Synopses & Reviews
Writers at Work: The Short Composition is based on the popular Bridges to Academic Writing, which it now replaces. The book starts where Writers at Work: The Paragraph leaves off. It teaches low intermediate to intermediate level students how to compose multi-paragraph short compositions. Students tap into their personal experience to organize their writing, using academic modes of organization, such as exemplification and cause and effect. In addition, students learn how to write about works of fiction and nonfiction by summarizing and citing sources. The approach in this book assumes that even lower level students can handle a full-blown process approach. In each chapter, students work through a five-step composing process: Getting Started, Preparing the First Draft, Revising Your Writing, Editing Your Writing, and Following Up.
Synopsis
This low intermediate to intermediate level writing book teaches the basics of short composition writing.
Synopsis
An in-depth process approach to writing with instruction in organizational patterns, including narration, reasons, and summary/response.
Synopsis
This low intermediate to intermediate level writing book teaches the basics of short composition writing. Writers at Work: The Short Composition teaches low-intermediate to intermediate-level students how to compose multi-paragraph short compositions. Students tap into their personal experience to organize their writing, using academic modes of organization such as exemplification and cause and effect. In addition, students learn how to write about works of fiction and nonfiction by summarizing and citing sources.
Table of Contents
SECTION ONE: COMPOSING: THE BASICS; Chapter 1: Writing about a Person; Chapter 2: Narrating a Personal Experience; Chapter 3: Providing Examples; Chapter 4: Supplying Reasons; Chapter 5: Explaining with Parallel Points; SECTION TWO: COMPOSING: RESPONDING TO OUTSIDE SOURCES; Chapter 6: Proverbs and Quotations; Chapter 7: Writing a Summary; Chapter 8: Articles from Magazines and Newspapers; Chapter 9: Selections from Literature; SECTION THREE: SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL FOR REFINING SKILLS; Part 1: Distinguishing General and Specific Ideas; Part 2: Narrowing a Topic; Part 3: Writing Titles; Part 4: Focusing on Main Ideas; Part 5: Practicing Support; Part 6: Practicing Conclusions; Part 7: Deciding on Paragraph Size; Appendix 1: The Product: Three Essentials; Appendix 2: Process Writing; Appendix 3: Your Personal Spelling List; Appendix 4: Grammar Highlights