From the author of the highly successful paragraph to essay level text, Resources for Writers, comes the companion text for the sentence to paragraph level course, Sentence Resources for Writers, a textbook designed to f ully meet the needs of the developing college writer and the developmental writing educator.

All the resources students need to succeed in this course, and all the resources instructors need to successfully teach this course (without supplementing) are available exclusively in this one book. The integration of comprehensive skill instruction, a wealth of exercises, and a lab manual make Sentence Resources for Writers the most complete resource for developmental writing at the sentence to paragraph level.

Sentence Resources for Writers  gives clear and accessible writing instruction using appealing examples from cultural literacy.   Each chapter uses a cultural literacy topic drawing from light-hearted topics to serious ones.   The four Cs approach to skills is used consistently to reinforce corresponding skills and lead students through the process of writing effective sentences.   Plentiful exercises gives students effective reinforcement. Examples are drawn from a wide variety of sources–novels, newspapers,  magazines–and provide high student interest.   Chapters are modular giving instructors maximum flexibility. An appealing four-color design showcases the photos included and adds visual interest to each page. The text's Lab Manual consists of workbook activities for each text chapter that are supplemented by additional, correlated activities in the Online Lab Manual.

• Clear, highly accessible instruction. The text's contemporary, upbeat language will appeal to today's students. The tone is never condescending or stuffy.
• Cultural literacy theme. Each chapter is introduced by a short “Culture Note” on topics ranging from the lighthearted (doughnuts as an American snack) to the serious (the causes of the Civil War), and across the academic spectrum (Greek mythology, prominent scientists, Freud, Shakespeare). The theme is carried throughout the chapter in illustrations, sample paragraphs, and exercises.
• High visual interest. More than 60 color photos and 30 diagrams elucidate cultural themes and pedagogical concepts and invite students to respond in writing.
• Four Cs approach to skills. The mnemonic device–concise, credible, clear, correct–is used consistently to reinforce corresponding skills and lead the student through the writing process steps.
• Diagnostics. Students can take a grammar diagnostic, and a punctuation and mechanics diagnostic to determine their level of skill before proceeding to specific grammar and punctuation chapters.
• Peer evaluation and self-analysis emphasis. Students are encouraged to monitor their own progress through goal sheets and to work cooperatively with their peers using a peer editing worksheet.
• Lab Manual. Each chapter is supplemented by a two-page, consumable activity in the text Lab Manual.   Additional activities that correspond to and enhance the text activity appear on the Lab Manual Online.

I. OVERVIEW OF GOOD WRITING.

1. Your Strengths as a Writer.

2. The Bases of Good Writing:   The Four Cs.

3. Overview of Paragraph Writing Skills.

4. Essay Overview.

5. Writing Process Overview.

II. WRITING CORRECT SENTENCES.

6. Grammar Overview.

Grammar diagnostic test.

Skills Group 1: Basic Sentence Structure.

7. Prepositional Phrases.

8. Subjects and Verbs.

9. Clauses.

10. Run-On Sentences.

11. Fragments.

12. Sentence Combining 1.

Skills Group 2: Verbs and Pronouns.

13. Regular Verbs.

14. Irregular Verbs.

15. Subject-Verb Agreement.

16. Verb Tense and Tense Consistency.

17. Pronoun Types.

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

19. Sentence Combining 2.

Skills Group 3: Adjectives, Adverbs, and Parallelism.

20. Simple Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs.

21. Misplaced Modifiers.

22. Dangling Modifiers.

23. Errors in Parallelism.

24. Sentence Combining 3.

25. Punctuation and Mechanics Overview.

Punctuation and Mechanics Diagnostic Test

Skills Group 4: Punctuation and Mechanics.

26. Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Marks.

27. Commas.

28. Apostrophes.

29. Quotation Marks.

30. Other Punctuation Marks: Colons and Semi-colons, Parentheses, Dashes,

and Hyphens.

31. Capitalization.

32. Numbers and Abbreviations.

33. Formal Writing Format.

34. Sentence Combining 4.

Skills Group 5: Word Choice.

35. Using the Dictionary.

36. Spelling Well.

37. Words that Look Alike and Sound Alike.

38. Choosing the Best Words.

39. Sensitive Language.

40. Proofing and Polishing (omitted words, incorrect word forms, editing tips).

III. MASTERY TESTS: PRACTICE WRITING EFFECTIVE SENTENCES.

Mastery Test 1: Basic sentence structure.

Mastery Test 2: Verbs and pronouns.

Mastery Test 3: Adjectives, adverbs, and parallelism.

Mastery Test 4: Punctuation and mechanics.

Mastery Test 5: Word choice.

Lab Manual.

Appendices.

ESL Issues.

Working Together:   Improving Yourself (peer collaboration guidelines, goal sheet).

Skills Improvement Exam.

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