Includes index and appendices.

"Engaging Writing, a newly expanded two-level series, gives students the concepts and skills they need for success in academic writing. Engaging Writing provides clear, step-by-step instruction in the writing process, focusing first on paragraphs (Engaging Writing 1) and progressing to essays (Engaging Writing 2). Engaging Writing fully supports the needs of intermediate to advanced ESL learners.

Features of Engaging Writing 1:


Well crafted instructional sequence allows for progressive skill building.
Appealing themes and topics stimulate discussion and provide ideas for writing.
Realistic models provide benchmarks for students to judge their own work.
Guided writing activities show students how to brainstorm, focus and organize.
Appendices include a review of grammar and mechanics with exercise.

Together, Engaging Writing 1 and 2 feature a solid pedagogical core, using clearly presented and logically sequenced rhetorical, grammatical, and lexical teaching points supported by high-interest activities" (Book Cover).

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE:

Chapter 1: Accomplishments: Writing a Process Paragraph
This chapter focuses on academic achievements and how they are accomplished. Students will work with paragraphs on topics such as giving a speech, memorizing terminology, and overcoming procrastination. The chapter-opening reading is a first-person narrative by a “Lost Boy” of Sudan, who recounts some of the steps that took him from his war-torn homeland to graduating from college.

READING FOR WRITING Before you read
“Healing and Learning to Learn” by Panther Alier
Understanding the reading
Vocabulary Building
Academic Vocabulary and Word Families
Exercise 1

WRITING
Assignment: Write a one-paragraph composition about something you have accomplished. Tell about the steps you took to reach your goal.
Understanding your assignment
The Paragraph
Exercises 2-4
The Writing Process
Miriam’s Steps
Miriam’s First Draft
Miriam’s Final Draft
Paragraph Form
Exercise 5

REVISING
Composition Focus
Placement of the Topic Sentence
Exercise 6
The Support
Exercise 7
Supporting Points
Transitions
Exercises 8-9
Additional Explanation
Exercise 10-11
Language Focus
Past Tense Irregular Verbs
Exercise 12
Combining Sentences
Exercises 13-16

FINAL DRAFT
Exercise 17

CHAPTER REVIEW

Chapter 2: Places and Events: Writing a Descriptive Paragraph
This chapter focuses on writing about places and events. Students will describe a location or event that is special to them, from a tranquil campsite to a thrilling soccer game. In the chapter-opening reading, a wildlife biologist describes a unique national park in Bolivia that he is dedicated to protecting.

READING FOR WRITING
Before you read
Reading: “A Biological Treasure Chest” by Robert Wallace
Understanding the reading
Vocabulary Building
Academic Vocabulary and Word Families
Exercises 1-2

WRITING
Assignment: Write a one-paragraph composition that describes two or three parts or qualities of a place or event.
Understanding your assignment
Description
Exercises 3-5
Finding Focus Points for Your Paragraph
The Controlling Idea of a Topic Sentence
Exercises 6-7

THE WRITING PROCESS
Clustering
Rogerio’s Steps
Rogerio’s First Draft
Exercise 8
Rogerio’s Final Draft
Exercise 9

REVISING
Composition Focus
The Controlling Idea
Exercise 10
Transitions
Exercises 11-12
Specific Support: Using Questions to Fill Information Gaps
Exercise 15
Language Focus
Expanding the Noun Phrase
Exercise 16-17
Time Frames
Exercise 18
Changing the Time Frame
Exercises 19-20

FINAL DRAFT

CHAPTER REVIEW

Chapter 3 - Pastimes and Entertainment: Writing a Reason Paragraph
This chapter focuses on all types of entertainment, from Mahjong to detective dramas. Students will compose paragraphs in which they identify and explain two or three reasons for their entertainment preference. The chapter-opening reading is by a blogger who lives in Bahrain and has used blogging to learn about the Middle East.

READING FOR WRITING
Before you read
Reading: “How Blogging Changed My Life” by Ayesha Saldanha
Understanding the reading
Vocabulary Building
Verbs and –ing Adjectives That Describe Feelings
Exercise 1
Vocabulary That Describes Entertainment Exercise 2

WRITING
Assignment: Write a one-paragraph composition that gives two or three reasons that either you or people, in general, enjoy a specific pastime or kind of entertainment.
Understanding your assignment
Choosing a Topic
The Topic Sentence
Finding Supporting Reasons for Your Paragraph
Exercise 3
The Writing Process
Outlining
Exercise 4
Defining the Topic
Exercise 5
Salina’s Steps
Salina’s First Draft
Salina’s Final Draft
Exercise 6

REVISING
Composition Focus
Paragraph Structure
Exercise 7
Developing the Third Level: Sensory Details, Examples, and Explanation
Exercise 8
Transitions
Exercise 9
Language Focus
Gerunds
Exercise 10
Verb + Gerund. Verb + Infinitive
Exercise 11 Coordinating Conjunctions
Exercise 12
Subordinating Conjunctions
Exercise 13
Cause-and-Effect Signals
Exercise 14

FINAL DRAFT

CHAPTER REVIEW

Chapter 4 - Occupations: Writing an Effect Paragraph
This chapter focuses on work and its impact on the worker. Students will use a prewriting interview to explore the effects of work and to collect information for their paragraphs. In the chapter-opening reading, a firefighter explains his job and its physical and emotional effects.

