Focus on Writing : Paragraphs and Essays
ISBN: 9780312434236 | 0312434235
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Pub. Date: 1/3/2008
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Focus on Writing: Paragraphs and Essays,new from best-selling authors Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, is their most accessible writing text yet.Focus on Writingengages students visually, demonstrates concepts with color and highlighting, and offers students more grammar support than any comparable text on the market. This text provides the same excellent coverage that Kirszner and Mandell's popular workbook series,Foundations First: Sentences and ParagraphsandWriting First: Practice in Contextare known for, while also responding to students' changing needs and realities. It offers more step-by-step coverage of the writing process and more diverse examples, exercises, and models, making it both student-friendly and thorough. Working clearly and simply to engage and motivate students,Focus on Writingempowers students to become capable writers and self-editors who are prepared for college composition.
Preface for Instructors
A Student's Guide to Using Focus on Writing
Checklists for Writing Paragraphs and Essays
UNIT 1. WRITING PARAGRAPHS
1. Understanding the Writing Process
STEP 1: Planning
A. Understanding Paragraph Structure
B. Focusing on Your Assignment, Purpose, and Audience
C. Finding Ideas
D. Identifying Your Main Idea and Writing a Topic Sentence
STEP 2: Organizing
E. Choosing Your Supporting Points
F. Arranging Your Su... MORE
A Student's Guide to Using Focus on Writing
Checklists for Writing Paragraphs and Essays
UNIT 1. WRITING PARAGRAPHS
1. Understanding the Writing Process
STEP 1: Planning
A. Understanding Paragraph Structure
B. Focusing on Your Assignment, Purpose, and Audience
C. Finding Ideas
D. Identifying Your Main Idea and Writing a Topic Sentence
STEP 2: Organizing
E. Choosing Your Supporting Points
F. Arranging Your Su... MORE
During their more than 25-year collaboration, LAURIE KIRSZNER and STEPHEN MANDELL have produced a number of best-selling college texts for Bedford/St. Martin’s, including Foundations First: Sentences and Paragraphs (2005), Writing First: Practice in Context (2006), and Patterns for College Writing (2007). Laurie Kirszner teaches composition, literature, and creative writing at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Stephen Mandell is the founder and former director of the basic writing program at Drexel University, where he teaches composition, literature, and technical and business writing.
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