Includes index.

INTRODUCTION: Writing in English

PART I: Writing Academic Essays

CHAPTER I: The Process of Writing - The Arts
Writing Focus: Paragraph Organization -- The Topic Sentence -- The Body -- The Concluding Sentence -- Outlining a Paragraph -- Essay Organization -- The Introductory Paragraph -- Body Paragraphs -- The Concluding Paragraph
Sentence Focus: Avoiding Choppy Sentences -- Using Coordinating Conjunctions and Transitions
Language Focus: Using Participles as Adjectives
Writing to Communicate : Your Turn -- Step 1: Understanding the Assignment -- Step 2: Brainstorming -- Step 3: Organizing -- Step 4; Writing the First Draft -- Step 5: Rewriting -- Step 6: Writing the Final Draft -- Peer Help Worksheet -- Writing to Communicate... More

CHAPTER 2: The Cause and Effect Essay - Language and Communication
Writing Focus: Cause and Effect -- Problems of Oversimplification and Correlation -- Writing an essay outline -- Introductory Paragraphs -- Cause and Effect Hooks -- General-to-Sopecific Hooks -- Personal Anecdote Hooks -- Hostorical Hooks
Sentence Focus: Avoiding Stringy Sentences
Language Focus: Collocations -- Phrasal Verb Collocations -- Adjective and Noun Collocations -- Idiom Collocations
Writing to Communicate: Your Turn -- Peer Help Worksheet -- Writing to Communicate...More

CHAPTER 3 The Problem and Solution Essay Writing Focus: Problem and Solution -- Guidelines for Choosing a topic -- Objections and Counter-objections -- Paragraph Unity Sentence Focus: Avoiding Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices Language Focus: Commonly Confused Words: Verbs and Nouns Writing to Communicate: Your Turn -- Peer Help Worksheet -- Writing to Communicate...More PART I: Bringing it All Together -- Reviewing Ideas -- Error Analysis -- Language Review PART II: Reading and Responding

CHAPTER 4 Summarizing and Responding Writing Focus: Summarizing an Article -- The Process of Writing a Summary -- Responding to an Article Sentence Focus: Reduced Adverbial Clauses -- Reduced Adjective Clauses Language Focus: Reporting Words -- Reporting Verbs -- Reporting Phrases Writing to Communicate: Your Turn -- Peer Help Worksheet -- Writing to Communicate...More

CHAPTER 5: Responding to a Travel Story: Using Quotations Writing Focus: Writing a Narrative -- Responding to a Travel Story -- Using Quotations from Outside Sources -- Rules for Using Quotations -- Rules for Using Quotation Marks -- Using Brackets and Ellipses -- Incorporating Outside Information into Your Writing -- Avoiding Plagiarism -- Making a Reference List -- In-Text Citations Sentence Focus: More on Reduced Averbian and Adjective Clauses -- Avoiding Dangling Modifiers Language Focus: Phrases of Agreeing and Disagreeing -- Phrases for Hedging Writing to Communicate: Your Turn -- Peer Help Worksheet -- Writing to Communicate...More

CHAPTER 6 Two Sides of an Issue: Responding with Paraphrasing Writing Focus: Identifying Arguments -- Background Information -- Paraphrasing -- Guidelines for Paraphrasing Sentence Focus: Avoiding Fragments Language Focus: Parts of Speech -- Changing Suffixes Writing to Communicate: Your Turn -- Peer Help Worksheet -- Writing to Communicate...More PART II: Bringing it All Together -- Reviewing Ideas -- Error Analysis PART III: The Short Research Paper

CHAPTER 7 The First Draft Writing Focus: The Short Research Paper -- Understanding the Assignment -- Choosing a Topic -- Narrowing your Topic -- Brainstorming -- Writing a Working Thesis -- Organizing your Paper -- Choosing an Organizational Pattern -- Other Organizational Patterns -- Making an Outline -- Writing the First Draft Sentence Focus: Avoiding Bias in your Writing -- Avoiding "labeling" Language -- Avoiding Sexist Language Language Focus: Commonly Confused Words: Adjectives and Adverbs Writing to Communicate: Your Turn -- Peer Help Worksheet -- Writing to Communicate...More

CHAPTER 8 Doing Research Writing Focus: Concrete Support -- Finding Concrete Support -- Guidelines for Choosing a Piece of Concrete Support -- Inserting Concrete Support into your Essay Sentence Focus: Avoiding Faulty Parallelism -- Subject-Verb Agreement and Correlative Conjunctions -- Word Order and Correlative Conjunctions Language Focus: Verbs of Urgency -- Adjectives of Urgency Writing to Communicate: Your Turn -- Peer Help Worksheet -- Writing to Communicate...More

CHAPTER 9 Revising and Editing Writing Focus: Revising -- Checking the Organization -- Checking the Content -- Checking Cohesiveness -- Editing -- Guidelines for Research Paper Format -- Sample Short Research Paper Sentence Focus: Avoiding Unclear Comparisons Language Focus: Commonly Confused Words: Prepositions and Pronouns Writing to Communicate: Your Turn -- Peer Help Worksheet -- Writing to Communicate ... More PART III: Bringing it All Together -- Reviewing Ideas/Error Analysis -- Language Review

APPENDIX 1: ESSAY FORMAT

APPENDIX 2: COMMON CONNECTORS

APPENDIX 3: THE WRITING PROCESS

APPENDIX 4: GENERAL PEER HELP WORKSHEET

APPENDIX 5: EVALUATION RUBRICS

APPENDIX 6: MLA DOCUMENTATION

INDEX

"With a combined process and product approach, Writing to Communicate puts students on a fast track to clear and effective academic writing. Writing to Communicate 3 guides students from writing essays based on personal experience and opinions to adding information from outside sources to support their ideas in a research paper. Features: Theme-based chapters encourage students to explore ideas. Adapted authentic readings provide students with engaging content. Abundant and clear models guide students to write effectively. Sentence structure and language focus sections improve accuracy. Sufficient practice with paraphrasing and quoting outside material helps students to support their ideas with research. Pair and group assignments promote collaborative learning. Graphic organizers, checklists, and peer-help worksheets enrich the writing process. Bringing It All Together review sections provide opportunities for consolidation and assessment." (Book Cover)