Overview

Pathways: Writing Scenarios teaches sentence and paragraph writing skills through themed writing scenarios, a focus on ideas over rules, and connecting grammar and the writing process.  Covering all the significant topics at this level, the text also provides comprehensive and integrated coverage of the reading-writing connection (including a multicultural reader), instruction on methods of development, ESL Tips, paragraph-level editing exercises and collaborative activities, Internet activities, substantial online and ancillary support, and a four-color design.

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Author:   Kathleen T. McWhorter ,  Leslie Taggart
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   1.252kg
ISBN:  

9780205617760

ISBN 10:   020561776
Pages:   688
Publication Date:   13 May 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780205058075
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface WRITING SUCCESS STARTS HERE! PART I: GETTING STARTED Chapter 1: An Introduction to Writing Writing What Writing Is and Is Not The Writing Process: An Overview Beginning Tips for Generating Ideas Writing Paragraphs Writing Essays Sample Student Essay: College and the Marine Corps Practical Advice for Getting Started Peer Review Writing Success Tip 1: Participating in Your Writing Class Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Internet Activities Chapter 2: The Reading-Writing Connection Exploring the Reading-Writing Connection Previewing before Reading Reading: Ways to Improve Your Memory, Saul M. Kassin Reading for Meaning How to Handle Difficult Readings How to Record Your Thinking: Annotation Using Idea Maps How to Write about a Reading Writing Success Tip 2: Organizing a Place and Time to read and Write Writing About A Reading Thinking before Reading Reading: What Really Scares Us?, David Ropeik Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Internet Activities Chapter 3: Expanding Your Vocabulary Vocabulary Why Improve Your Vocabulary? Get the Right Tools Use Context Clues to Figure Out Unfamiliar Words Pay Attention to Word Parts Learn Idioms Use Word Mapping to Expand Your Vocabulary Develop a System for Learning New Words Writing Success Tip 3: Improving Your Writing Vocabulary Writing About A Reading Thinking Before Reading Reading: The Buzz on Caffeine, Paul Cuadro Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Internet Activities PART II: SENTENCE BASICS AND DEVELOPMENT Chapter 4: Complete Sentences Versus Fragments Writing What is a Fragment? Subjects Verbs Clauses: An Overview How to Spot and Revise Fragments: A Brief Review Paragraph Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 4: Keeping an Error Log Writing About A Reading Thinking before Reading Reading: Scar, Cynthia Audet Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities Chapter 5: Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices Writing The Function of Punctuation Run-on Sentences Comma Splices Paragraph Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 5: Proofreading Tips Writing About A Reading Thinking before Reading Reading: Back to School: Students Must Be Prepared to Use Debt Wisely Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Chapter 6: Combining and Expanding Your Ideas Writing Understanding Independent and Dependent Clauses Combining Ideas of Equal Importance Combining Ideas of Unequal Importance Writing Compound-Complex Sentences Paragraph Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 6: Writing with a Computer! Writing About A Reading Thinking Before Reading Reading: Not Close Enough for Comfort, David Bardeen Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities Chapter 7: Using Adjectives and Adverbs to Describe Writing Using Adjectives to Describe Using Adverbs to Describe Using Adjectives and Adverbs to Compare Student Essay: The Longest Day, Gentry Carlson Examining Student Writing Paragraph Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 7: Spelling Writing About A Reading Thinking before Reading Reading: The Homecoming, and Then the Hard Part, Anthony Swofford Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities Chapter 8: Using Modifiers to Add Detail Writing Using Prepositional Phrases to Add Detail Using -ing Phrases to Add Detail Using Who, Which, and That Relative Clauses to Add Detail Student Essay: Just Coffee, Please?, Liz Cole Examining Student Writing Paragraph Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 