Writing Workshop: Promoting College Success Book

Guide to Strategies. Preface. Tips for Teachers. WORKSHOP ONE: Interpreting a Text. Reading Selection: Night (by Bret Lott). Strategies: Interpreting. Previewing. Writing Margin. Notes. Analyzing. Using Context. Quickwriting. Organizing Ideas. Evaluating. Grammar Workshop 1: a) adjective clauses b) appositives. WORKSHOP TWO: Summarizing Nonfiction. Reading Selection: Friends, Good Friends—And Such Good Friends (by Judith Viorst). Strategies: Previewing. Writing Margin Notes. Using Context. Making Your Thesis Clear. Analyzing. Summarizing. Evaluating. Grammar Workshop 2: 1) noun clauses with that" b) sequence of tenses. WORKSHOP THREE: Writing in Response to Reading. Reading Selection: Sample essay responses. Strategies: Analyzing. Evaluating. Writing Margin Notes. Quickwriting. Organizing Ideas. Grammar Workshop 3: 1) gerunds as subjects b) it''s + adjective + infinitive. WORKSHOP FOUR: Incorporating Others'' Ideas into Your Writing. Reading Selection: Seven Keys to Learning (a magazine article). Strategies: Previewing. Using Quotes. Paraphrasing. Quickwriting. Organizing Ideas. Grammar Workshop 4: 1) adverbial clauses b) participial phrases. WORKSHOP FIVE: Using Writing to Understand a Text. Reading Selection: Stimulating Beverages (a science textbook excerpt). WORKSHOP SIX: Responding to Exam Questions. Reading Selection: Sample exam responses. Grammar Workshop 6: parallel forms. WORKSHOP SEVEN: Reporting on Research. Reading Selection: Working with Gilly (an academic report). WORKSHOP EIGHT: Passing a Writing Test. Reading Selection: Sample writing test responses."