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Wordsmith: Guide to College Writing (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card), 3/E
Pamela Arlov, Macon State College

ISBN-10: 0136016294
ISBN-13: 9780136016298

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 624 pp
Published: 06/20/2007

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Wordsmith: A Guide to College Writing is appropriate essay level basic writing or first year composition courses. This text ships automatically with MyWritngLab.

 

 

What do your students want in a textbook?

 

Your life’s work is centered on connecting to your students and preparing them for productive futures. Pamela Arlov created the Wordsmith series to help you connect with your students. We asked professors what they thought their students would want in a textbook. Here’s what we heard and how Wordsmith addresses today’s students:

 

1)       Students find textbooks dry and tedious. Arlov includes engaging grammar openers, plenty of visuals, and has a writing style that is second to none!

 

2)       Students find textbooks irrelevant to their lives. Arlov’s combination of the rhetorical modes is realistic and models real life writing. She has also added “Real Writing” examples in the modes chapters to make Wordsmith even more relevant to students’ lives.

 

3)       Students become frustrated if the entire text is not used in class. Wordsmith is 100 pages briefer than similar texts on the market and an affordable option. This concise approach also does not overwhelm students with too much information. Wordsmith provides students with just the right balance of instruction and practice!

 

The Wordsmith series is your value-packed option that students will appreciate while mastering key writing and grammar skills.


Q: What do your students want in a textbook?

 

A:  Students find textbooks dry and tedious.

 

NEW! Arlov has added 28 chapter opening visuals designed to engage students, specifically visual learners, into the text material.

 

A:  Students find textbooks irrelevant to their lives.

 

NEW! To help students realize that writing extends beyond the classroom environment, Real World Topic assignments have been added to highlight the ways writing is used in career applications.  

 

Building Connections boxes and Mixed Methods Assignments show students how in the real world these essay patterns are used in conjunction with one another, and not in isolation.

 

A: Students become frustrated if the entire text is not used in class.

 

Wordsmith is 100 pages briefer than similar texts on the market. This concise approach does not overwhelm students with too much information. Wordsmith provides students with just the right balance of instruction and practice!

 

A: Students become frustrated with the cost of textbooks if the entire text is not used in class.

 

Not only is Wordsmith more concise than similar texts on the market, it is also approximately $10.00 less than comparable texts; making Wordsmith a wonderful value option for your course.

Q: What do your students want in a textbook?

 

A:  Students find textbooks dry and tedious.

 

NEW! Arlov has added 28 chapter opening visuals designed to engage students, specifically visual learners, into the text material.

 

A:  Students find textbooks irrelevant to their lives.

 

NEW! To help students realize that writing extends beyond the classroom environment, Real World Topic assignments have been added to highlight the ways writing is used in career applications.  

PART I: Composition.

 1. The Writing Process. 

 2. Preparing to Write.                                          

 3. Building a Framework: Thesis and Organization.      

 4. Introducing the Essay.

 5. Developing Body Paragraphs.

 6. Concluding the Essay.

 7. Revising, Proofreading, and Formatting.

 8. Showing and Telling: Description, Narration, and Example.

 9. Limiting and Ordering Definition, Classification, and Process.

10. Examining Logical Connections: Comparison-Contrast, Cause-Effect, and Argument.

11. Writing a Summary.

12. Writing a Research Paper.

PART II: GRAMMAR.

13. Verbs and Subjects.

14. Subject-Verb Agreement.

15. Run-on Sentences.                                        

16. Sentence Fragments.                                    

17. Pronoun Case.                                            

18. Pronoun Agreement, Reference, and Point of View.

19. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers.            

20. Parallel Structure.                                         

21. Verb Shifts.                                                     

22. Commas.                                                         

23. Other Punctuation.                                      

24. Word Choice.                                               

25. Words Commonly Confused.                      

26. Capital Letters.                                              

27. Apostrophes.                                                  

28. Quotation Marks, Underlining, and Italics.

PART III: READINGS.                                                

Complaining, Maya Angelou.    

Two Ways of Seeing a River, Mark Twain.    

Growing Up Bilingual, Sara Gonzalez.    

The Game of My Life, Jeff Obafemi Carr.    

Rebel with a Dye Job, Sono Motoyama.    

