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Synopsis
Clear and straightforward, The Write Start with Readings: Paragraphs to Essays is a workbook designed to build writing, revision, and critical thinking skills by getting readers writing from the start. The text models the entire writing process, from prewriting to proofreading, with a model paragraph, and extends the writing process model to writing the introductory, body, and conclusion paragraphs of an essay. It then continues instruction in the various modes of development, teaching readers to write paragraphs and essays in each mode. Provides ample practice in applying the techniques and thinking skills. Also included are sample student and professional essays to encourage critical thinking and discussion. A Writer's Resource appendix provides opportunities for students to work on targeted skills in grammar, punctuation, and ESL concerns. For those interested in improving basic writing skills.
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Clear and straightforward, The Write Start with Readings: Paragraphs to Essays is a developmental writing book designed to build writing, revision and critical thinking skills. The book reviews paragraph structure and moves through prewriting, thesis statement construction, drafting, and revising the various modes of essay style, emphasizing writing skills throughout the chapters. Also included are sample student and professional essays to encourage critical thinking and discussion. A Writer's Resource appendix provides opportunities to work on targeted skills in grammar, punctuation, and ESL concerns. Created with developmental readers and learning disabled readers in mind, the book's 4-color design is crisp and clear, emphasizing the content and presenting it in a manner that is easier to navigate. For those seeking a developmental writing book at the paragraph-to-essay level.
About the Author
Gayle Feng-Checkett is originally from California and received her B.A. in Comparative Literature and Spanish from the University of Redlands in 1974. She received her M.A. in English with a minor in Spanish from the University of North Dakota and continued her graduate work with studies in Teaching English as a Second Language. Feng-Checkett's special interests in teaching are in Composition, Comparative Literature, and Teaching English as a Second Language.
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