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

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. 1. 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 Franks Farm, by Phillis J. Hilding. Playhouse Under the Orange Tree by Peggy Scarbrough. Concentration Camp by Jan-Georg Roesch. Fort Leonard Wood by Terry M. Donaldson. Munich by John Schulz Professional Writing. 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. 2. 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 by Dean K. Terasaki, Faculty, Art/Photography Department. 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 by Steve Bostrom. Subways by Muriel Gray. Growing Up Chicana by Eva Montoya. Professional Writing. Dear Dad, excerpt from a book by Louie Anderson. Getting Off the Roller Coaster by Jerry L. Palmer, professional. 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. 3. 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 by Liz Hufford, professor of English, freelance writer. Your College Years by Dr. Bob Hartman, President BHIM. 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 by Phillis J. Hilding. Being a Student by Young Mi Dauer. Golf by Kathy Bagby. Professional Writing. Building a Better Home, excerpt from article by John K. Terres. 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. 4. 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? By Alicia Ottenberg, professor of computer information systems. 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 by Mauro Guzman. What Have You Done to Help Someone? By Gudrun Waltraud Lorke. Responsibility by Charles Marchbanks. Professional Writing. Wandering Through Winter, excerpt from book by Edwin Way Teale. Overheard on a Train Trip Through England, excerpt from book by Paul Theroux. Courtship Through the Ages, excerpt from book by James Thurber. 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. 5. 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 by Shyrl Emhoff, retired aeronautical engineer, instructor of technical writing. 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 by Nancy Chandler. Qualities I Appreciate About My Dad by Agustin Rojas. A Good Manager by Marlene Reed. The Right Thing to Do by Jeff Collins. Living in Another Country by Alberto Montaño Hernandez. 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. 6. 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 by Patrick Haas, professor of English. 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? By Cynthia L. Vinzant. Education by Jan-Georg Roesch. Never Again Homeless by Kimberly Adair. Professional Writing. The Strategy of Futureness, excerpt from book by Alvin Toffler. 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. 7. COMPOSING WITH EFFECTIVE. Alternate Patterns. Writing Skills: Methods of Development. Illustration. Comparison/Contrast. Classification. Definition. Cause/Effect Analysis. Process Analysis. Argumentation. Collaborative Activity. Something to Think About, Something to Write About. Did You Do Your Best? By James W. Reed, Ph.D., professor of communications. Collaborative Writing Project: Working and Learning Together. Quotations: Additional Ideas on Success and the Future. Writing Assignment/Working in a Group. Working Individually. Peer Review. Paragraphs for Discussion and Analysis. Student Writing. Illustration-Heros-Sung" and "Unsung" by Lorena Acosta, student. Comparison/Contrast-The Baptism in Blood and the Beach Party by Lonnie B. Noah III. Classification-Which One Are You? Kristi Von Aspen. Definition-Wealth by Andrea Gonzales. Winter by Joan Papke. A Run by Tim Darcy. Cause and Effect Analysis-Parenting: Singular by Jenefer Radas. Process Analysis-Reducing Fear of a Hospital Stay for a Child by Eric Beach. Argumentation-Steroids and Bodybuilders by Samual David. Professional Writing Argumentation-The Mutt Who Saved Mr. Lambert by William Thomas, M.D. Mechanics for Effective Writing: Capitalization. Capitalizing First Words. Capitalizing Names. Capitalizing Places, Events, Brand Names, and Dates. More Capitalizing Rules. Putting It All Together. Cumulative Unit Exercise. Collaborative Writing Project: Working and Learning Together. Writing Assignment. Peer Review. Final Checklist. Internet Activities. Appendix A Confusing Words. Appendix B Keeping a Journal. Appendix C Irregular Verbs. Appendix D Spelling. Appendix E Using Documented Support. Answers to Odd-Numbered Items in Exercises (including Appendix A and D)."