Fundamentals of Academic Writing (The Longman Academic Writing Series, Level 1)

Preface



Getting Started Your Classmates

Prewriting

Writing

Sharing





Chapter 1 Introducing Yourself

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Part 1: Organization

From Words to Sentences to Paragraphs

What Does a Paragraph Look Like?

Part 2: Sentence Structure and Mechanics

What Is a Sentence?

What Does a Sentence Look Like?

Part 3: Grammar and Vocabulary

Verbs

Nouns

Part 4: The Writing Process

What Is a Process?

Expansion Activities

Keeping a Journal





Chapter 2 Describing Your Morning Routine

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Part 1: Organization

What Should Your Paper Look Like?

Papers Typed on a Computer

Part 2: Grammar and Sentence Structure

Subject Pronouns

The Simple Present of Be

Basic Sentence Patterns with Be

Part 3: Mechanics

Rules for Capitalization

Part 4: The Writing Process

The Steps in the Writing Process

Your Paragraph: Getting Ready for the Day

Results of the Writing Process

Expansion Activities

Your Journal

Challenge: Sleep Habits





Chapter 3 Every Picture Tells a Story

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Part 1: Organization

Topic Sentences

Part 2: Sentence Structure Subjects of Sentences

What Makes a Complete Sentence?

Part 3: Grammar and Vocabulary

Adjectives

The Simple Present

Part 4: The Writing Process

Your Paragraph: The Face in the Photo

Results of the Writing Process

Expansion Activities

Your Journal

Challenge: An Important Person





Chapter 4 Saturdays

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Part 1: Organization

Time Order

Part 2: Sentence Structure and Vocabulary

Simple Sentence Patterns I

Adverbs of Frequency

Part 3: Grammar and Mechanics

Common Verbs

Using Prepositions to Show Time

Titles

Part 4: The Writing Process

Your Paragraph: My Partner's Saturdays

Results of the Writing Process

Expansion Activities

Your Journal

Challenge: My Favorite Holiday





Chapter 5 What's Going On?

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Part 1: Organization

Topic Sentences and Supporting Sentences I

Part 2: Sentence Structure

Simple Sentence Patterns II

Part 3: Grammar The Present Progressive

Non-Action Verbs

Part 4: The Writing Process

Your Paragraph: What Is Happening in This Photo?

Results of the Writing Process

Expansion Activities

Your Journal

Challenge: My Own Photo





Chapter 6 Your Hometown

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Part 1: Organization

Topic Sentences and Supporting Sentences II

Part 2: Grammar

There Is and There Are

A, An, and The

Part 3: Vocabulary and Sentence Structure

Prepositions for Describing Location

Prepositional Phrases in Sentences

Part 4: The Writing Process

Your Paragraph: Describing My Hometown

Results of the Writing Process

Expansion Activities Your Journal

Challenge: A Favorite Place





Chapter 7 Remembering and Important Day

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Part 1: Organization

Organizing Your Ideas

Part 2: Sentence Structure and Mechanics

Compound Sentences

Using Commas

Part 3: Grammar and Vocabulary

The Simple Past

Part 4: The Writing Process

Your Paragraph: An Important Day

Results of the Writing Process

Expansion Activities

Your Journal

Challenge: A Funny or Scary Experience





Chapter 8 Memories of a Trip

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Part 1: Organization

Concluding Sentences

Part 2: Grammar and Vocabulary Past Time Expressions

Before and After as Prepositions

Part 3: Sentence Structure

Sentences with Past Time Clauses

Sentence Fragments

Part 4: The Writing Process

Your Paragraph: Memories of a Trip

Results of the Writing Process

Expansion Activities

Your Journal

Challenge: From My Childhood





Chapter 9 Looking Ahead

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Part 1: Organization

Listing Order and Listing-Order Words

Part 2: Grammar and Vocabulary

Expressing Future Time with Be Going To

Expressing Future Time with Will

Future Time Expressions

Part 3: Sentence Structure

Sentences with Future Time Clauses

Run-On Sentences

Part 4: The Writing Process

Your Paragraph: My Future Plans

Results of the Writing Process

Expansion Activities

Your Journal

Challenge: Imagining the Future



APPENDICES

Appendix A: The Parts of Speech

Appendix B: Subject Pronouns; Object Pronouns; Possessive Adjectives; Possessive Pronouns

Appendix C: Count and Noncount Nouns; Possessive Nouns

Appendix D: The Verb Be-Present and Past

Appendix E: The Simple Present

Appendix F: The Present Progressive

Appendix G: The Simple Past

Appendix H: Irregular Verbs

Appendix I: Expressing Future Time with Be Going To and Will

Appendix J: Order of Adjectives

Appendix K: Sentence Types

Appendix L: Rules for Capitalization

Appendix M: Punctuation

Appendix N: Correction Symbols