The Writer's World: Sentences and Paragraphs

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Author: Lynne Gaetz

ISBN-10: 0136151930

ISBN-13: 9780136151937

Category: English Grammar

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The Writer’s World addresses the diverse needs of your students by meeting the needs of nonnative English speakers, visual learners and students with varying skill levels! What are the diverse needs of your students? Do you have students with varying skill levels? Do you have nonnative English speakers in your courses? How many of your students are visual learners? Lynne Gaetz and Suneeti Phadke put their classroom teaching experience to use by writing The Writer’s World for you and your students. This ground breaking developmental writing series was written and designed from the ground up to address the greatest teaching challenges and the diverse needs of today’s students.

Inside Front CoverSentence ChecklistRevising and Editing SymbolsPrefacePART I. THE WRITING PROCESSChapter 1: ExploringChapter 2: DevelopingChapter 3: Revising & EditingChapter 4: Paragraph PatternsChapter 5: Writing the EssayPART II: EDITING HANDBOOKGrammar Section 1: Some Parts of SpeechChapter 6: Nouns, Determiners and PrepositionsChapter 7: PronounsGrammar Section 2: Problems with VerbsChapter 8: Subjects and VerbsChapter 9: Present and past TensesChapter 10: Past ParticiplesChapter 11: Progressive TensesChapter 12: Other Verb FormsGrammar Section 3: Verb Agreement and ConsistencyChapter 13: Subject-Verb AgreementChapter 14: Tense ConsistencyGrammar Section 4: Effective SentencesChapter 15: Sentence Combining (Part I)Chapter 16: Sentence Combining (Part II)Chapter 17: Sentence Variety and Exact LanguageGrammar Section 5: Common Sentence ErrorsChapter 18: FragmentsChapter 19: Run-OnsChapter 20: Faulty Parallel StructureGrammar Section 6: ModifiersChapter 21: Adjectives & AdverbsChapter 22: Mistakes with ModifiersGrammar Section 7: Word Use and SpellingChapter 23: SpellingChapter 24: Commonly Confused WordsGrammar Section 8: Punctuation and MechanicsChapter 25: Comma UsageChapter 26: The ApostropheChapter 27: Quotation Marks and CapitalizationGrammar Section 9: EditingChapter 28: Editing PracticePART III: READING STRATEGIES AND SELECTIONSChapter 29: Reading Strategies and Reading SelectionsReading StrategiesReading SelectionsReading 1: "Fish Cheeks," by Amy TanReading 2: "The Hijab," by Naheed MustafaReading 3: "A Conversation with John E. Smelcer," by Dale E. SeedsReading 4: "The Point Is?" by John G. TuftsReading 5: "Sports and Life: Lessons to Be Learned," by Jeff KempReading 6: "Birth," by Maya AngelouReading 7: "For Marriage," by Kirsteen MacleodReading 8: "Against Marriage," by Winston MurrayReading 9: "The Appalling Truth," by Dorothy NixonReading 10: "The New Addiction," by Josh FreedReading 11: "The Culture War," by Linda ChavezReading 12: "Going Thin in Fiji," by Ellen GoodmanReading 13: "What It Feels Like to Walk on the Moon," by Buzz AldrinReading 14: "The Zoo Life," by Yann MartelReading 15: "Political Activism," by Craig SternReading 16: "How to Handle Conflict," by P. Gregory SmithReading 17: "The Rewards of Dirty Work," by Linda L. Lindsey and Stephen BeachAppendicesAppendix 1: Grammar GlossaryAppendix 2: Verb TensesAppendix 3: Combining Ideas in SentencesAppendix 4: Punctuation and MechanicsAppendix 5: Spelling, Grammar, and Vocabulary LogsCreditsIndexInside Back CoverParagraph and Essay Checklists