Synopses & Reviews
This low intermediate to intermediate level writing book teaches the basics of short composition writing. Writers at Work: The Paragraph is a new edition of the immensely successful Writers at Work: A Guide to Basic Writing. The book is designed for high beginning to low intermediate writing students. It uses personal topics such as "A Person Important to You" and "Holidays" to teach the basics of paragraph writing. 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. After completing this book, students will be well prepared for the next book in the series which teaches how to write a short composition.
Synopsis
Writers at Work is a high-beginning/low-intermediate text aimed at preparing students to write academic English.
Synopsis
The Writers at Work series prepares ESL students to tackle academic essay writing. Writers at Work: The Paragraph is designed for high-beginning to low-intermediate writing students. It uses personal topics such as A Person Important to You and Holidays to teach the basics of paragraph writing. A five-step process approach teaches students how to generate ideas, write a first draft, revise, edit, and self-evaluate their writing.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: A Morning Person or a Night Person?; Chapter 2: A Person Important to You; Chapter 3: The Weekend!; Chapter 4: A Scary or Funny Experience; Chapter 5: Holidays; Chapter 6: Unfinished Stories; Chapter 7: A Favorite Place; Chapter 8: The Ideal Spouse; Chapter 9: What's Your Opinion? Chapter 10: Ten Years from Now; Quick Check: An Editing Guide to Academic English