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A writer's workshop : crafting paragraphs, building essays / Bob Brannan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxv, 688, 22, 2, 10 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0072882220 (student ed. : pbk. : acidfree paper)
  • 0072882247 (annotated instructor's ed. : pbk. : acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.042 22 B.B.W.
Contents:
Unit 1. Getting our feet wet -- 1. Practicing the writing process -- How do we begin to write? -- After breaking ground, into the writing process -- Steps in the writing process -- Organizing ideas -- Drafting -- Revising -- Editing -- Proofreading -- Diagnostic writing assignments -- Chapter summary -- 2. Making the most of reading -- Is there a method to effective reading? -- Prereading : preparing to understand -- Reading : processing ideas -- Reading : focusing and recording main ideas -- Postreading : retaining ideas -- Chapter summary -- Unit 2. Working with the paragraph -- 3. Introducing the paragraph -- What is a paragraph? -- Writing a topic sentence -- Developing body paragraphs -- Writing a concluding sentence -- Organizing body paragraphs -- Connecting sentences, achieving coherence -- Selecting a title -- Chapter summary -- 4. Revising paragraphs -- Introduction to revising paragraphs -- Revising first-stage drafts in chapters 8-11 -- Revising second-stage drafts -- Editing -- Proofreading -- 5. Picturing a place -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Developing skills and exploring ideas in descriptive paragraphs -- Descriptive paragraphs : analyzing student models -- Writing a descriptive paragraph -- Summarizing the assignment -- Establishing audience and purpose -- Working through the writing assignment -- Annotated student model : "our family outing" -- Chapter summary -- Alternate writing assignments -- 6. Telling your own story -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Developing skills and exploring ideas in narrative paragraphs -- Narrative paragraphs : analyzing student models -- Writing a narrative paragraph -- Summarizing the assignment -- Establishing audience and purpose -- Working through the writing assignment -- Annotated student model : "do unto others..." -- Chapter summary -- Alternate writing assignments. 7. Illustrating through examples -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Developing skills and exploring ideas in illustration paragraphs -- Illustration paragraphs : analyzing student models -- Writing an illustration paragraph -- Summarizing the assignment -- Establishing audience and purpose -- Working through the writing assignment -- Annotated student model : "nothing worthwhile comes easy" -- Chapter summary -- Alternate writing assignments -- 8. Creating and explaining groups -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Developing skills and exploring ideas in classification paragraphs -- Classification paragraphs : analyzing student models -- Writing a classification paragraph -- Summarizing the assignment -- Establishing audience and purpose -- Working through the writing assignment -- Annotated student model : "I do" -- Chapter summary -- Alternate writing assignments -- 9. Recognizing causes, explaining effects -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Developing skills and exploring ideas in cause or effect paragraphs -- Cause or effect paragraphs : analyzing student models -- Writing a cause or effect paragraph -- Summarizing the assignment -- Establishing audience and purpose -- Working through the writing assignment -- Annotated student model : "building memories" -- Chapter summary -- Alternate writing assignments -- 10. Explaining activities : doing them, understanding them -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Developing skills, exploring ideas in process-analysis paragraphs -- Process-analysis paragraphs : analyzing student models -- Writing a process analysis paragraph -- Summarizing the assignment -- Establishing audience and purpose -- Working through the writing assignment -- Annotated student model : "staying alive" -- Chapter summary -- Alternate writing assignments. 11. Explaining similarities and differences -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Developing skills and exploring ideas in comparison/contrast paragraphs -- Comparison/contrast paragraphs : analyzing student models -- Writing a comparison or contrast paragraph -- Summarizing the assignment -- Establishing audience and purpose -- Working through the writing assignment -- Annotated student model : "the joy of simple living" -- Chapter summary -- Alternate writing assignments -- Unit 3. Working with the essay -- 12. Introducing the essay -- What is an essay? -- Introductory paragraphs -- Thesis sentences -- Developing introductions -- Avoiding weak introductions -- Body paragraphs -- Concluding paragraphs -- Avoiding weak conclusions -- Creating coherence -- Selecting a title -- Chapter summary -- 13. Revising essays -- Revising first-stage drafts -- Revising second-stage drafts -- Editing -- Proofreading -- 14. Expanding paragraphs into essays -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Illustrating through examples (illustration) -- Illustration essays : analyzing student models -- Creating and explaining groups (classification) -- Classification essays : analyzing student models -- Recognizing causes, explaining effects (cause and effect) -- Cause/effect essays : analyzing student models -- Explaining activities, doing