When Words Get in the Way, Athlone G. Clarke.    

Letting in Light, Patricia Raybon.    

Coping with Procrastination, Roberta Moore, Barbara Baker, and Arnold H. Packer.    

Migraine Blues, Candace Dyer.   

The Right to Die, Norman Cousins.    

The Brutal Business of Boxing, John Head.    

Date Rape: Exposing Dangerous Myths, John J. Macionis.    

Education Unplugged, Floyd Allen.    

Should College Athletes Be Paid? Steve Wulf.    

Reading, Writing, and… Ethics? Larry Fennelly.    

Your life’s work is centered on connecting to your students and preparing them for productive futures. Pamela Arlov created the Wordsmith series to help you connect with your students. We asked professors what they thought their students would want in a textbook. Here’s what we heard and how Wordsmith addresses today’s students:

 

1)       Students find textbooks dry and tedious. Arlov includes engaging grammar openers, plenty of visuals, and has a writing style that is second to none!

 

2)       Students find textbooks irrelevant to their lives. Arlov’s combination of the rhetorical modes is realistic and models real life writing. She has also added “Real Writing” examples in the modes chapters to make Wordsmith even more relevant to students’ lives.

 

3)       Students become frustrated if the entire text is not used in class. Wordsmith is 150 pages briefer than similar texts on the market and an affordable option. This concise approach also does not overwhelm students with too much information. Wordsmith provides students with just the right balance of instruction and practice!

 

The Wordsmith series is your value-packed option that students will appreciate while mastering key writing and grammar skills.

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    Wordsmith: A Guide to Paragraphs and Essays, 3E is appropriate for basic writing courses covering paragraphs and essays. This text ships automatically with MyWritingLab.

     

    What do your students want in a textbook?

     

    Your life’s work is centered on connecting to your students and preparing them for productive futures. Pamela Arlov created the Wordsmith series to help you connect with your students. We asked professors what they thought their students would want in a textbook. Here’s what we heard and how Wordsmith addresses today’s students:

     

    1)       Students find textbooks dry and tedious. Arlov includes engaging grammar openers, plenty of visuals, and has a writing style that is second to none!

     

    2)       Students find textbooks irrelevant to their lives. Arlov’s combination of the rhetorical modes is realistic and models real life writing. She has also added “Real Writing” examples in the modes chapters to make Wordsmith even more relevant to students’ lives.

     

    3)       Students become frustrated if the entire text is not used in class. Wordsmith is 100 pages briefer than similar texts on the market and an affordable option. This concise approach also does not overwhelm students with too much information. Wordsmith provides students with just the right balance of instruction and practice!

     

    The Wordsmith series is your value-packed option that students will appreciate while mastering key writing and grammar skills.

  • 0136016286Wordsmith: A Guide to Paragraphs and Short Essays (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card), 3/E
    Arlov
    © 2008 | Prentice Hall | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 608 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0136016286 | ISBN-13: 9780136016281
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    • Wordsmith: A Guide to College Writing is appropriate essay level basic writing or first year composition courses. This text ships automatically with MyWritngLab.

     

     

    What do your students want in a textbook?

     

    Your life’s work is centered on connecting to your students and preparing them for productive futures. Pamela Arlov created the Wordsmith series to help you connect with your students. We asked professors what they thought their students would want in a textbook. Here’s what we heard and how Wordsmith addresses today’s students:

     

    1)       Students find textbooks dry and tedious. Arlov includes engaging grammar openers, plenty of visuals, and has a writing style that is second to none!

     

    2)       Students find textbooks irrelevant to their lives. Arlov’s combination of the rhetorical modes is realistic and models real life writing. She has also added “Real Writing” examples in the modes chapters to make Wordsmith even more relevant to students’ lives.

     

    3)       Students become frustrated if the entire text is not used in class. Wordsmith is 100 pages briefer than similar texts on the market and an affordable option. This concise approach also does not overwhelm students with too much information. Wordsmith provides students with just the right balance of instruction and practice!

     

    The Wordsmith series is your value-packed option that students will appreciate while mastering key writing and grammar skills.

  • 0136016294Wordsmith: Guide to College Writing (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card), 3/E
    Arlov
    © 2008 | Prentice Hall | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 624 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0136016294 | ISBN-13: 9780136016298
    Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

 

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