Frew, Siegfried
2nd Edition
229 pages
$32.95
ISBN 978-0-917962-48-6
Sentence, Paragraph and Essay Writing
Table of Contents
1. Journal Writing
Lesson One: Narrative and Descriptive Writing
Lesson Two: Sample Journal Topics
Lesson Three: Expressing Your Opinion
2. The Writing Process
Lesson One: Getting Started – Discovery Techniques
Lesson Two: Writer’s Strategy – Purpose, Audience, and Voice
Lesson Three: Support Sentences
Lesson Four: Revision
Lesson Five: From Topic to Final Draft
3. Writing Simple Sentences
Lesson One: The Subject
Lesson Two: The Predicate
Lesson Three: Agreement
Lesson Four: Writing Complete Sentences – Avoiding Fragments
4. Building Paragraphs Sample…
Lesson One: Topic Sentences
Lesson Two: Primary Support Sentences
Lesson Three: Secondary Support Sentences and Concluding Sentences
Lesson Four: Editing Your Paragraphs
Lesson Five: Bringing Reading Into Writings
5. Coordination and Compound Sentences
Lesson One: “FANBOYS” – Coordinating Conjunctions
Lesson Two: Coordinating Sentence Parts
Lesson Three: Compound Sentences
Lesson Four: More on Unity
6. Subordinating: Adding Dependent Clauses
Lesson One: An Informal Approach to Subordination: Dependent Clauses
Lesson Two: Sentence Combining Practice with Dependent Clauses
Lesson Three: Paragraph Focus
7. The Brief Essay: Putting It All Together Sample…
Lesson One: An Overview of the Essay
Lesson Two: Writing the Thesis
Lesson Three: Topic Sentences and Body Paragraphs
Lesson Four: Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs
Lesson Five: The Expository Essay Based on Critical Reading
8. Writing for Style
Lesson One: Adding Descriptive Phrases
Lesson Two: Writing for Impact
Lesson Three: Styling Paragraphs
Lesson Four: Writing from Observation
Appendix: More on Punctuation
Punctuating Series
Other Punctuation Marks
Parenthesis, Brackets and Underlining
Capitals
Numbers
