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9781413010381

Writing Paragraphs and Essays Integrating Reading, Writing, and Grammar Skills

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    9781413010381

  • ISBN10:

    1413010385

  • Edition: 5th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-02-15
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

This workbook's systematic integration of reading and grammar together with basic writing instruction sets WRITING PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYS apart.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Writing
About Writing
Ways to Help Yourself Become a Better Writer
Benefits of Becoming a Better Writer
The Writing Process
Prewriting
Organizing
Drafting
Revising
Editing
Working in Small Groups
Using Computers
Putting it all Together
Collaborative Activity
Internet Activities
Writing Sentences and Paragraphs
Writing Skills: Topic Sentences and Paragraphs
The Topic Sentence
The Paragraph
Something to Think About, Something to Write About
Childhood by Dr. Linda Coble Quotations: Additional Ideas on Childhood
Paragraphs for Discussion and Analysis
Student Writing
Summer at Aunt Clara and Uncle Frank+s Farm
Playhouse Under the Orange Tree
Concentration Camp
Fort Leonard Wood
Munich
London, Jack, An Eyewitness Account of the San Francisco Earthquake, excerpt from an article
Rae Bains, Martin Luther King, excerpt from a book
Making a World of Difference, excerpt from article in Experienced Engineer
Edwin Way Teale, Birds of an Old Farm, excerpt from article
Grammar for Effective Writing: Basic Sentence Skills
Parts of Speech
Finding Prepositional Phrases
Finding Subjects and Verbs
Recognizing Sentence-Structure Errors
Recognizing Singular & Plural Pronouns
Maintaining Consistent Verb Tense
Putting it All Together
Cumulative Unit Exercise
Collaborative Writing Project: Working and Learning Together
Final Checklist
Internet Activities
Being a Sensitive Writer
Writing Skills: Interaction of Topic, Purpose, Audience, and Voice
Topic and Purpose Influence Voice
Purpose and Audience Influence Voice
Word Choice Alters Voice
Collaborative Activity
Something to Think About, Something to Write About
Space to Sing
Collaborative Writing Project: Working and Learning Together
Quotations: Additional Ideas on Prejudice
Writing Assignment
Peer Review
Paragraphs and Essays for Discussion and Analysis
Student Writing
The Nursing Home
Subways
Growing Up Chicana
Professional Writing
Dear Dad, excerpt from a book
Getting Off the Roller Coaster
Grammar for Effective Writing: Consistent Point of View
Determining Point of View
Maintaining Consistent Point of View
Revising Inconsistent Point of View
Putting It All Together
Cumulative Unit Exercise
Collaborative Writing Project: Working and Learning Together
Final Checklist
Internet Activities
Organizing Ideas and Writing them Clearly
Writing Skills: The Thesis Sentence
Thesis Sentence That States the Direction
Thesis Sentence That States the Direction and Previews Main Points
Coordinate and Subordinate Ideas in Thesis Sentences
Overlapping Coordinate Ideas
Parallel Grammatical Form in Thesis Sentences
Generating a Thesis Sentence
Arranging the Order of Divisions or Subtopics
Collaborative Activity
Something to Think About, Something to Write About
Drawing the Lines
Your College Years
Collaborative Writing Project: Working and Learning Together
Quotations: Additional Ideas on Independence
Writing Assignment
Working Individually
Peer Review
Essays for Discussion and Analysis
Student Writing
Respect
Being a Student
Golf
Professional Writing
Building a Better Home, excerpt from article
Grammar for Effective Writing: Eliminating Fragments, Run-On Sentences, and Comma Splices
Fragments
Run-On Sentences Ways to Revise Run-On Sentences
Comma Splices Ways to Revise Comma Splices
Putting It All Together
Cumulative Unit Exercise
Collaborative Writing Project: Working and Learning Together
Working in a Group
Writing Assignments/Working in a Group
Working Individually
Final Checklist
Internet Activities
Writing with more Depth and Variety
Writing Skills: Writing Examples
The Purpose of Examples
Sources of Examples
Generating Examples Through Freewriting and Brainstorming
Extended Examples and Shorter, Interrelated Examples
Collaborative Activity
Something to Think About, Something to Write About
Would You Know a Computer If You Met One?
Collaborative Writing Project: Working and Learning Together
Quotations: Additional Ideas on Technology and Quality of Life
Writing Assignment
Working Individually
Peer Review
Paragraphs and Essays for Discussion and Analysis
Student Writing
Legacy by Renee Robbe A Surprising Experience
What Have You Done to Help Someone?
Responsibility
Professional Writing
Wandering Through Winter, excerpt from book
Overheard on a Train Trip Through England, excerpt from book
Courtship Through the Ages, excerpt from book
Grammar for Effective Writing: Sentence Variety+Forming and Punctuating Compound Sentences
Sentence Variety+Forming and Punctuating Compound Sentences
Putting it All Together
Cumulative Unit Exercise
Collaborative Writing Project: Working and Learning Together
Writing Assignment/Working in a Group
Working Individually to Write an Essay
Peer Review
Final Checklist
Internet Activities
Reaching an Audience by Creating Interest
Writing Skills: Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs
The Purpose of Introductory Paragraphs
Developing Introductory Paragraphs
Composing Introductory Pargraphs
Developing the Hook
Creating a Transition to the Thesis Statement
The Purpose of Concluding Paragraphs
Recognizing Weak Conclusions
Recognizing and Writing Strong Conclusions
Collaborative Activity
Something to Think About, Something to Write About
Women in Science and Engineering
Collaborative Writing Project: Working and Learning Together
Quotations: Additional Ideas on Personal Challenges
Writing Assignments/Working with a Partner
Working on Your Own
Peer Review
Essays for Discussion and Analysis
Student Writing
Dancer
Qualities I Appreciate About My Dad
A Good Manager
The Right Thing to Do
Living in Another Country
Grammar for Effective Writing: Sentence Variety+Using Complex Sentences
Independent and Dependent Clauses
Putting It All Together
Cumulative Unit Exercise
Collaborative Writing Project: Working and Learning Together
Writing Assignment / Working in a Group
Working Individually
Final Checklist
Internet Activities
Making Ideas Flow Clearly
Writing Skills: Coherence
Creating Coherence Within Paragraphs
Creating Coherence Between Paragraphs
Collaborative Activity
Something to Think About, Something to Write About
Harley a Bad Word to Say
Collaborative Writing Project: Working and Learning Together
Quotations: Additional Ideas on Kindness and Gratitude
Writing Assignment
Working Together
Working Individually
Peer Review
Essays for Discussion and Analysis
Student Writing
Home: Just How Safe Is It?
Education
Never Again Homeless
Professional Writing
The Strategy of Futureness, excerpt from book
Mechanics for Effective Writing: Reviewing Punctuation
Using Commas
Using Quotation Marks
Using Apostrophes
Using Underlining
Using Parentheses
Punctuating Sentences
Putting It All Together
Cumulative Unit Exercise
Collaborative Activity: Memory Made Manageable
Collaborative Writing Project: Working and Learning Together
Writing Assignment / Working Individually
Peer Review
Final Checklist
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