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Includes appendices and index.

UNIT 1 EDUCATION: Learning and Additional Language Exploring Ideas — Introduction — Fostering Inquiry: Writing an Inquiry Question — Writing Task: Freewriting — Developing an Effective Essay Topic — Structure: Standard Paragraph and Essay Structure - Risk Taking and Good Language Learners — Language Tip: Using Formulaic Sequences — Risk Taking and Language Learning — Writing Task: Short Paragraph — Academic Reading — Vocabulary Skill: Using the Frequency Principle and the Academic Word List — Reading: What Are the Ideal Conditions for Language Learning — Writing Task: Short Paragraph — Critical Thinking: Providing Explanations for Key Points — Process Fundamentals — Brainstorming and Outlining: Listing and Bulleting — Creating a Standard Essay Outline — Learning Strategy: Planning Learning in Advance — Research Skill: Finding Books to Support a Thesis — Preventing Plagiarism: Using Quotations — MLA/APA Reference Skill: Citing Information from Books — Writing Task: Citations and References — Thesis Skill: Writing Basic Thesis Statements — Writing Task: Thesis Statement — Introduction: General to Specific — Writing Task: General-to-Specific Introduction — Conclusions: Emphasizing the Importance — Writing Task: Emphasizing-the-Importance Conclusion — Writing Fundamentals — Composition Skills: Drafting — Writing Task: First Draft — Writing Task: First Draft Writing Skill: Maintaining Paragraph Unity — Writing Task: Short Paragraph — Grammar Skill: Ensuring Subject-Verb Agreement — Sentence Skill: Recognizing Common Sentence Types — Unit Outcome: Writing Assignment: Standard Essay — Evaluation: Standard Essay Rubric — Unit Review: Self-Assessment Checklist and Vocabulary Checklist

UNIT 2 ECOLOGY: Canadian Ecosystems
Exploring Ideas — Introduction — Fostering Inquiry: Inquiring into Cause and Effect — Writing Task: Freewriting — Structure: Cause and Effect — Language Tip: Using Cause-and-Effect Connectors — The Effects of Overfishing — Writing Task: Opinion Paragraph Describing Causes or Effects — Academic Reading — Vocabulary Skill: Understanding Word Forms — Reading: The Pacific Salmon — Writing Task: Reading Response Paragraph — Critical Thinking: Making Inferences — Process Fundamentals — Brainstorming and Outlining: Webbing — Research Skill: Finding Information Online — Preventing Plagiarism: Paraphrasing — MLA/APA Reference Skill: Citing Information from Websites — Reading: Threats to Polar Bears —  Writing Task: Paragraph with In-Text Citations and Works Cited or References — Learning Strategy: Personalizing New Concepts — Thesis Skill: Writing Cause-and-Effect Thesis Statements — Introductions: Shock the Reader — Writing Task: Introduction — Conclusions: Providing Hope — Writing Task: Conclusion that Provides Hope — Writing Fundamentals — Composition Skill: Using the Appropriate Register — Writing Skill: Achieving Coherence — Writing Task: Paragraph Based on a Webbing Brainstorm — Grammar Skill: Using Articles and Nouns — Sentence Skills: Ensuring Parallel Structure — Unit Outcome Writing Assignments: Cause-and-Effect Essay — Evaluation: Cause-and-Effect Essay Rubric — Unit Review: Self-Assessment Checklist and Vocabulary Checklist