8: Avoiding Slang Expressions Writing About A Reading Thinking before Reading Reading: Before and After, Lance Armstrong Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities PART III: COMMON SENTENCE PROBLEMS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM Chapter 9: Revising Confusing and Inconsistent Sentences Writing Using Pronouns Clearly and Correctly Avoiding Shifts in Person, Number, and Verb Tense Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Using Parallelism Student Essay: Rick's Courage, Michaela Lozkova Examining Student Writing Paragraph Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 9: Avoiding Trite Expressions Writing About A Reading Thinking before Reading Reading: Sudanese Describes How He Became a Slave at 7, Lornet Turnbull Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities Chapter 10: Using Verbs Correctly Writing Using Verb Tenses Correctly Using Irregular Verbs Correctly Avoiding Subject-Verb Agreement Errors Using Active Instead of Passive Voice Student Essay: The Places in My Life, Rachel Goodman Examining Student Writing Paragraph Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 10: Eliminating Wordiness and Redundancy Writing About A Reading Thinking before Reading Reading: If ER Nurses Crash, Will Patients Follow?, Paul Duke Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities PART IV: PARAGRAPH BASICS AND DEVELOPMENT Chapter 11: Planning and Organizing Writing Choosing a Topic Keeping Your Reader in Mind Generating Ideas Organizing Your Ideas Student Essay: Am I Conformist?, Ebtisam Abusamak Examining Student Writing Paragraph Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 11: Using the Computer to Generate Ideas Writing About A Reading Thinking before Reading Reading: Can I Get You Some Manners With That?, Christie Scotty Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities Chapter 12: Drafting and Revising Writing Choosing a Manageable Topic Writing Topic Sentences Developing the Paragraph Revising Paragraphs Revision Checklist Student Writing in Progress: Three Versions ofThe Emotional Wall, Tracy Burgio Student Essay: First draft showing revisions Student Essay: Second Draft showing revisions Student Essay: Final Draft Student Essay: Beautiful Words + Beautiful Images + One Beautiful Advertisement, Rachel Goodman Examining Student Writing Paragraph Writing Scenarios Revision Checklist Writing Success Tip 12: Using Nonsexist Language Writing About A Reading Thinking before Reading Reading: Finding a Mate: Not the Same As It Used to Be, James M. Henslin Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities Chapter 13: Developing, Arranging, and Connecting Details Writing Developing a Paragraph Using Specific Details Methods of Arranging Details Student Essay: Halloween: Fun without Cultural Guilt, Maya Prestwich Examining Student Writing Paragraph Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 13: How to Write a Summary Writing About A Reading Thinking before Reading Reading: A Brother's Murder Brent Staples Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities Chapter 14: Using Methods of Organization Methods of Organization A: NARRATION What is Narration? How to Develop a Narrative Paragraph How to Organize a Narrative Paragraph B: DESCRIPTION What is description? How to Develop a Descriptive Paragraph How to Organize a Descriptive Paragraph C: EXAMPLE What is an Example? How to Develop an Example Paragraph How to Organize an Example Paragraph D: DEFINITION What is Definition? How to Develop a Definition Paragraph How to Organize a Definition Paragraph E: COMPARISON AND CONTRAST What is Comparison-Contrast? How to Develop a Comparison-Contrast Paragraph How to Organize a Comparison-Contrast Paragraph F: CLASSIFICATION What is Classification? How to Develop a Classification Paragraph How to Organize a Classification Paragraph G: PROCESS What is Process? How to Develop a Process Paragraph How to Organize a Process Paragraph H: CAUSE AND EFFEXT What is Cause and Effect? How to Develop a Cause and Effect Paragraph How to Organize a Cause and Effect Paragraph I: ARGUMENT What is Argument? How to Develop an Argument Paragraph How to Organize an Argument Paragraph Student Essay: What My Culture Means to Me, Darlene Gallardo Examining Student Writing Paragraph Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 14: Avoiding Plagiarism and Citing Sources Writing About A Reading Thinking