A Writer's Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays
This two-book developmental writing series engages using with its environmental theme. A Writer’s Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays engages developing writers with a hands-on, process-oriented, collaborative, and conscientious approach to writing, treating students as writers and writing as a dynamic process. Throughout, this text offers sound connections between its lessons and students’ existing knowledge. It also explores why we study each writing skill and process, linking...
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This two-book developmental writing series engages using with its environmental theme. A Writer’s Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays engages developing writers with a hands-on, process-oriented, collaborative, and conscientious approach to writing, treating students as writers and writing as a dynamic process. Throughout, this text offers sound connections between its lessons and students’ existing knowledge. It also explores why we study each writing skill and process, linking lessons to future application in the classroom and beyond.
Unit I: Getting Our Feet Wet1. Practicing the Writing Process2. Making the Most of ReadingUnit II: Working with the Paragraph3. Crafting Paragraphs4. Revising Paragraphs5. Picturing A Place (Description)6. Telling Your Own Story (Narration)7. Illustrating through Examples 8. Creating and Explaining Groups (Classification)9. Recognizing Causes, Explaining Effects10. Explaining Activities: Doing and Understanding Them (Process Analysis)11. Explaining Similarities and Differences (Comparison-Contrast)Unit III: Working with the Essay12. Introducing the Essay13. Expanding Paragraphs into Essays14. Revising Essays15. Defining Terms, Clarifying Ideas (Definition)16. Writing Persuasively (Argument)17. Taking Essay Exams*18. Writing with ResearchUnit IV: Polishing Style19. Creating Sentence Variety20. Choosing the Most Effective WordUnit V: Practicing Sentence Sense21. Working with Sentence Parts22. Using Coordination, Subordination, and Parallelism23. Avoiding Run-Ons, Comma Splices, and Sentence Fragments24. Working with Verbs: Form and Agreement25. Working with Pronouns: Reference, Agreement, and Form26. Describing with Adjectives and Adverbs27. Using Commas, Other Punctuation, and Mechanics28. Spelling and Distinguishing Sound-Alike WordsUnit VI: Additional Readings