UNIT 3 HEALTH SCIENCES: Health and Wellness in Canada
Exploring Ideas Introduction — Fostering Inquiry: Responding to New Information — Writing Task: Freewriting — Structure: Summary and Response — Summary of a Newspaper Article on the Health Benefits of Organic Food — Language Tip: Using Reporting Verbs and Phrases — “Why the Sedentary Life Is Killing Us”: Summary-and-Response Essay — Writing Task: Response Paragraph — Academic Reading — Vocabulary Skill: Recognizing Prefixes and Suffixes — Reading: Health and Wellness — Writing Task: Summary Paragraph — Writing Task: Response Paragraph — Critical Thinking: Interpreting a Concept — Process Fundamentals — Brainstorming and Outlining: Freewriting — Writing Task: Freewriting — Learning Strategy: Annotating a Text — Research Skill: Finding Information in Newspapers — Preventing Plagiarism: Summarizing — MLA/APA Reference Skill: Citing Information from Newspapers — How Getting Off Autopilot Can Improve Our Health — Writing Task: Short Response Paragraph — Thesis Skill: Writing Summary-and-Response Thesis Statements — You Are What You Eat — Introductions:Though-Provoking Question — Writing Task: Introduction — Conclusions: Prediction — Writing Task: Conclusion Paragraph — Writing Fundamentals — Composition Skill: Developing a Stance — Writing Task: Short Paragraph — Writing Task: Response Paragraphs with a Clear Attitude and Stance — Writing Skill: Developing Supporting Ideas — Writing Task: Paragraph with Strong Supporting Ideas — Grammar Skill: Using Pronouns — Sentence Skill: Varying Sentence Structure — Unit Outcome — Writing Assignment: Summary-and-Response Essay — Evaluation: Summary-and-Response Essay Rubric — Unit Review: Self-Assessment Checklist and Vocabulary Checklist

UNIT 4 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Technological Processes
Exploring Ideas Introduction — The Engineering Design Process — Fostering Inquiry: Analyzing a Process — Writing Task: Freewriting — Structure: Process — How Electricity is Produced Using Pumped Storage — Language Tip: Using Process Connectors — How Oil Is Obtained from Alberta’s Oil Sands — Writing Task: Process Paragraph — Academic Reading Vocabulary Skill: Recognizing Collocations — Reading: How Does a Nuclear Power Plant Work — Writing Task: Process Paragraph — Critical Thinking: Evaluating an Idea — Process Fundamentals — Brainstorming and Outlining: Flow Charting — Research Skill: Finding Information in Magazines — Preventing Plagiarism: Integrating Quotations and Paraphrases — MLA/APA Reference Skill: Citing Information from Magazines — Article 1: Wind Turbines — Article 2: Anatomy of a Wind Turbine — Writing Task: Process Paragraph — Learning Strategy: Using Imagery to Visualize New Information — Thesis Skill: Writing Process Thesis Statements — Writing Task: Thesis Statements for Unit Inquiry Question — Introductions: Definition — Writing Task: Definition Introduction — Conclusions: Reconnection — Writing Task: Reconnection Conclusion — Writing Task: Conclusion Paragraph Related to Unit Inquiry Question — Writing Fundamentals - Composition Skill: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading — Writing Skill: Quoting and Paraphrasing — Writing Task: Process Paragraph — Grammar Skill: Using Noun Clauses — Sentence Skill: Avoiding Sentence Fragments — Unit Outcome - Writing Assignment: Process Essay — Evaluation: Process Essay Rubric — Unit Review: Self-Assessment Checklist and Vocabulary Checklist

UNIT 5 GEOGRAPHY Canadian Regional Geography
Exploring Ideas: Introduction — Fostering Inquiry: Making Comparisons — Writing Task: Freewriting — Structure: Compare and Contrast — Alberta and Prince Edward Island: Two Interesting Provinces in Canada — Language Tip: Using Compare-and-Contrast Connectors — Comparing Ontario and Quebec: The Similarities — Writing Tasks: Compare-and-Contrast Paragraph — Academic Reading — Vocabulary Skill: Ensuring Variation — Reading: Canada: A Country of Regions within a Global Economy — Writing Task: Short Paragraph — Critical Thinking: Understanding and Challenging Self-Bias — Process Fundamentals — Brainstorming and Outlining: Venn Diagrams — Research Skill: Finding Information in Peer-Reviewed Journals — Preventing Plagiarism: Checking References — Learning Strategy: Organizing Learning with KWL Charts — MLA/APA Reference Skill: Citing Information from Journals — A Regional Comparison of the Implication of Climate Change for the Golf Industry in Canada — Thesis Skill: Compare-and-Contrast — Introductions: Quotation — Writing Task: Quotation Introduction — Conclusions: Suggestion — Writing Task: Suggestion Conclusion — Writing Fundamentals - Composition Skill: Organizing Main Body Paragraphs — Writing Skill: Organizing Supporting Ideas — Writing Task: Compare-and-Contrast Paragraph — Grammar Skill: Using Subject Adjectives Clauses and Phrases — Sentence Skill: Avoiding Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices — Unit Outcome - Writing Assignments: Compare-and-Contrast Essay — Evaluation: Compare-and-Contrast Essay Rubric — Unit Review: Self-Assessment Checklist and Vocabulary Checklist

