TY  - BOOK
AU  - Matiisen,Carolyn
ED  - Mount Royal College
TI  - Writing from Models: a Composition Workbook for Canadian ESL Students, level B 
SN  - 0774735341 (Student Book)
U1  - 428.2 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Toronto, ON
PB  - Harcourt Brace Canada
KW  - English language
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Composition and exercises
KW  - High-intermediate to low-advanced
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Unit 1 A Lifestyle Decision (Fall) - Writing Mode: Autobiography (3-4 paragraphs); Reading -- Vocabulary -- Expressions and Idioms -- Chronological Timeline of Reading -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- A. Sentence Types -- B. Adverbial Clauses and Phrases -- 1. Contrast -- 2. Cause and Effect -- 3. Time -- Writing Assignment; Unit 2 Bedtime Story (Winter) - Writing Mode: Narrative (4+ paragraphs); Reading -- Vocabulary and Expressions -- Chronological Timeline of Major Events -- Descriptive Vocabulary Exercises -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- A. Direct Speech -- B. Reported Speech -- Writing Assignment; Unit 3 To Ski or Not to Ski (Winter) -- Writing Mode: Advantages and Disadvantages (4 paragraphs); Reading -- Vocabulary -- Expressions and Idioms -- Point Outline of the Reading -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- Transition Words -- 1. Cause and Effect -- Contrast -- 3. Additional Information -- 4. Sequencing -- 5. Others -- Writing Assignment; Unit 4 Fun at the Stampede (Summer) - Writing Mode: Description of an Event (5 paragraphs); Reading -- Vocabulary -- Expressions and Idioms -- Chronological List -- Rodeo Jigsaw -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- A. Gerunds -- B. Reduction of Time Clauses -- C. Infinitives (after Verbs) -- D. Infinitives (after Adjectives) -- Writing Assignment; Unit 5 The Wedding Season (Summer) - Writing Mode: Compare and Contrast (4 paragraphs); Reading -- Vocabulary -- Wedding Vocabulary -- Group Discussion -- Point Outline of the Reading -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- A. Passive Voice -- B. Causative Verbs -- Compare/Contrast Vocabulary -- Writing Assignment; Unit 6 The Job Search (Fall) -- Writing Mode: Expository (Analysis) (5 paragraphs); Reading -- Vocabulary -- Expressions and Idioms -- Word Study -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- Hidden Questions -- Point Outline of the Reading -- The Analysis Essay -- Writing Assignment 1 -- Writing Assignment 2; Unit 7 Career Blues (Winter) - Writing Mode: Causes and Effects (4-5 paragraphs); Reading -- Vocabulary -- Idioms -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- A. Conditional Sentences - Chart for Conditional Sentences -- B. Wish Sentences -- Cause and Effect Essay -- Writing Assignment; Unit 8 A Crisis in the Family (Spring) - Writing Mode: Persuasion (3 paragraphs); Reading -- Vocabulary -- Expressions and Idioms -- Optional Summary Exercise -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- A. Present Modal Auxiliaries -- B. Past Modal Auxiliaries -- Writing Assignment; Appendix A: Rodeo Jigsaw -- Appendix B: Business Letter Form
N2  - "Writing from Models: A Composition Workbook for Canadian ESL Students is a two-part set of writing workbooks for intermediate ESL students. Level A has been designed for upper-beginner or low-intermediate students, and Level B for high-intermediate or low-advanced students. These books can be used independently of each other or together as a comprehensive and complete text for writing at the intermediate level.; In Level A of Writing from Models, by Zena Drabinsky, each unit begins with a journal entry written by Takako, a Japanese exchange student. Her journal entries depict realistic situations faced during her stay in Canada. Each entry features a new writing mode - narrative, past narrative, descriptive, informal letter, expository (process, contrast, definition, and biography), and classification. The units progress from one- to four paragraph writing assignments; In Level B of Writing from Models, by Carolyn Matiisen, each unit begins with a writing model that offers a glimpse into a different aspect of the Dubinsky family. Their situations are realistic and will appeal to students of all ages. Each model features a new writing mode - autobiography, narrative, advantages and disadvantages, description of an event, compare and contrast, expository analysis, causes and effects, and persuasion. The workbook concentrates on three- to five-paragraph writing assignments; Both components of Writing from Models are built upon the belief that ESL students benefit from a structured approach to learning how to write. The present models of writing for students to identify with, emulate, and learn from." (Back Cover)
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