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Writers at Work: The Paragraph Student's Book

by: Jill Singleton

Writers at Work: The Paragraph Student's Book

by: Jill Singleton

ISBN 13:
9780521545228
ISBN 10:
0521545226
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 04/04/2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

Writers at Work: The Sentence provides grammar and vocabulary instruction to teach pre-paragraph writing to beginning-level ESL writers.

Begin at the Beginning

Thinking About Writing

(1)

Reasons for writing

(1)

Thoughts about writing

(1)

The Writing Process

(3)

Steps for writing

(1)

The writing process

Using the writing process

(3)

A Morning Person or a Night Person?

Getting Started

(2)

Picture this

(1)

Get ideas

(1)

Brainstorming

Preparing the First Draft

(2)

Organize your ideas

(1)

Organizing ideas

Plan your writing

(2)

The main idea

Write the first draft

(1)

The first draft

Revising Your Writing

(2)

Revising

Analyze a paragraph

(1)

Revise your writing

(1)

Revising with a partner

Write the second draft

(1)

Editing Your Writing

(5)

Focus on sentence grammar

(4)

Editing

Simple sentences

Edit your writing

(1)

Write the final draft

(1)

Following Up

(3)

Share your writing

(1)

Check your progress

(3)

A Person Important to You

Getting Started

(5)

Picture this

(1)

Get ideas

(4)

Brainstorming

Preparing the First Draft

(4)

Organize your ideas

(1)

Organizing by category

Plan your writing

(3)

Topic sentence and supporting sentences

Write the first draft

(1)

Revising Your Writing

(1)

Analyze a paragraph

(1)

Revise your writing

(1)

Write the second draft

(1)

Editing Your Writing

(6)

Focus on sentence grammar

(5)

Fragments

Correcting a fragment

Run-on sentences

Edit your writing

(1)

Write the final draft

(1)

Following Up

(2)

Share your writing

(1)

Check your progress

(2)

The Weekend

Getting Started

(2)

Picture this

(1)

Get ideas

(1)

An idea web

Preparing the First Draft

(2)

Organize your ideas

(1)

Organizing by time order

Plan your writing

(2)

Transitions

Write the first draft

(1)

Revising Your Writing

(2)

Analyze a paragraph

(1)

Revise your writing

(1)

Write the second draft

(1)

Editing Your Writing

(5)

Focus on sentence grammar

(4)

Compound sentences

Coordinating conjunctions

Edit your writing

(1)

Write the final draft

(1)

Following Up

(3)

Share your writing

(1)

Check your progress

(3)

A Scary or Funny Experience

Getting Started

(1)

Picture this

(1)

Get ideas

(1)

Talking to get ideas

Preparing the First Draft

(3)

Organize your ideas

(1)

Plan your writing

(1)

Details

Write the first draft

(1)

Revising Your Writing

(1)

Analyze a paragraph

(1)

Revise your writing

(1)

Write the second draft

(1)

Editing Your Writing

(5)

Focus on sentence grammar

(4)

Compound sentences

Run-on sentences

Correcting a run-on sentence

Edit your writing

(1)

Write the final draft

(1)

Following Up

(2)

Share your writing

(1)

Check your progress

(2)

Holidays

Getting Started

(1)

Picture this

(1)

Get ideas

(1)

Preparing the First Draft

(3)

Organize your ideas

(1)

Plan your writing

(2)

The conclusion

Write the first draft

(1)

Revising Your Writing

(1)

Analyze a paragraph

(1)

Revise your writing

(1)

Write the second draft

(1)

Editing Your Writing

(7)

Focus on sentence grammar

(6)

Complex sentences

Subordinating conjunctions

Punctuating complex sentences

Edit your writing

(1)

Write the final draft

(1)

Following Up

(2)

Share your writing

(1)

Check your progress

(2)

Telling Stories

Getting Started

(2)

Picture this

(1)

Get ideas

(1)

Preparing the First Draft

(1)

Organize your ideas

(1)

Plan your writing

(1)

Write the first draft

(1)

Revising Your Writing

(1)

Analyze a paragraph

(1)

Revise your writing

(1)

Write the second draft

(1)

Editing Your Writing

(4)

Focus on sentence grammar

(2)

Dependent clause fragments

Correcting a fragment

Edit your writing

(1)

Write the final draft

(1)

Following Up

(2)

Share your writing

(1)

Check your progress

(2)

A Favorite Place

Getting Started

(1)

Picture this

(1)

Get ideas

(1)

Preparing the First Draft

(2)

Organize your ideas

(1)

Describing a place

Plan your writing

(1)

Write the first draft

(1)

Revising Your Writing

(1)

Analyze a paragraph

(1)

Revise your writing

(1)

Write the second draft

(1)

Editing Your Writing

(4)

Focus on sentence grammar

(3)

Prepositions of place

Edit your writing

(1)

Write the final draft

(1)

Following Up

(2)

Share your writing

(1)

Check your progress

(2)

The Ideal Spouse

Getting Started

(2)

Picture this

(1)

Get ideas

(1)

Freewriting

Preparing the First Draft

100

(3)

Organize your ideas

100

(1)

Organizing by importance

Plan your writing

101

(2)

Transitions

Write the first draft

103

(1)

Revising Your Writing

103

(2)

Analyze a paragraph

103

(1)

Revise your writing

104

(1)

Write the second draft

104

(1)

Editing Your Writing

105

(4)

Focus on sentence grammar

105

(3)

Sentence variety

Edit your writing

108

(1)

Write the final draft

108

(1)

Following Up

109

(3)

Share your writing

109

(1)

Check your progress

109

(3)

What's Your Opinion?

Getting Started

112

(2)

Picture this

112

(1)

Get ideas

113

(1)

Preparing the First Draft

114

(5)

Organize your ideas

114

(4)

Outlines

Plan your writing

118

(1)

Write the first draft

119

(1)

Revising Your Writing

119

(1)

Analyze a paragraph

119

(1)

Revise your writing

119

(1)

Write the second draft

119

(1)

Editing Your Writing

120

(2)

Focus on sentence grammar

120

(1)

Edit your writing

121

(1)

Write the final draft

121

(1)

Following Up

122

(2)

Share your writing

122

(1)

Check your progress

122

(2)

Quick Check

Editing Symbols

124

(1)

Common Writing Problems

125

(1)

Verb problem (V)

125

(3)

Subject-verb agreement (S-V)

128

(2)

Sentence fragment (Frag)

130

(1)

Run-on sentence (RO)

131

(1)

Word form (WF)

132

(2)

Wrong word (WW)

134

(2)

Spelling (SP)

136

(2)

Punctuation (P)

138

(2)

Capitalization (C)

140

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Writers at Work: The Paragraph Student's Book

Writers at Work: The Paragraph Student's Book

9780521545228

0521545226

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