-earth approach that reinforces the writing process while showing students how to take responsibility for their learning. 0321881877 / 9780321881878 Writing for Life: Sentences and Paragraphs with NEW MyWritingLab with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of 0205870147 / 9780205870141 NEW MyWritingLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card 020588539X / 9780205885398 Writing for Life: Sentences and Paragraphs

Author Biography

D. J. Henry is a veteran teacher with over 25 years of community college classroom experience and an acclaimed textbook author. During the course of her teaching career, D.J. Henry has served on several federally funded grants designed to infuse teaching and learning with sound pedagogies and technological supports. D.J. Henry has extensive experience in the standardized testing of literacy competencies. She worked with the State of Florida from 1982 to 2002 as an item writer, rubric writer, and reader for the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) and the State Developmental Reading and Writing Exit Exam. D.J. Henry also served as a reader for the Florida Teacher Certification Exam (FTCE) for over 15 years. D.J. Henry has several esteemed publications, including a three-book college reading series with Longman Publishers (The Skilled Reader, The Effective Reader, and The Master Reader). Adopted at over 1,100 institutions nation wide, the series had an immediate and profound impact on the teaching of college reading, and is the most successful launch of a first edition reading series in over two decades. Another highly regarded publication is D.J. Henry’s Thinking Through the Test (Longman Publishers), a study guide for the State Developmental Reading and Writing Exit Exam in Florida. Additionally, she has also published innovations in authentic assessments that utilize student portfolio pedagogies. A passionate educator and dedicate colleague, D.J. Henry continues to share her expertise in reading, writing, and authentic assessment through numerous presentations and workshops at national, regional, and local conferences and individual colleges.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Getting Ready to Write

1. Preparing to Learn about Writing

2. Thinking through the Writing Process

Part 2: Writing Paragraphs

3. Understanding the Paragraph

4. Using the Patterns of Organization to Develop Your Paragraphs

Part 3: The Basic Sentence

5.Nouns and Pronouns

6. Adjectives and Adverbs

7. Verbs

8. Subjects, Verbs, and Simple Sentences

9. Compound and Complex Sentences

Part 4: Recognizing and Avoiding Errors

10. Run Ons

11. Fragments

12. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

13. Subject-Verb Agreement

Part 5: Punctuation and Mechanics

14. The Comma

15. The Apostrophe

16. Question Marks

17. End Punctuation

18. Capitalization

19. Improving Your Spelling

20. Mastering Often-Confused Words

Part 6: Writing Clearly

21. Sentence Variety

22. Sentence Clarity

23. Dialects and Standard English

24. Revising for Effective Expression

Part 7: Reading Selections

Appendixes

Understanding the Essay

The Writing Portfolio