UNIT 6 BUSINESS Marketing in Canada
Exploring Ideas - Introduction — Fostering Inquiry: Building an Argument — Writing Task: Freewriting — Structure: Persuasion — Logical Fallacies — Rental Property Is a Good Investment — Persuasive Essay Structure — Language Tip: Developing an Argument Using Connectors — Canada’s Top Brand — Writing Task: Persuasive Paragraph —Academic Reading - Vocabulary Skill: Writing with Precision — Reading: Marketing: Creating and Capturing Customer Value — Writing Task: Persuasive Paragraph — Critical Thinking: Considering Multiple Perspectives — Process Fundamentals - Brainstorming and Outlining: Wh-Questions — Learning Strategy: Combining Learning Strategies — Research Skill: Managing Your Resources — Preventing Plagiarism: Knowing When to Cite Information — MLA/APA Reference Skill: Citing Personal Communications and Lecture Notes — Writing Task: Persuasive Paragraph — Thesis Skill: Writing Persuasive Thesis Statements — Introductions: Concession — Writing Task: Concession Introduction — Writing Task: Concession Introduction Related to Unit Inquiry Question — Conclusions: Thought-Provoking Question — Writing Task: Thought-Provoking Conclusion — Writing Task: Though-Provoking Conclusion Related to Unit Inquiry Question — Writing Fundamentals — Composition Skill: Creating Essay Coherence — Consumers Should Pay More — Writing Skill: Blending Rhetorical Patterns — Writing Task: Persuasive Paragraph — Grammar Skill: Using Adverb Clauses and Phrases — Sentence Skill: Avoiding Tense Shifts — Unit Outcome - Writing Assignment: Persuasive Essay — Evaluation: Persuasive Essay Rubric — Unit Review:Self Assessment Checklist and Vocabulary Checklist

Appendix 1: Vocabulary — Appendix 2: Sample Paragraphs — Appendix 3: Newspaper Article

Index

"Academic Inquiry develops student proficiency in the writing skills necessary for success in academic studies. The fourth-level series spans all aspects of academic writing from composing sentences and paragraphs through to complete essays and research papers. Each unit covers one essential rhetorical pattern providing numerous writing tasks that lead students step by step through the writing process, guiding them carefully from developing pre-writing ideas to revising their final composition Level 1: Sentences and Paragraphs Level 2: Paragraphs and Short-Essays Level 3: Essays and Integrating Sources Level 4: Essays and Research. Taking a student-centred inquiry-based approach to academic writing, Academic Inquiry increases student involvement and motivation. Each unit focuses on a core academic discipline, providing meaningful and relevant content and discussion points that complement the unit writing assignments
Features: - Authentic content from Canadian textbooks help students prepare for future academic studies; - Realistic writing models and methodical practice empower students to become accomplished writer multiple rhetorical patterns; - Sentence skills, grammar skills, and composition skills help students understand and apply key writing skills; - Step-by-Step writing tasks take students reliably through the entire writing process; -Preventing plagiarism strategies in each unit help students master the art of citing, paraphrasing, referencing, and summarizing. - Systematic vocabulary instruction in each unit covers the AWL and extends into mid-frequency words, helping students acquire a rich and comprehensive vocabulary base; - Critical Thinking Skills and Learning Strategies increase students' engagement, comprehension, and success; - Language Tips in each unit help students master essential words, phrases, and expression related the rhetorical patterns being studied; - Flexible units allow teachers and students to focus solely on the academic writing goals or also delve into the academic readings and vocabulary instruction; Canadian authors ensure that the Academic Inquiry Series is rooted in the Canadian post-secondary experience." (Book Cover)