Synopsis
Mastering English composition with clear, student-centered instruction.
This nonfiction guide helps students in higher grammar classes learn to write by focusing on purpose, audience, and practical methods. Built on two guiding ideas, it shows how to write to instruct and entertain, and how to imitate successful writers by analyzing models. The book emphasizes discovering writing techniques through study of models, then applying them in their own work.
In this edition, writing becomes a structured, inductive journey. The book is organized into four Parts, each designed for a term of five months, and parts II–IV progressively build from description and narration to exposition, letters, and verse. Key features include the use of synoptic outlines to plan compositions, and a shift away from correcting faulty grammar to exercises that improve word use and sentence form. Appendices offer punctuation, capitalization, and spelling guidance, plus teacher hints for correcting student work.What you will experience
- Study and imitate models to learn how to explain, describe, narrate, and argue.
- Create outlines that organize ideas before writing, then turn outlines into finished pieces.
- Practice changing from poetry to prose and refine sentence structure and word choice.
- Use practical rules for punctuation, capitalization, and spelling, with guidance for teachers.
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