Writing Workshop
Promoting College Success
Published on 30. December 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-8384-7973-5 (ISBN)
Description
"Writing Workshop: Promoting College Success" is a fully integrated reading and writing program that reviews and consolidates the critical literacy skills that ESL and developmental learners will need as they transition to mainstream academic classes. By providing students with real texts, real assignments, and samples of real student responses to assignments from real teachers, writing workshop helps students write, read, and discuss their way to college success.
Reviews / Votes
Guide to Strategies. Preface. Tips for Teachers. WORKSHOP ONE: INTERPRETING A TEXT. Reading Selection: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (a movie review). Night (a short story by Bret Lott). Strategies: Interpreting. Analyzing. Previewing. Writing Margin Notes. Using Context. Quickwriting. Organizing Ideas. Evaluating. Revising. Grammar Workshop 1: a) adjective clauses b) appositives. WORKSHOP TWO: SUMMARIZING NONFICTION. Reading Selection: Friends, Good Friends--And Such Good Friends (an essay by Judith Viorst). Strategies: Previewing. Writing Margin Notes. Using Context. Making Your Thesis Clear. Analyzing. Summarizing. Evaluating. Revising. Grammar Workshop 2: 1) noun clauses with "that" b) reported speech. WORKSHOP THREE: WRITING IN RESPONSE TO READING. Reading Selection: Sample essay responses. Strategies: Paraphrasing. Analyzing. Comparing. Writing Margin Notes. Evaluating. Quickwriting. Making Your Thesis Clear. Organizing Ideas. Evaluating. Revising. Grammar Workshop 3: 1) it's + adjective + infinitive b) gerunds as subjects. WORKSHOP FOUR: INCORPORATING OTHER' IDEAS INTO YOUR WRITING. Reading Selection: Seven Keys to Learning (a magazine article). Strategies: Previewing. Writing Margin Notes. Using Context. Analyzing. Using Quotations. Citing Sources. Paraphrasing. Synthesizing. Revising. Grammar Workshop 4: 1) adverb clauses b) reduced adverb clauses. WORKSHOP FIVE: USING WRITING TO UNDERSTAND A TEXT. Reading Selection: Stimulating Beverages (a science textbook excerpt). Strategies: Previewing. Analyzing. Identifying the Writer's Thesis. Using Context. Writing Margin Notes. Underlining. Quickwriting. Revising. Grammar Workshop 5: a) word forms b) rearranging information c) sentence beginnings. WORKSHOP SIX: RESPONDING TO EXAM QUESTIONS. Reading Selection: Sample exam responses. Strategies: Analyzing. Evaluating. Synthesizing. Organizing Ideas. Grammar Workshop 6: a) parallel forms b) conjunctive adverbs. WORKSHOP SEVEN: REPORTING ON RESEARCH. Reading Selection: Working with Gilly (an academic report). Strategies: Applying What You Know. Classifying. Previewing. Writing Margin Notes. Taking Notes. Analyzing. Revising. Grammar Workshop 7: sentence variety. WORKSHOP EIGHT: PASSING A WRITING TEST. Reading Selection: Sample writing test responses. Strategies: Analyzing. Making Your Thesis Clear. Appendix: Reference Guide. Answers: Grammar Workshops. Credits.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Florence, KY
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
ELT/ESL
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 201 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
341 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8384-7973-5 (9780838479735)
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Content
Guide to Strategies. Preface. Tips for Teachers. WORKSHOP ONE: INTERPRETING A TEXT. Reading Selection: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (a movie review). Night (a short story by Bret Lott). Strategies: Interpreting. Analyzing. Previewing. Writing Margin Notes. Using Context. Quickwriting. Organizing Ideas. Evaluating. Revising. Grammar Workshop 1: a) adjective clauses b) appositives. WORKSHOP TWO: SUMMARIZING NONFICTION. Reading Selection: Friends, Good Friends--And Such Good Friends (an essay by Judith Viorst). Strategies: Previewing. Writing Margin Notes. Using Context. Making Your Thesis Clear. Analyzing. Summarizing. Evaluating. Revising. Grammar Workshop 2: 1) noun clauses with "that" b) reported speech. WORKSHOP THREE: WRITING IN RESPONSE TO READING. Reading Selection: Sample essay responses. Strategies: Paraphrasing. Analyzing. Comparing. Writing Margin Notes. Evaluating. Quickwriting. Making Your Thesis Clear. Organizing Ideas. Evaluating. Revising. Grammar Workshop 3: 1) it's + adjective + infinitive b) gerunds as subjects. WORKSHOP FOUR: INCORPORATING OTHER' IDEAS INTO YOUR WRITING. Reading Selection: Seven Keys to Learning (a magazine article). Strategies: Previewing. Writing Margin Notes. Using Context. Analyzing. Using Quotations. Citing Sources. Paraphrasing. Synthesizing. Revising. Grammar Workshop 4: 1) adverb clauses b) reduced adverb clauses. WORKSHOP FIVE: USING WRITING TO UNDERSTAND A TEXT. Reading Selection: Stimulating Beverages (a science textbook excerpt). Strategies: Previewing. Analyzing. Identifying the Writer's Thesis. Using Context. Writing Margin Notes. Underlining. Quickwriting. Revising. Grammar Workshop 5: a) word forms b) rearranging information c) sentence beginnings. WORKSHOP SIX: RESPONDING TO EXAM QUESTIONS. Reading Selection: Sample exam responses. Strategies: Analyzing. Evaluating. Synthesizing. Organizing Ideas. Grammar Workshop 6: a) parallel forms b) conjunctive adverbs. WORKSHOP SEVEN: REPORTING ON RESEARCH. Reading Selection: Working with Gilly (an academic report). Strategies: Applying What You Know. Classifying. Previewing. Writing Margin Notes. Taking Notes. Analyzing. Revising. Grammar Workshop 7: sentence variety. WORKSHOP EIGHT: PASSING A WRITING TEST. Reading Selection: Sample writing test responses. Strategies: Analyzing. Making Your Thesis Clear. Appendix: Reference Guide. Answers: Grammar Workshops. Credits.