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Writer's World, The: Paragraphs and Essays (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card), 2/E
Lynne Gaetz, College Lionel-Groulx, Canada
Suneeti Phadke, St. Jerome College

ISBN-10: 0205628451
ISBN-13: 9780205628452

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2009
Format: Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 672 pp
Published: 03/07/2008

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For developmental writing courses covering paragraphs and essays.

 

Whether your students enroll in the course with varying skill levels, whether they are native or nonnative speakers of English, or whether they learn better through the use of visuals, The Writer’s World can help students with varying needs come together and excel at becoming stronger, more consistent, and more creative writers. This ground breaking developmental writing series was written and designed from the ground up to address the greatest teaching challenges and the diverse needs of today’s students.

 

The Writer’s World addresses the diverse needs of your students!

 

This text ships automatically with MyWritingLab


The Writer's World addresses the diverse needs of your students.

 

The Writer’s World seamlessly integrates key elements and strategies that attend to the variety of needs students bring to the course.

 

Nonnative English Speakers:

The Writer’s World helps instructors meet the needs of the nonnative English speakers in their class better than any other text on the market:

  • The authors; With Lynne Gaetz and Suneeti Phadke’s expertise in teaching nonnative speakers of English, ESL material is a strength of The Writer’s World texts. They believe this material can benefit all students.
  • ESL material is seamlessly integrated into the student text for maximum benefit, often in the form of a ‘Hint’ box. By identifying them as ESL topics only in the Annotated Instructor’s Edition (and not the student version) this important information can benefit  both native and nonnative speakers.
  • ESL Teaching Tips: The Annotated Instructor’s Edition also includes over 75 ESL Teaching Tips. Many of these teaching tips were derived from the author’s first hand experience teaching nonnative speakers in the classroom, while others have been suggested by users of The Writer’s World and 16 experts in the field of English language training.
  • NEW Vocabulary Boosts located throughout the text prompts students to review and improve their own writing. Designed to enhance student vocabulary, Vocabulary Boost helps ESL and non-ESL students alike.

Visual Learners:

With a contemporary, open design, over 60 images and additional tables, charts, and graphs, The Writer’s World supports visual learners like no other text. The Writer’s World layout grabs students’ attention and draws them into the material:

  • Chapter opening photos: Many chapter-opening photos are linked to concepts to help students retain key information.
  • Visuals to illustrate concepts: The Writer’s World uses numerous visuals throughout the text to illustrate concepts, including tables and charts, the chapter opening photos and “…at Work” boxes.
  • NEW- Visual Writing Prompts: Topics and ideas for essay writing can come from a number of different sources. The Writer’s World encourages students to take inspiration from examining photos and watching popular movies. These visual prompts, found at the end of each writing chapter and thematic unit, give students varied and engaging options for finding an essay topic. 

Varying Skill Level:

The authors address students' varying skill-levels by including material that is engaging to students in a contemporary concept.

  • Thematic grammar chapters: This unique way of presenting grammar concepts thematically makes students more engaged in studying and learning grammar. The more engaging the material, the more likely students will retain key concepts.
  • MyWritingLab, the best online writing instruction and practice available for students, is automatically included with each copy of The Writer’s World.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

 

  • Vocabulary Boosts: located throughout the text, this feature prompts students to review and improve their own writing. Designed to enhance student vocabulary, Vocabulary Boost helps ESL and non-ESL students alike.
  • Visual Writing Prompts: Topics and ideas for essay writing can come from a number of different sources. The Writer’s World encourages students to take inspiration from examining photos and watching popular movies. These visual prompts, found at the end of each writing chapter and thematic unit, give students varied and engaging options for finding an essay topic. 
    • NEW image and film writing prompts.
  • Thematic Material: Thoroughly updated and revised to meet the diverse needs to students.
  • User Community Tips in AIE: Current The Writer's World users share their tips, experiences and best practices in the margins of the Annotated Instructors Edition.
  • ESL Teaching Tips have been expanded upon and reviewed by ESL experts.
  • Updated Content: 20% new readings, sample paragrpahs and exercises.
  • MyWritingLab ships automatically with every copy of The Writer’s World!

MyWritingLab is a market-leading online learning system that provides diagnostic assessment, progress tracking, and progressive exercise sets to help advance students from literal comprehension, to critical application, to demonstrating skills in their own writing. How does MyWritingLab help students become better writers?