before Reading Reading: Saying `Adios' to Spanglish Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities PART V: COMMON PARAGRAPH PROBLEMS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM Chapter 15 Revising Underdeveloped Paragraphs Writing Revising Ineffective Topic Sentences Revising Paragraphs to Add Supporting Details Student Essay: How to Raise a Happy Human, Rachel Goodman Examining Student Writing Paragraph Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 15: How to Credit Sources Writing About A Reading Thinking before Reading Reading: The Working-Class Smoker, Jerry Adler Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Revision Checklist CHAPTER REVIEW AND PRACTICE Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities Chapter 16: Using an Idea Map to Spot Revision Problems Writing Does Your Paragraph Stray From Your Topic? Does Every Detail Belong? Are Your Details Arranged and Developed Logically? Is Your Paragraph Balanced? Is Your Paragraph Repetitious? Student Essay: Sports and Life, Zoe Cole First Draft Evaluating the Idea Map Final Draft Examining Student Writing Paragraph Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 16: Writing Application Letters Writing About A Reading Thinking before Reading Reading: You Can't Be Thin Enough: Body Images and the Mass Media, James M. Henslin Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Revision Checklist Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities PART VI: ESSAYS BASICS, DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMON PROBLEMS Chapter 17: Essay Basics and Development An Overview of the Essay The Structure of an Essay Planning Your Essay Write Strong Thesis Statements Support Your Thesis with Substantial Evidence Student Essay: Angie's Big Show, Alicia Make Connections Among Your Ideas Clear Writing the Introduction, Conclusion, and Title Essay Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 17: Writing Essay Exam Answers Writing About A Reading Thinking Before Reading Reading: Calling in Late, Kate Zernike Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Revision Checklist Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities Chapter 18: Avoiding Common Problems in Essays Problem # 1: The Topic is too Broad Problem # 2: The Topic is too Narrow Problem # 3: The Thesis Statement Needs Revision Problem # 4: The Essay is Underdeveloped Problem # 5: The Essay is Disorganized Using Maps to Guide Your Revision Seeking Further Help Student Essay: My Big Deal Knee Surgery, Anna Majerczyk Examining Student Writing Essay Writing Scenarios Writing Success Tip 18: Taking Writing Competency Tests Writing About A Reading Thinking Before Reading Reading: From Now On, Let Women Kill Their Own Spiders, Dave Barry Getting Ready to Write Reviewing the Reading Examining the Reading: Using an Idea Map to Review the Reading Strengthening Your Vocabulary Reacting to Ideas: Discussion and Journal Writing Writing about the Reading Paragraph Options Essay Options Revision Checklist Chapter Review and Practice Chapter Review Editing Practice Internet Activities PART VII: A MULTICULTURAL READER The Beautiful Laughing Sisters---An Arrival Story, Mary Pipher The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl, Elizabeth Wong A Note to Parents, Ruben Navarrette, Jnr. Are Latinos Different?, Sandra Marquez Thank You M'am, Langston Hughes Tiger Woods and the Emerging Multiracial Identity: Mapping New Ethnic Terrain, James M. Henslin PART VIII: REVIEWING THE BASICS Guide to Reviewing the Basics A. Understanding the Parts of Speech A.1 Nouns A.2 Pronouns A.3 Verbs A.4 Adjectives A.5 Adverbs A.6 Conjunctions A.7 Prepositions A.8 Interjections B. Understanding the Parts of Sentences B.1 Subjects B.2 Predicates B.3 Complements B.4 Basic Sentence Patterns B.5 Expanding the Sentence with Adjectives and Adverbs B.6 Expanding the Sentence with Phrases B.7 Expanding the Sentence with Clauses B.8 Basic Sentence Classifications C. Using Punctuation Correctly C.1 End Punctuation C.2 Commas C.3 Unnecessary Commas C.4 Colons and Semicolons C.5 Dashes, Parentheses, Hyphens, Apostrophes, Quotation Marks D. Managing Mechanics and Spelling D.1 Capitalization D.2 Abbreviations D.3 Hyphenation and Word Division D.4 Numbers D.5 Suggestions for Improving Spelling D.6 Six Useful Spelling Rules E. Commonly Confused Words PART VIX: ESL Guide Text and Cartoon Credits Index

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