them, understanding them (process analysis) -- Process-analysis essays : analyzing student models -- Explaining similarities and differences (comparison and contrast) -- Comparison/contrast essays : analyzing student models -- Questions for essay analysis -- Writing an essay -- Summarizing the assignment -- Establishing audience and purpose -- Working through the writing assignment -- Alternate writing assignments. Unit 5. Practicing sentence sense -- 20. Working with sentence parts -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Parts of speech -- Identifying the part of speech a word belongs to -- Recognizing the verbs and subjects of simple sentences -- Phrases -- Clauses -- Sentence types -- A writer's basic sentence grammar -- 21. Coordination, subordination, and parallelism -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Coordination -- Subordination -- Parallelism -- 22. Run-ons, comma splices, and sentence fragments -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Run-on sentences and comma splices -- Sentence fragments -- 23. Verbs : form and agreement -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- The principal parts of verbs and verb tenses -- Subject/verb agreement -- 24. Pronouns : reference, agreement, and form -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Referring clearly to a specific antecedent -- Agreeing in number with the antecedent -- Choosing proper pronoun case -- Solving common problems with pronoun case -- Avoiding shifts in person -- 25. Adjectives and adverbs : words that describe -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Adjectives and related word groups -- Adverbs and related word groups -- Comparative and superlative forms -- Avoiding overuse of modifiers -- Avoiding dangling and misplaced modifiers -- 26. Commas, other punctuation, and mechanics -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Commas -- The big three comma categories -- Secondary comma categories -- Other punctuation and mechanics -- 27. Spelling and sound-alike words -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Some suggestions for help with spelling -- Some useful spelling patterns -- Sound-alike words -- 28. ESL concerns -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Count and noncount nouns -- Articles -- Verbs -- Prepositions -- Ordering adjectives. Unit 6. Additional readings -- Description -- Narration -- Illustration -- Classification -- Cause and effect -- Process analysis -- Comparison and contrast -- Definition -- Persuasion -- Appendix -- Writing a research paper -- What are we trying to achieve and why? -- Developing skills and exploring ideas in writing research essays -- Preparing a works cited page -- Writing a research paper -- Summarizing the assignment -- Establishing audience and purpose -- Working through the writing assignment -- Annotated student model : "why do I feel this way?" -- Chapter summary.
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Includes index.

Unit 1. Getting our feet wet --
1. Practicing the writing process --
How do we begin to write? --
After breaking ground, into the writing process --
Steps in the writing process --
Organizing ideas --
Drafting --
Revising --
Editing --
Proofreading --
Diagnostic writing assignments --
Chapter summary --
2. Making the most of reading --
Is there a method to effective reading? --
Prereading : preparing to understand --
Reading : processing ideas --
Reading : focusing and recording main ideas --
Postreading : retaining ideas --
Chapter summary --
Unit 2. Working with the paragraph --
3. Introducing the paragraph --
What is a paragraph? --
Writing a topic sentence --
Developing body paragraphs --
Writing a concluding sentence --
Organizing body paragraphs --
Connecting sentences, achieving coherence --
Selecting a title --
Chapter summary --
4. Revising paragraphs --
Introduction to revising paragraphs --
Revising first-stage drafts in chapters 8-11 --
Revising second-stage drafts --
Editing --
Proofreading --
5. Picturing a place --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Developing skills and exploring ideas in descriptive paragraphs --
Descriptive paragraphs : analyzing student models --
Writing a descriptive paragraph --
Summarizing the assignment --
Establishing audience and purpose --
Working through the writing assignment --
Annotated student model : "our family outing" --
Chapter summary --
Alternate writing assignments --
6. Telling your own story --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Developing skills and exploring ideas in narrative paragraphs --
Narrative paragraphs : analyzing student models --
Writing a narrative paragraph --
Summarizing the assignment --
Establishing audience and purpose --
Working through the writing assignment --
Annotated student model : "do unto others..." --
Chapter summary --
Alternate writing assignments. 7. Illustrating through examples --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Developing skills and exploring ideas in illustration paragraphs --
Illustration paragraphs : analyzing student models --
Writing an illustration paragraph --
Summarizing the assignment --
Establishing audience and purpose --
Working through the writing assignment --
Annotated student model : "nothing worthwhile comes easy" --
Chapter summary --
Alternate writing assignments --
8. Creating and explaining groups --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Developing skills and exploring ideas in classification paragraphs --
Classification paragraphs : analyzing student models --
