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Writing Talk: Sentences & Paragraphs with Readings, 4/E
Anthony C. Winkler
JoRay McCuen-Mertherell

ISBN-10: 0131523619
ISBN-13: 9780131523616

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 552 pp
Published: 02/04/2005

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Writing Talk addresses students' diverse learning styles by providing the most varied practice exercises.

Each student learns differently. Winkler and McCuen-Matherall created a writing series to help instructors reach more students. Writing Talk reaches more students by providing the most varied practice exercises of any writing text.  Every unit contains Practice Exercises, Unit Tests, Unit Talk-Write Exercises, Unit Collaborative Assignments, Unit Writing Assignments, and Photo Writing Assignments. These diverse exercises will help students of all types, including visual, audio, and collaborative learners learn and retain the material.  

Do you want more exercise variety in your textbook?

 

Six Types of exercises–(Practicing, Unit Tests, Unit Talk-Write, Unit Collaborative, Unit Writing, Photo Writing) reinforce concepts and offer different levels and types of challenges to the student and gives instructors flexibility in what they can cover.

 

Would you like to connect writing to your students’ lives?

 

Rhetorical strategies—Presented under three headings: “What Am I Trying to Do?”; “How Can I Do It”; and “What Do I Need to Look Out For?” counter the negative attitude that students sometimes have regarding the practicality of English writing assignments, and shows them an example of how the particular rhetorical strategy might be used in the real world.

 

Would you like to show your students examples of student work?

 

Student essay in progress–Illustrates for students the writing process within the context of the overall essay development process.

Every exercise has been reviewed and new exercises have been added.

~ Reinforces key concepts.

The READINGS section–Contains two new readings and has also been streamlined.

(NOTE: Each chapter contains: Unit Test, Unit Talk-Write Assignment, Unit Collaborative Assignment, Unit Writing Assignment and Photo Writing Assignment). 

 

UNIT  1. The ESL Student and the Native Speaker.   

Differences Between a Native and an ESL Student.   

Pronunciation.   

Homonyms.  

Context.   

Grammar.   

Idioms.    

UNIT  2. Myths About Writing.

Myths About Writing.   

Standard English.   

UNIT  3. How to Start Writing.   

Freewriting.     

Keeping a Journal.

Brainstorming.   

Clustering.

The Topic Sentence.

UNIT  4. Moving from Sentences to Paragraphs.

Supporting Details.

UNIT  5. Writing a Solid Paragraph.

Begin with a Discussible Point.

Stick to the Point.     

Prove the Point; Don’t Merely Repeat It. 

Link the Sentences. 

UNIT  6. Revising Paragraphs.

What Is Revision?  

The Revising Checklist.

Using Talk Skills to Revise Your Work.

Getting Rid of Wordiness. 

UNIT  7. The Basic Sentence.

Subject and Verb.

Kernel Sentences. 

Sentences Worded as Questions. 

Prepositional Phrases. 

Action Verbs and Linking Verbs.

Helping Verbs.

Verbals.

Compound Subjects and Verbs.

UNIT  8. Building Sentences.

Dependent and Independent Clauses.

Three Basic Sentence Types.     

Sentence Variety.   

UNIT  9. Avoiding Non-Sentences.

Sentence Fragments.

Avoiding Sentence Fragments. 

Run-on Sentences. 

UNIT 10. Verbs—An Overview.  

Twelve Tenses.

Present Tense Endings.

Past Tense Endings.   

Problems with –ing verbs.     

Difficult Verbs: Be, Have, Do.  

UNIT 11. Regular and Irregular Verbs.

Regular Verbs.

Irregular Verbs.     

Problem Verbs: Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise.

Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise: Does It Really Matter?    

UNIT 12. Subject-Verb Agreement. 

Do, Does, Doesn’t, Don’t, Was, Were, Wasn’t, Weren’t.

Indefinite Pronouns.  

Phrases Between a Subject and Its Verb.

Sentences Beginning with There/Here.

Questions. 

Compound Subjects Joined by And, Or, Either/Or, or Neither/Nor

Who, Which, and That.

UNIT 13. Problems with Verbs.

Shifts in Tense.

Would Have, Could Have, Should Have, and Must Have.

Double Negatives.

Active and Passive Voice.

UNIT 14. Using Pronouns Correctly.

Antecedent Problems.  

Agreement Problems.  

Sexist Use of Pronouns.