  • Diagnostic Testing: MyWritingLab's diagnostic test comprehensively assesses student s' skills in grammar. Students are given an individualized learning path based on the diagnostic's results, identifying the modules in areas where they most need help.
  • Progressive Learning: The heart of MyWritingLab is the progressive learning (moving students from literal to critical comprehension) that takes place when students complete the Recall, Apply and Write exercises within each module.  Recall exercises test students on the basics of good writing skills. Apply exercises test students’ ability to improve others’ writing. Write exercises challenge students to create their own well-written responses to open-ended questions.
  • Progress Tracker: All student work in MyWritingLab is captured in the Progress Tracker. Students can monitor their own progress and instructors can track the progress of their entire class in this flexible and easy-to-use tool.
  • Pearson Tutor Services, (powered by SmarThinking). Offering students full time support in their writing efforts, SmarThinking is an online tutoring service that provides students with paper review 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  

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The Writer’s World – Paragraphs and Essays 2E Table of Contents

 

Inside Front Cover – Paragraph and Essay Checklists

 

Preface

 

Part I       The Writing Process

 

Chapter 1   Exploring                                                                                  

The Paragraph and the Essay

Visualizing the Writing Process

What is Exploring?

Topic

Audience

Purpose

Exploring Strategies

Journal and Portfolio Writing

 

Chapter 2   Developing                                                      

What is Developing?

Narrow the Topic

The Topic Sentence

The Supporting Ideas

The Paragraph Plan

The First Draft

 

Chapter 3   Revising and Editing                                                 

What is Revising and Editing?

Revise for Unity

Revise for Adequate Support

Revise for Coherence

Revise for Style

Edit for Errors

Write the Final Draft

 

 

Part II       Paragraph Patterns

 

Chapter 4   Illustration                                

What is Illustration?

The Illustration Paragraph

Explore Topics

The Topic Sentence

The Supporting Ideas

The Paragraph Plan

The First Draft

Revise and Edit an Illustration Paragraph

 

Chapter 5   Narration                                                          

What is Narration?

The Narrative Paragraph

Explore Topics

The Topic Sentence

The Paragraph Plan

The First Draft

Revise and Edit a Narrative Paragraph

 

Chapter 6   Description                                                      

What is Description?

The Descriptive Paragraph

Explore Topics

The Topic Sentence

The Supporting Ideas

The Paragraph Plan

The First Draft

Revise and Edit a Descriptive Paragraph

 

Chapter 7   Process                                                            

What is a Process?

The Process Paragraph

Explore Topics

The Topic Sentence

The Supporting Ideas

The Paragraph Plan

The First Draft

Revise and Edit a Process Paragraph

 

Chapter 8   Definition                                                          

What is Definition?

The Definition Paragraph

Explore Topics

The Topic Sentence

The Supporting Ideas

The Paragraph Plan

The First Draft

Revise and Edit a Definition Paragraph

 

Chapter 9   Classification                                                               

What is Classification?

The Classification Paragraph

Explore Topics

The Topic Sentence

The Supporting Ideas

The Paragraph Plan

The First Draft

Revise and Edit a Classification Paragraph

 

Chapter 10   Comparison and Contrast                                                                

What is Comparison and Contrast?

The Comparison and Contrast Paragraph

Explore Topics

The Topic Sentence

The Supporting Ideas

The Paragraph Plan

The First Draft

Revise and Edit a Comparison and Contrast Paragraph

 

Chapter 11   Cause and Effect                                                       

What is Cause and Effect?

The Cause and Effect Paragraph

Explore Topics

The Topic Sentence

The Supporting Ideas

The Paragraph Plan

The First Draft

Revise and Edit a Cause and Effect Paragraph

 

Chapter 12   Argument                                

What is Argument?

The Argument Paragraph

Explore Topics

The Topic Sentence

The Supporting Ideas

The Paragraph Plan

The First Draft

Revise and Edit an Argument Paragraph

 

Part III      The Essay

 

 

Chapter 13   Writing the Essay                                          

Explore Topics

The Thesis Statement

The Supporting Ideas

The Essay Plan

The Introduction

The Conclusion

The First Draft

Revising and Editing the Essay

The Essay Title

The Final Draft

 

Chapter 14   Essay Patterns                                                                                               

The Illustration Essay

The Narrative Essay

The Descriptive Essay

The Process Essay

The Definition Essay

The Classification Essay

The Comparison and Contrast Essay

The Cause and Effect Essay

The Argument Essay

 

Chapter 15   Enhancing Your Writing with Research                                         

What is Research?

