Writing to Learn: From Paragraph to Essay : An Intermediate Writing Textbook - Softcover

Spaventa, Louis J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 031213729X ISBN 13: 9780312137298

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1997

Synopsis

Writing to Learn is a process and product-based writing series that spans four levels - beginning, low-intermediate, high-intermediate, and advanced. The goal of the series is is to take students from writing good sentences to writing clear and effective essays. Each book makes use of students' skills and experiences to generate writing topics.

Each of the Writing to Learn texts is designed to help students improve their writing for academic and vocational success. Throughout the series an emphasis is placed on vocabulary acquisition, grammar practice, and writing, editing, rewriting, and journaling skills.

Writing to Learn, From Paragraph to Essay is appropriate for intermediate to high-intermediate students and is the bridge between paragraph and essay writing. Students work on organizing, writing, and editing short essays.

About this title

From the Publisher

In each chapter of every book, the prewriting and structure activities build toward a specific writing task. Editing is a regular, integrated step in the writing process, even at the beginning level.
Grammar structures are chosen due to their relevance and bearing upon the specific writing task that students are practicing. The grammar exercises also serve as models for writing.
Various writing samples appear within the structure and editing exercises, giving students a variety of examples to learn from.
Chapter-culminating journal writing topics allow students to synthesize what they have studied and practiced in the chapter.
Each annotated Teacher's Edition includes specific teaching notes and chapter quizzes.

Edition details

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 031213729X
• ISBN 13: 9780312137298
• Binding: Paperback