Ready to Write 2: Perfecting Paragraphs (4th Edition)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131363328 ISBN 13: 9780131363328

Publisher: Pearson Education ESL, 2010

Ready to Write  marks 25 years of this easy-to-teach series, which provides basic writing instruction, dependable strategies, and many opportunities for students to use the composition skills they need to be successful writers in and out of the classroom.

 

A fresh new design, updated content throughout, and a host of new activities reinforce the approach that has made the Ready to Write series a classroom favorite for more than two decades.

 

Features:

• Updated examples and model paragraphs illustrate organizing elements such as topic sentences, supporting details, and signal words.
• Step-by-step activities guide students in comparing and contrasting, describing, analyzing data, writing test answers, and summarizing. Varied, contextualized writing tasks help students with real-life tasks.
• Editing and proofreading exercises encourage students to refine their writing skills.
• New! Grammar Guide section presents important grammar points and practice items to boost accuracy.

Ready to Write also includes:

 

Ready to Write 1

Ready to Write 3

 

 

About the Author:

Karen Blanchard and Christine Root each have taught English language instruction at the university level for more than twenty years. Karen has an M.S.Ed in TESOL from the University of Pennsylvania, and Christine has an M.Ed in English Education from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. They began their textbook collaboration with the "Ready to Write" series while they were lecturers at the University of Pennsylvania. They have since written many reading and writing skills books and continue to enjoy working together to create English language textbooks for students around the world.

Karen Blanchard and Christine Root each have taught English language instruction at the university level for more than twenty years. Karen has an M.S.Ed in TESOL from the University of Pennsylvania, and Christine has an M.Ed in English Education from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. They began their textbook collaboration with the "Ready to Write" series while they were lecturers at the University of Pennsylvania. They have since written many reading and writing skills books and continue to enjoy working together to create English language textbooks for students around the world.