Writer's Workshop : Crafting Sentences, Building Paragraphs, Designing Essays

Brannan/Finlay A Writer’s Workshop – Crafting Sentences, Building Paragraphs, Designing Essays, Canadian Edition, engages emerging writers with a hands-on, 4-colour guide to the writing process. Through clear explanations and engaging application-based writing activities, Brannan/Finlay demonstrates the value of effective writing in one's academic and professional career. The Alternate Assignments at the end of every essay chapter asks students to apply what they've just learned to real world cases. Since this comprehensive text follows a sentence-to-paragraph-to-essay model, students will not only learn basic grammar, but also how to incorporate those lessons into larger pieces of writing. The inclusion of student writing samples and peer-review prompts will also help students engage in the material and think critically.

Jan Finlay-Clark is a professor at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario. She has taught English and communications for more than 20 years. She received her M.A. in English Literature and Language from the University of Windsor and began her teaching career at Humber College in Toronto. Over the years, she has taught many, many English and communications classes -- including Canadian literature, creative writing, cross-cultural communication, developmental writing, English as a Second Language (ESL), composition, business and technical writing.

Bob Brannan is a professor at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, where he has taught composition for 17 years. He received his M.A. in composition/rhetoric from Iowa State University and began his teaching career as a "freeway flyer," shuttling between community colleges and carrying his office in a bag. Over the years, he has taught a number of writing classes―including developmental, first- and second-semester composition, business and technical writing, advanced composition, and honours seminars―but he focuses much of his attention on the pre-college-level writer. He is also the author of A Writer's Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays, now in its third edition.