Introduction to Writing About Writing Ways to Help Yourself Become a Better Writer Benefits of Becoming a Better Writer The Writing Process

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1 Introduction to Writing About Writing Ways to Help Yourself Become a Better Writer Benefits of Becoming a Better Writer The Writing Process Prewriting Organizing Drafting Revising Editing Working in Small Groups Using Computers Putting it all Together Writing Sentences and Paragraphs Writing Skills: Topic Sentences and Paragraphs The Topic Sentence The Paragraph Childhood by Dr. Linda Coble Quotations: Additional Ideas on Childhood Paragraphs for Discussion and Analysis Summer at Aunt Clara and Uncle Frank+s Farm Playhouse Under the Orange Tree Concentration Camp Fort Leonard Wood Munich London, Jack, An Eyewitness Account of the San Francisco Earthquake, excerpt from an article Rae Bains, Martin Luther King, excerpt from a book Making a World of Difference, excerpt from article in Experienced Engineer Edwin Way Teale, Birds of an Old Farm, excerpt from article Grammar for Effective Writing: Basic Sentence Skills Parts of Speech Finding Prepositional Phrases Finding Subjects and Verbs Recognizing Sentence-Structure Errors Recognizing Singular & Plural Pronouns Maintaining Consistent Verb Tense Putting it All Together

2 Being a Sensitive Writer Writing Skills: Interaction of Topic, Purpose, Audience, and Voice Topic and Purpose Influence Voice Purpose and Audience Influence Voice Word Choice Alters Voice Space to Sing Quotations: Additional Ideas on Prejudice Paragraphs and Essays for Discussion and Analysis The Nursing Home Subways Growing Up Chicana Dear Dad, excerpt from a book Getting Off the Roller Coaster Grammar for Effective Writing: Consistent Point of View Determining Point of View Maintaining Consistent Point of View Revising Inconsistent Point of View Organizing Ideas and Writing them Clearly Writing Skills: The Thesis Sentence Thesis Sentence That States the Direction Thesis Sentence That States the Direction and Previews Main Points Coordinate and Subordinate Ideas in Thesis Sentences Overlapping Coordinate Ideas Parallel Grammatical Form in Thesis Sentences Generating a Thesis Sentence Arranging the Order of Divisions or Subtopics

3 Drawing the Lines Your College Years Quotations: Additional Ideas on Independence Essays for Discussion and Analysis Respect Being a Student Golf Building a Better Home, excerpt from article Grammar for Effective Writing: Eliminating Fragments, Run-On Sentences, and Comma Splices Fragments Run-On Sentences Ways to Revise Run-On Sentences Comma Splices Ways to Revise Comma Splices Working in a Group s/working in a Group Writing with more Depth and Variety Writing Skills: Writing Examples The Purpose of Examples Sources of Examples Generating Examples Through Freewriting and Brainstorming Extended Examples and Shorter, Interrelated Examples Would You Know a Computer If You Met One? Quotations: Additional Ideas on Technology and Quality of Life

4 Paragraphs and Essays for Discussion and Analysis Legacy by Renee Robbe A Surprising Experience What Have You Done to Help Someone? Responsibility Wandering Through Winter, excerpt from book Overheard on a Train Trip Through England, excerpt from book Courtship Through the Ages, excerpt from book Grammar for Effective Writing: Sentence Variety+Forming and Punctuating Compound Sentences Sentence Variety+Forming and Punctuating Compound Sentences Putting it All Together /Working in a Group to Write an Essay Reaching an Audience by Creating Interest Writing Skills: Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs The Purpose of Introductory Paragraphs Developing Introductory Paragraphs Composing Introductory Pargraphs Developing the Hook Creating a Transition to the Thesis Statement The Purpose of Concluding Paragraphs Recognizing Weak Conclusions Recognizing and Writing Strong Conclusions Women in Science and Engineering Quotations: Additional Ideas on Personal Challenges s/working with a Partner Working on Your Own Essays for Discussion and Analysis Dancer

5 Qualities I Appreciate About My Dad A Good Manager The Right Thing to Do Living in Another Country Grammar for Effective Writing: Sentence Variety+Using Complex Sentences Independent and Dependent Clauses / Working in a Group Making Ideas Flow Clearly Writing Skills: Coherence Creating Coherence Within Paragraphs Creating Coherence Between Paragraphs Harley a Bad Word to Say Quotations: Additional Ideas on Kindness and Gratitude Working Together Essays for Discussion and Analysis Home: Just How Safe Is It? Education Never Again Homeless The Strategy of Futureness, excerpt from book Mechanics for Effective Writing: Reviewing Punctuation Using Commas Using Quotation Marks Using Apostrophes Using Underlining Using Parentheses Punctuating Sentences

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