Table of Contents:
All chapters except Chapter One end with 'Putting the Finishing Touches on Your Writing.' Introduction. Preview of the Writing Process. Writing Objectives. Sentence and Grammar Objectives. Becoming a Successful Writer. 1. Getting Started. Section 1: Writing an Informal Paragraph. Goals. Learning about Paragraphs. What is a Paragraph? Writing Objective: An Informal Paragraph. Prewriting Activities. Writing. Completing the Writing Process. Section 2: Sentence and Grammar Skills. Goals. Learning about Sentences. Learning about Subject-Verb Agreement. Learning about Prepositional Phrases. Learning about Sentence Combining. Enrichment Section: Keeping a Journal. 2. Writing That Tells a Story. Section 1: The Writing Process for Narration. Goals. Learning about Narration. Prewriting Activities. Writing a Rough Draft. Section 2: Sentence and Grammar Skills. Goals. Learning about Basic Compound Sentences. Learning to Avoid Run-ons and Comma Splices. Learning about Past Tense Verbs. Enrichment Section.: Telling Someone Elses Story. 3. Writing that Explains How to Do Something. Section 1: The Writing Process for Instructions. Goals. Prewriting Activities. Writing a Rough Draft. Section 2: Sentence and Grammar Skills. Goals. Learning about Basic Complex Sentences. Learning to Avoid Fragments with Group B Connectors. Learning about Adjectives and Adverbs. Enrichment Section: Making a Class Booklet. 4. Writing that Describes Something. Section 1: The Writing Process for Description. Goals. Learning about Description. Prewriting Activities. Writing a Rough Draft. Section 2: Sentence and Grammar Skills. Goals. Learning about Relative Clauses. Learning to Avoid Common Errors with Relative Clauses. Learning about -ing Words and Phrases. Enrichment Section: Describing a Person. 5. Writing that Explains Similarities and Differences. Section 1: The Writing Process for Comparison/Contrast. Goals. Learning about Comparison/Contrast. Prewriting Activities. Writing a Rough Draft. Section 2: Sentence and Grammar Skills. Goals. Learning about Advanced Compound Sentences. Learning about Comparatives and Superlatives. Enrichment Section: An Imaginative Comparison. 6. Writing That Classifies Things. Section 1: The Writing Process for Classification. Goals. Learning about Classification. Prewriting Activities. Writing a Rough Draft. Section 2: Sentence and Grammar Skills. Goals. Learning about Longer Sentences. Avoiding Sentence Structure Errors in Longer Sentences. Avoiding Problems with Subject-Verb Agreement. Enrichment Section: Conducting a Survey. 7. Writing that Analyzes Why and How. Section 1: The Writing Process for Cause and Effect Analysis. Goals. Learning about Cause and Effect Analysis. Prewriting Activities. Writing a Rough Draft. Section 2: Sentence and Grammar Skills. Goals. Learn