Shifting Point of View.

UNIT 15. Pronoun Problems.

Case Problems.

Pesky Pronouns.  

UNIT 16. Distinguishing Between Adjectives and Adverbs.

Adjectives and Adverbs.

Comparisons.     

Using Superlatives.

Using Good/Well and Bad/Badly.

This/That and These/Those.

UNIT 17. Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers. 

Dangling Modifiers. 

Misplaced Modifiers. 

 

UNIT 18. Using Prepositions.

Multiword Prepositions.    

Prepositional Phrases. 

Prepositions in Commonly Used Expressions.

Frequently Misused Prepositions.

Frequently Misused Prepositional Expressions.

UNIT 19. Punctuation You Can Hear.

End Punctuation.     

Comma (,). 

The Apostrophe (’).

 

UNIT 20. Punctuation You Can’t Hear.

Semicolon (;).

Colon (:). 

The Dash (––).

Quotation Marks (“”).

Parentheses [( )]. 

UNIT 21. Capitalization.

Rules of Capitalization.

UNIT 22. How to Use the Dictionary.

Spelling.

Word Division.

Pronunciation.   

Grammatical Uses.

Meanings.  

Usage Labels.

Origin.    

Synonyms.  

UNIT 23. Spelling Rules.

Tips for Improving Your Spelling.  

Using a Spell Checker.   

Rules for Spelling.  

UNIT 24. Commonly Misspelled Words.

Homophones and Frequently Confused Words.     

Commonly Misspelled Words.     

Words Spelled with One or Two Words.

Readings.  

Help for Your Reading.

An Object. 

Tortillas, José Antonio Burciaga.

Beautiful Music, Dana Wall.

The Cello, Lorena Bruff.     

A Place.   

The Hole at Alcatraz, Jim Quillen.     

Letter from Tokyo, Michael A. Lev. 

An Animal. 

Snakes, Michael Ondaatje.  

The Revolt of the Elephants, Ingrid E. Newkirk.

Sport, Jimmy Carter.    

A Person.  

A Brotherly Bond That Beats the Odds, Bill Paschke.   

Two Roads Converged in a Wood, Jenijoy La Belle.     

Barbie Doll, Marge Piercy.    

An Event.  

Last Flight, Isao Matsuo.     

Shame, Dick Gregory.   

A Problem. 

Señor Payroll, William E. Barrett.   

Talkin’ White, Wayne Lionel Aponte.    

An Argument.     

With Things That People Can Control, Such as Dress, Stereotypes Make Sense, Leonard Pitts Jr.  

Cheating, Iyah Romm. 

Credits.   

Index.

Instructor’s Section.

 

    For Developmental writing courses

     

    There are many different ways in which developing writers learn. Winkler and McCuen-Matherall have created a writing series that takes into account many of the known difficulties that developing writing students have with English language skills and strategies. Writing Talk: Sentences & Paragraphs with Readings, 5/e is the first book in a series of two. This text reaches more students by providing the most varied practice exercises of any writing text.  Every unit contains Practice Exercises, Unit Tests, Unit Talk-Write Exercises, Unit Collaborative Assignments, Unit Writing Assignments, and Photo Writing Assignments. These diverse exercises will help students of all types (including visual, audio, and collaborative learners) learn and retain the material.

  • 0135008808Writing Talk: Writing Sentences and Paragraphs with Readings (Book Alone), 5/E
    Winkler & McCuen-Matherell
    © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 552 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0135008808 | ISBN-13: 9780135008805
    Brief Description

    • For Developmental writing courses

     

    There are many different ways in which developing writers learn. Winkler and McCuen-Matherall have created a writing series that takes into account many of the known difficulties that developing writing students have with English language skills and strategies. Writing Talk: Sentences & Paragraphs with Readings, 5/e is the first book in a series of two. This text reaches more students by providing the most varied practice exercises of any writing text.  Every unit contains Practice Exercises, Unit Tests, Unit Talk-Write Exercises, Unit Collaborative Assignments, Unit Writing Assignments, and Photo Writing Assignments. These diverse exercises will help students of all types (including visual, audio, and collaborative learners) learn and retain the material.

  • 0205708749Writing Talk: Writing Sentences and Paragraphs with Readings (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card), 5/E
    Winkler & McCuen-Matherell
    © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper Bound with PIN; 552 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205708749 | ISBN-13: 9780205708741
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