Exploring Writing

Exploring Writing
Author: John Langan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-10
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780073534794

Becoming a writer is a journey, and Exploring Writing: Paragraphs and Essays will serve as your students & ' guidebook every step of the way. Emphasizing both process and practice, with a focus on revision, this text will help students apply and advance their writing skills. Mastering essential sentence skills, learning to write effective paragraphs and essays, and becoming a critical reader are turning points for every writer, and they will prepare the students for writing situations in college and beyond.

Discoveries

Discoveries
Author: Kate Mangelsdorf
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Total Pages: 752
Release: 2005-10-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780312390655

A process-driven basic rhetoric with handbook, Discoveries gives students the guidance, practice, and confidence they need to write successful paragraphs and essays. The authors' steady step-by-step approach provides a firm footing for basic writers, presenting the writing process for each assignment as clearly sequenced skills that students can master incrementally.

How to Write a Paragraph, Grades 3-5

How to Write a Paragraph, Grades 3-5
Author: Kathleen Christopher Null
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1998
Genre: Activity programs in education
ISBN: 1576903303

An intro to how to write a clear and well organized paragraph. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Why They Can't Write

Why They Can't Write
Author: John Warner
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2018-12-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1421427117

An important challenge to what currently masquerades as conventional wisdom regarding the teaching of writing. There seems to be widespread agreement that—when it comes to the writing skills of college students—we are in the midst of a crisis. In Why They Can't Write, John Warner, who taught writing at the college level for two decades, argues that the problem isn't caused by a lack of rigor, or smartphones, or some generational character defect. Instead, he asserts, we're teaching writing wrong. Warner blames this on decades of educational reform rooted in standardization, assessments, and accountability. We have done no more, Warner argues, than conditioned students to perform "writing-related simulations," which pass temporary muster but do little to help students develop their writing abilities. This style of teaching has made students passive and disengaged. Worse yet, it hasn't prepared them for writing in the college classroom. Rather than making choices and thinking critically, as writers must, undergraduates simply follow the rules—such as the five-paragraph essay—designed to help them pass these high-stakes assessments. In Why They Can't Write, Warner has crafted both a diagnosis for what ails us and a blueprint for fixing a broken system. Combining current knowledge of what works in teaching and learning with the most enduring philosophies of classical education, this book challenges readers to develop the skills, attitudes, knowledge, and habits of mind of strong writers.

Real Essays Interactive

Real Essays Interactive
Author: Susan Anker
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2015-01-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1457698226

Real Essays Interactive Update Edition offers practical coverage of paragraph-to-essay writing skills in a brief, interactive, and affordable format. The print component offers the essentials of Anker’s accessible writing instruction along with select exercises.

Paragraphs and Essays: With Integrated Readings

Paragraphs and Essays: With Integrated Readings
Author: Lee Brandon
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2016-02-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781305654181

PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYS WITH INTEGRATED READINGS is the higher-level companion to SENTENCES, PARAGRAPHS, AND BEYOND in the two-book Brandon series. Instruction in this text -- comprehensive, flexible, and relevant -- is predicated on the idea that reading and writing are linked and that good writing is the product of revision and rigorous editing. The hallmarks of the Brandons' books are tell-show-engage instruction, ample demonstrations of good professional and student writing, and an abundance of reading-based, high-interest general, cross-curricular, and career-related topics and prompts. The reading-based writing presented in this book provides experience in critical thinking that enables students to write competently across the disciplines and transition smoothly to the next level of the English program. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Writing for Life

Writing for Life
Author: D. J. Henry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-01-05
Genre: Creative writing (Higher education)
ISBN: 9780133960327

NOTE: This edition features the same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf version. Books a la Carte also offer a great value; this format costs significantly less than a new textbook. Before purchasing, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a Course ID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. For courses in Writing. Skills for writing -- process and strategy Writing for Life: Paragraphs and Essays is part of a two-book series that helps students understand the importance of strong writing skills and motivates them to become better writers. Students are encouraged to take charge of their own learning, and to transfer the strategies they currently apply to reading visuals to reading and writing text. The Fourth Edition offers high-interest topics, meaningful visuals, clear learning objectives, a wealth of examples, and ample opportunities for students to exercise their own writing skills. Also available with MyWritingLab(tm) MyWritingLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. In addition to the full eText, activities directly from the text are available within MyWritingLab. These include the written assignments, readings from the text, review exercises and more. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyWritingLab does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyWritingLab, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyWritingLab, search for: 0134065174 / 9780134065175 Writing for Life: Paragraphs and Essays, Books a la Carte Edition Plus MyWritingLab with Pearson eText - Access Card Package Package consists of: 0133954706 / 9780133954708 MyWritingLab with Pearson eText - Access Card 0133960323 / 9780133960327 Writing for Life: Paragraphs and Essays, Books a la Carte Edition

Writing First with Readings

Writing First with Readings
Author: Laurie G. Kirszner
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2014-10-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1457686015

Best-selling authors and veteran college writing instructors Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell believe that students learn to write best when they use their own writing as a starting point. In Writing First with Readings: Paragraphs and Essays, the authors take a simple yet effective approach to helping students improve their writing skills: visual writing prompts open every chapter and get students writing immediately. Then, throughout the chapter, students move between their own writing, writing models and instruction, and workbook-style mastery exercises so that they continually revise, rewrite, and improve their own writing. It is this formula that makes writing instruction meaningful and accessible for students. Thoughtful chapters on academic writing and success, research, and critical reading, along with high-interest essays, round out this new edition, making it the perfect introduction to college writing.

Real Reading and Writing

Real Reading and Writing
Author: Susan Anker
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 660
Release: 2014-12-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1457688700

Real Reading and Writing puts both reading skills and writing skills in a real-world context, showing students that good writing, reading, and thinking skills are both achievable and essential to their success in college and beyond. Miriam Moore, a developmental and ESL specialist from Lord Fairfax Community College, collaborated with Susan Anker to provide students with an integrated reading and writing package. Students connect reading and writing with their real lives through practical examples, model writing samples, and readings that are both engaging and relevant to their lives. To keep students from getting overwhelmed, the book focuses first on the most important concepts in each area, such as the Four Basics of the Reading and Writing Process; Four Basics of each rhetorical strategy; the Four Most Serious Errors in the grammar section; and the academic skills of summary, analysis, and synthesis

Along These Lines

Along These Lines
Author: John Sheridan Biays
Publisher: Pearson Education Canada
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2012-06-27
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0205923968

Along These Lines is a great, all-around introduction to paragraph and essay writing for first year and ESL students. Its accessible, workbook style presents a clear, step-by-step introduction to the stages of the writing process. The word lines in the title refers to these stages, which are called Thought Lines, Outlines, Rough Lines, and Final Lines, and serve as convenient prompts for each stage. The Fourth Canadian Edition features new readings, additional content on plagiarism, and an increased focus on reading and writing to help prepare students for essay writing. MyCanadianWritingLab is not included with the purchase of this product.