READING FOR WRITING
Before you read
Reading: “Being a Firefighter” by Anthony Campana
Understanding the reading
Vocabulary Building
Word Families and Choices for Writers
Exercise 1
-ly Adverbs
Exercise 2

WRITING
Assignment: Write a one-paragraph composition that discusses two or three effects of a certain occupation on you or another person.
Interview
Understanding your assignment
Cause and Effect
The Topic Sentence of an Effect Paragraph
Exercise 3
Positive and Negative Effects in the Topic Sentence
Exercise 4
Organizing Supporting Points
The Writing Process
Gathering Information Through an Interview Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Ahmad’s Steps
Ahmad’s First Draft
Ahmad’s Final Draft
Exercise 7

REVISING
Composition Focus
The Second and Third Levels: Paragraph Unity
Exercise 8 The Second and Third Levels: Paragraph Focus
Exercise 9
The Third Level: Using Quotations as Support
Exercise 10-12
Paragraph Connections: Transitions, Repeated Words, and Related Words
Exercise 13
Language Focus
Using the Present Perfect with the Simple Present and Simple Past Tenses
Exercise 14
Choosing and Combing Verb Tenses
Exercise 15-16
Participial Adjectives
Exercises 17-18

FINAL DRAFT

CHAPTER REVIEW

Chapter 5 - Growing Up in Different Cultures: Writing a Contrast Paragraph
This chapter looks at child rearing, child development, and family structure in countries around the world. Students will work on paragraphs focusing on the differences between two cultures or two age groups as they learn to manipulate comparison/contrast patterns. In the chapter-opening reading, an international team of social scientists presents some findings of their cross-cultural research on the phenomenon of putting a baby to bed.

READING FOR WRITING Before you read
Reading: “Putting the Baby to Bed in Five Cultures” by Sara Harkness, Charles M. Super, Jong-Hay Rha, Marjolijn Blom, Blanca Huitron, Ughetta Moscardino, Saskia van Schaik, and Margreet de Looze Understanding the reading
Vocabulary Building
Words Used as More Than One Part of Speech
Exercise 1
Person Nouns and Concept Nouns
Exercise 2 Academic Vocabulary That Describes Families and Child Rearing
Exercise 3

WRITING
Assignment: Write a one-paragraph composition that discusses two or three differences between two cultures or two age groups.
Understanding your assignment
The Topic Sentence of a Contrast Paragraph
Exercise 4
The Organization of a Contrast Paragraph
Exercises 5-7
The Writing Process
Developing Parallel Lists
Exercise 8
Denise’s Steps
Denise’s First Draft
Denise’s Final Draft
Exercise 9

REVISING
Composition Focus
Developing the Third Level
Exercise 10
Balanced Development
Exercise 11
Concluding Sentences
Exercise 12
Language Focus
Signals of Contrast: Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions and Transitions
Exercise 13-14
Using Consistent Pronoun Point of View to Keep Paragraph Focus
Exercise 15
Third Person Point of View
Exercises 16-17

FINAL DRAFT

CHAPTER REVIEW

Chapter 6 - Making Communities Better: Writing an Opinion Paragraph and Essay
This chapter focuses on quality of life. Students will choose an issue they believe is important, from recreation and health to justice and equality, and recommend a related improvement to their town or city. First, they will support their point of view in a paragraph. Then they will expand their ideas in an essay. In the chapter-opening reading, a sociologist discusses urban crime and presents solutions from Tanzania, Japan, Uganda, and France.

READING FOR WRITING
Before you read
Reading: “From Violence to Justice and Security in Cities” by Franz Vanderschueren
Understanding the reading Vocabulary Building
Synonyms
Exercise 1
Nouns That Are Both Countable and Uncountable
Exercise 2

WRITING
Assignment: Write a one-paragraph composition that gives an opinion about improving the quality of life in your city, town, rural area, state, province, or country. Provide two or three supporting points
Understanding your assignment
The Topic Sentence of an Opinion Paragraph
The Supporting Points of an Opinion Paragraph
Identifying the Problem
Exercise 3
Problems, Benefits, and Imagined Situations
Exercises 4
The Third Level of an Opinion Paragraph Exercise 5
The Writing Process
Using a Survey to Gather Ideas and Information for an Opinion Paragraph
Using Survey Results in an Opinion Paragraph
Tran’s Steps
Tran’s First Draft
Exercise 6

EXPANDING YOUR FIRST DRAFT TO AN ESSAY
Exercise 7
The Process of Changing Your Paragraph to an Essay - Writing the Thesis Statement and the Body of the Essay
Writing the Introduction of the Essay
Exercise 8
Writing the Conclusion and Completing Your Essay
Exercise 9-10
Language Focus
Conditional Sentences: Real Future and Unreal Present or Future
Exercise 11-12
Modal Verbs
Exercise 13-14

FINAL DRAFT

CHAPTER REVIEW

Appendices:
Appendix IA: GRAMMAR
Appendix IB: CAPITAL LETTERS AND PUNCTUATION MARKS
Appendix II: PEER REVIEW FORMS

Intended for learners of all levels.