Frew, Siegfried 2nd Edition 229 pages $32.95 ISBN 978-0-917962-48-6
Sentence, Paragraph and Essay Writing
Table of Contents
1. Journal Writing Lesson One: Narrative and Descriptive Writing Lesson Two: Sample Journal Topics Lesson Three: Expressing Your Opinion
2. The Writing Process Lesson One: Getting Started – Discovery Techniques Lesson Two: Writer’s Strategy – Purpose, Audience, and Voice Lesson Three: Support Sentences Lesson Four: Revision Lesson Five: From Topic to Final Draft
3. Writing Simple Sentences Lesson One: The Subject Lesson Two: The Predicate Lesson Three: Agreement Lesson Four: Writing Complete Sentences – Avoiding Fragments
4. Building Paragraphs Sample… Lesson One: Topic Sentences Lesson Two: Primary Support Sentences Lesson Three: Secondary Support Sentences and Concluding Sentences Lesson Four: Editing Your Paragraphs Lesson Five: Bringing Reading Into Writings
5. Coordination and Compound Sentences Lesson One: “FANBOYS” – Coordinating Conjunctions Lesson Two: Coordinating Sentence Parts Lesson Three: Compound Sentences Lesson Four: More on Unity
6. Subordinating: Adding Dependent Clauses Lesson One: An Informal Approach to Subordination: Dependent Clauses Lesson Two: Sentence Combining Practice with Dependent Clauses Lesson Three: Paragraph Focus
7. The Brief Essay: Putting It All Together Sample… Lesson One: An Overview of the Essay Lesson Two: Writing the Thesis Lesson Three: Topic Sentences and Body Paragraphs Lesson Four: Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs Lesson Five: The Expository Essay Based on Critical Reading
8. Writing for Style Lesson One: Adding Descriptive Phrases Lesson Two: Writing for Impact Lesson Three: Styling Paragraphs Lesson Four: Writing from Observation
Appendix: More on Punctuation Punctuating Series Other Punctuation Marks Parenthesis, Brackets and Underlining Capitals Numbers