Writing a classification paragraph --
Summarizing the assignment --
Establishing audience and purpose --
Working through the writing assignment --
Annotated student model : "I do" --
Chapter summary --
Alternate writing assignments --
9. Recognizing causes, explaining effects --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Developing skills and exploring ideas in cause or effect paragraphs --
Cause or effect paragraphs : analyzing student models --
Writing a cause or effect paragraph --
Summarizing the assignment --
Establishing audience and purpose --
Working through the writing assignment --
Annotated student model : "building memories" --
Chapter summary --
Alternate writing assignments --
10. Explaining activities : doing them, understanding them --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Developing skills, exploring ideas in process-analysis paragraphs --
Process-analysis paragraphs : analyzing student models --
Writing a process analysis paragraph --
Summarizing the assignment --
Establishing audience and purpose --
Working through the writing assignment --
Annotated student model : "staying alive" --
Chapter summary --
Alternate writing assignments. 11. Explaining similarities and differences --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Developing skills and exploring ideas in comparison/contrast paragraphs --
Comparison/contrast paragraphs : analyzing student models --
Writing a comparison or contrast paragraph --
Summarizing the assignment --
Establishing audience and purpose --
Working through the writing assignment --
Annotated student model : "the joy of simple living" --
Chapter summary --
Alternate writing assignments --
Unit 3. Working with the essay --
12. Introducing the essay --
What is an essay? --
Introductory paragraphs --
Thesis sentences --
Developing introductions --
Avoiding weak introductions --
Body paragraphs --
Concluding paragraphs --
Avoiding weak conclusions --
Creating coherence --
Selecting a title --
Chapter summary --
13. Revising essays --
Revising first-stage drafts --
Revising second-stage drafts --
Editing --
Proofreading --
14. Expanding paragraphs into essays --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Illustrating through examples (illustration) --
Illustration essays : analyzing student models --
Creating and explaining groups (classification) --
Classification essays : analyzing student models --
Recognizing causes, explaining effects (cause and effect) --
Cause/effect essays : analyzing student models --
Explaining activities, doing them, understanding them (process analysis) --
Process-analysis essays : analyzing student models --
Explaining similarities and differences (comparison and contrast) --
Comparison/contrast essays : analyzing student models --
Questions for essay analysis --
Writing an essay --
Summarizing the assignment --
Establishing audience and purpose --
Working through the writing assignment --
Alternate writing assignments. Unit 5. Practicing sentence sense --
20. Working with sentence parts --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Parts of speech --
Identifying the part of speech a word belongs to --
Recognizing the verbs and subjects of simple sentences --
Phrases --
Clauses --
Sentence types --
A writer's basic sentence grammar --
21. Coordination, subordination, and parallelism --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Coordination --
Subordination --
Parallelism --
22. Run-ons, comma splices, and sentence fragments --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Run-on sentences and comma splices --
Sentence fragments --
23. Verbs : form and agreement --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
The principal parts of verbs and verb tenses --
Subject/verb agreement --
24. Pronouns : reference, agreement, and form --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Referring clearly to a specific antecedent --
Agreeing in number with the antecedent --
Choosing proper pronoun case --
Solving common problems with pronoun case --
Avoiding shifts in person --
25. Adjectives and adverbs : words that describe --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Adjectives and related word groups --
Adverbs and related word groups --
Comparative and superlative forms --
Avoiding overuse of modifiers --
Avoiding dangling and misplaced modifiers --
26. Commas, other punctuation, and mechanics --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Commas --
The big three comma categories --
Secondary comma categories --
Other punctuation and mechanics --
27. Spelling and sound-alike words --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Some suggestions for help with spelling --
Some useful spelling patterns --
Sound-alike words --
28. ESL concerns --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Count and noncount nouns --
Articles --
Verbs --
Prepositions --
Ordering adjectives. Unit 6. Additional readings --
Description --
Narration --
Illustration --
Classification --
Cause and effect --
Process analysis --
Comparison and contrast --
Definition --
Persuasion --
Appendix --
Writing a research paper --
What are we trying to achieve and why? --
Developing skills and exploring ideas in writing research essays --
Preparing a works cited page --
Writing a research paper --
Summarizing the assignment --
Establishing audience and purpose --
Working through the writing assignment --
Annotated student model : "why do I feel this way?" --
Chapter summary.

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