Research for Academic Writing

Gathering Information

Evaluating Sources

Add a Paraphrase, Summary, or Quotation

Cite Sources Using MLA Style

Sample Research Essay Using MLA Style

 

 

Part IV     The Editing Handbook

 

 

Section 1      Effective Sentences  ª  Section Theme  CULTURE

           

Chapter 16   Simple Sentences

Identify Subjects

Identify Prepositional Phrases

Identify Verbs

Helping Verbs

 

Chapter 17   Compound Sentences                                  

Compare Simple and Compound Sentences

Combine Sentences Using Coordinating Conjunctions

Combine Sentences Using Semicolons

Combine Sentences Using Transitional Expressions

                       

Chapter 18   Complex Sentences                                     

What is a Complex Sentence?

Use Subordinating Conjunctions

Use Relative Pronouns

Use Embedded Questions

 

Chapter 19   Sentence Variety

What is Sentence Variety?

Combine Sentences

Include a Question, a Quotation, or an Exclamation

Vary the Opening Words

Combine Sentences with a Present Participle

Combine Sentences with a Past Participle

Combine Sentences with an Appositive

 

 

Section 2      Common Sentence Errors  ª  Section Theme  PSYCHOLOGY

 

Chapter 20   Fragments and Run-Ons                              

Fragments

Run-Ons

 

Chapter 21   Faulty Parallel Structure                              

What is Parallel Structure?

Identify Faulty Parallel Structure

                       

 

Section 3      Problems with Verbs  ª  Section Theme  ESPIONAGE

 

Chapter 22   Present and Past Tenses                            

What is Verb Tense?

The Simple Present Tense

The Simple Past Tense

Avoid Double Negatives

           

Chapter 23   Past Participles                                                         

Past Participles

The Present Perfect Tense: have/has + Past Participle

The Past Perfect Tense:  had + Past Participle

The Passive Voice: be + Past Participle

                                                                       

Chapter 24   Other Verb Forms                             

Problems with Progressive Forms (-ing Verbs)

Nonstandard Forms: gonna, gotta, wanna

Problems with Conditional Forms

Nonstandard Forms: would of, could of, should of

           

 

Section 4      Verb Agreement and Consistency  ª  Section Theme  COLLEGE LIFE  

 

Chapter 25   Subject-Verb Agreement      

Basic Subject-Verb Agreement Rules

More Than One Subject

Special Subject Forms

Verb Before the Subject

Interrupting Words and Phrases

 

Chapter 26   Tense Consistency   

Consistent Verb Tense                                        

 

 

Section 5      More Parts of Speech  ª  Section Theme  INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES

 

Chapter 27   Nouns, Determiners, and Prepositions

Singular and Plural Nouns

Count Nouns and Noncount Nouns

Determiners

Prepositions

 

Chapter 28   Pronouns                    

Pronoun Case

Relative Pronouns (who, whom, which, that, whose)

Reflexive Pronouns (-self/ -selves)

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Indefinite Pronouns

Vague Pronouns

Pronoun Shifts

           

           

Section 6      Modifiers  ª  Section Theme  HEALTH CARE  

 

Chapter 29   Adjectives and Adverbs                                                                               

Adjectives

Adverbs

Comparative and Superlative Forms

 

Chapter 30   Mistakes and Modifiers                    

Misplaced Modifiers

Dangling Modifiers

 

 

Section 7      Word Use and Spelling  ª  Section Theme  THE LEGAL WORLD   

 

Chapter 31   Exact Language                                                         

Use Specific and Detailed Vocabulary

Avoid Wordiness ad Redundancy

Avoid Clichés

Standard English Versus Slang

 

Chapter 32   Spelling and Commonly Confused Words

Spelling Rules

120 Commonly Misspelled Words

Look-Alike and Sound-Alike Words

 

 

Section 8      Punctuation and Mechanics  ª  Section Theme  THE WORKPLACE        

 

Chapter 33   Commas

What Is a Comma?

