Table of Contents
* Every Unit ends with Unit Test, Unit Talk-Write Assignment, Unit Collaborative Assignment, Unit Writing Assignment, & Photo Writing Assignment for this reason it is only listed once in Unit 1
UNIT 1: The ESL Student and the Native Speaker
Differences Between a Native and an ESL Student
A General Note to Both the Native Speaker and ESL Student
- Unit Test
- Unit Talk-Write Assignment
- Unit Collaborative Assignment
- Unit Writing Assignment
- Photo Writing Assignment
UNIT 2: Myths About Writing
Myths About Writing
Standard English
UNIT 3: Purpose and Audience
Purpose
Audience
Computer Writing Assignment
UNIT 4: Gathering Ideas
Talking Writing
Freewriting
Brainstorming
Clustering
Journal Writing
PART 2: SENTENCE BASICS
Unit 5 The Sentence
Subject and Verb
Prepositional Phrases
Action Verbs and Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
Verbals
Compound Subjects and Verbs
Unit 6: Building Sentences
Dependent and Independent Clauses
Three Basic Sentence Types
The Statement, the Question, the Command, the Exclamation
Sentence Variety
Unit 7: The 20 Most Common Sentence Errors
Error No. 1 Sentence Fragments
Error No. 2 Run-On Sentences
Error No. 3 Lack of Subject-Verb Agreement
Error No. 4 Incorrect Verb Forms
Error No. 5 Incorrect Forms of Do, Be, and Have
Error No. 6 Passive Voice
Error No. 7 Shift in Tense
Error No. 8 Shift in Point of View
Error No. 9 Unclear or Missing Referent
Error No. 10 Lack of Pronoun Agreement and Sexism
Error No. 11 Trouble with Using Adverbs and Adjectives in Comparisons and Superlatives
Error No. 12 Dangling or Misplaced Modifiers
Error No. 13 Omitted Commas, Part I
Error No. 14 Omitted Commas, Part II
Error No. 15 Apostrophe Problems
Error No. 16 Trouble with Quotation Marks
Error No. 17 Incorrect Capitalization, Part I
Error No. 18 Incorrect Capitalization, Part II
Error No. 19 Misspelled Words, Part I
Error No. 20 Misspelled Words, Part II
PART 3: WRITING GOOD PARAGRAPHS
Unit 8: The Paragraph and the Topic Sentence
Talking and the Paragraph
The Topic Sentence
Unit 9: Adding Details
Supporting Details
Unit 10: Sticking to the Point, Proving the Point, and Linking Sentences
Stick to the Point
Prove the Point, Don’t Merely Repeat It
Link the Sentences
PART 4: PARAGRAPH STRATEGIES
Unit 11: Narrating
What Am I Trying to Do?
How Can I Do It?
What Do I Need to Look Out For?
Unit 12: Describing
What Am I Trying to Do?
How Can I Do It?
What Do I Need to Look Out For?
Unit 13: Illustrating
What Am I Trying to Do?
How Can I Do It?
What Do I Need to Look Out For?
Unit 14: Explaining a Process
What Am I Trying to Do?
How Can I Do It?
What Do I Need to Look Out For?
Unit 1 5: Defining a Term
What Am I Trying to Do?
How Can I Do It?
What Do I Need to Look Out For?
Unit 16: Classifying
What Am I Trying to Do?
How Can I Do It?
What Do I Need to Look Out For?
Unit 17: Comparing and Contrasting
What Am I Trying to Do?
How Can I Do It?
What Do I Need to Look Out For?
Unit 18: Cause and Effect
What Am I Trying to Do?
How Can I Do It?
What Do I Need to Look Out For?
Unit 19: Arguing
What Am I Trying to Do?
How Can I Do It?
What Do I Need to Look Out For?
PART 5: WRITING GOOD ESSAYS
Unit 20: Moving from Paragraphs to Essays
Moving from Paragraphs to an Essay
Tips for Writing Essays
Model Essay
Unit 21: The Thesis Statement
Common Faults of the Thesis Statement
The Good Thesis Statement
Unit 22: Organizing Your Essay, from Beginning to End
The Introduction
The Conclusion
The Whole Essay
The Title
Unit 23: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading
Revising
Editing
Proofreading
Student Essay in Progress
PART 6 : READINGS
Help for Your Reading
Narrating
*Santa With a Suntan: A Jamaican Christmas, Anthony C. Winkler
The Circuit, Francisco Jiminez
Describing
*A Different Sort of Time, Ian McDonald
*The Story of His Life , Bart Edelman
Illustrating
So Who Makes Up All Those Signs That Tell Us What We Mustn’t Do? Bailey White Long Live High School Rebels, Thomas French
Explaining a Process
How I Was Bathed, Michael Ondaatje
*Foot Binding, Lisa See
Defining
Bullying Broadly Defined, John Leo
“Both” or “Other”? It’s Not as Clear as Black and White, Pamela Swanigan
Classifying
Wait Divisions, Tom Bodett
The Plot Against People, Russell Baker
Comparing and Contrasting
Doctor-as-God Is Dead, or Dying, Ellen Goodman
They Stole Our Childhood, Lee Goldberg
Cause and Effect
*The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Papa, The Teacher, Leo Buscaglia
Arguing
Cure me If You Can, Michael Kingsley
If I Were a Carpenter, John Balzar