Commas in a Series

Commas After Introductory Words and Phrases

Commas Around Interrupting Words and Phrases

Commas in Compound Sentences

Commas in Complex Sentences

Commas in Business Letters

 

Chapter 34   The Apostrophe, Quotation Marks, and Titles

The Apostrophe

Quotation Marks

Punctuation of Titles

 

Chapter 35   Capitalization and Other Punctuation Marks

Capitalization

Other Punctuation Marks

 

 

Section 9      Editing          

 

Chapter 36   Editing Paragraphs and Essays

 

Part V      Reading Strategies and Selections

 

 

Chapter 37   From Reading to Writing

Reading Strategies

Reading Selections

 

CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY

  • “The Old-Time Pueblo World” by Leslie Marmon Silko
  • “Bound Feet” by Jung Chang
  • “I’m a Banana and Proud of It” by Wayson Choy
  • “Fads” by David A. Locher
  • “Dancing with Fear” by Bebe MooreCampbell
  • “Religious Faith Versus Spirituality” by Neil Bissoondath

 

ESPIONAGE AND DISCOVERIES

§          “How Spies Are Caught”

§          “Nothing But Net” by Scott Bekker

§          “Growing Up in Cyberspace” by Brent Staples

 

COLLEGE LIFE AND HEALTH CARE

§          “Body Over Mind” by Mitch Albom

§          “Dying to Be Bigger” by H.D.

§          “It’s Class, Stupid!” by Richard Rogriquez

§          “The Case for Affirmative Action” by Dave Malcolm

§          “Control Your Temper” by Elizabeth Passarella

 

THE LEGAL WORLD AND THE WORKPLACE

§          “Aunt tee” by Maya Angelou

§          “Dealing With People” by Greg McGrew

§          “Why I Worked for La Migra” by Veronica Ortega

§          “When the Legal Thing Isn’t the Right Thing” by Deborah Mead

§          “A Faith in Other Versus Security” by Barbara Card Atkinson

§          “Interview with Jimmy Baca” by Elizabeth Farnsworth

 

 

Appendices

 

§       Appendix 1: Grammar Glossary

§       Appendix 2: Irregular Verbs

§       Appendix 3: A Quick Guide to Verb Tenses

§       Appendix 4: Combining Ideas in Sentences

§       Appendix 5: Punctuation and Mechanics

§       Appendix 6: Writing Paragraphs and Essays in Exams

§       Appendix 7: Spelling, Grammar, and Vocabulary Logs

 

Credits

 

Index

 

Inside Back Cover

Editing Checklist

Revising and Editing Symbols

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    Whether your students enroll in the course with varying skill levels, whether they are native or nonnative speakers of English, or whether they learn better through the use of visuals, The Writer’s World can help students with varying needs come together and excel at becoming stronger, more consistent, and more creative writers. This ground breaking developmental writing series was written and designed from the ground up to address the greatest teaching challenges and the diverse needs of today’s students.

     

    The Writer’s World addresses the diverse needs of your students!

     

    This text ships automatically with MyWritingLab

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    • For developmental writing courses covering paragraphs and essays.

     

    Whether your students enroll in the course with varying skill levels, whether they are native or nonnative speakers of English, or whether they learn better through the use of visuals, The Writer’s World can help students with varying needs come together and excel at becoming stronger, more consistent, and more creative writers. This ground breaking developmental writing series was written and designed from the ground up to address the greatest teaching challenges and the diverse needs of today’s students.

     

    The Writer’s World addresses the diverse needs of your students!

     

    This text ships automatically with MyWritingLab

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    Gaetz & Phadke
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    ISBN-10: 0205628451 | ISBN-13: 9780205628452
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    • For developmental writing courses covering sentences and paragraphs.

     

    Whether your students enroll in the course with varying skill levels, whether they are native or nonnative speakers of English, or whether they learn better through the use of visuals, The Writer’s World can help students with varying needs come together and excel at becoming stronger, more consistent, and more creative writers. This ground breaking developmental writing series was written and designed from the ground up to address the greatest teaching challenges and the diverse needs of today’s students.

     

    The Writer’s World addresses the diverse needs of your students!

     

    This text ships automatically with MyWritingLab

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