Sentence Skills with Readings

5. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-07-803629-3
Verlag: MCGRAW HILL BOOK CO
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Loseblattwerk, Englisch, 688 Seiten, Format (B × H): 180 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 975 g

Sentence Skills with Readings emphasizes personalized learning to address student deficits in grammar and mechanics.  Powered by Connect Writing, students gain access to an adaptive personalized learning plan which helps them become more aware of what they already know and what they need to practice to prepare themselves for college-level writing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Langan, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben

Inhaltsverzeichnis

To the Instructor xiiPART ONE: EFFECTIVE WRITINGCHAPTER 1: Learning Sentence SkillsWhy Learn Sentence Skills?Your Attitude toward WritingHow This Book is OrganizedHow to Use This BookCHAPTER 2: A Brief Guide to Effective WritingWhat Is a Paragraph?The Goals of Effective WritingActivities in the Goals of Effective WritingCHAPTER 3: The Writing Process 43Steps in the Writing ProcessActivities in the Writing ProcessTen Writing Assignmentsh4>CHAPTER 4: Writing with Digital and Electronic Resources

PART TWO: SENTENCE SKILLSSection 1: SentencesCHAPTER 5: Parts of Speech Mastery TestsCHAPTER 6: Subjects and Verbs Mastery TestsCHAPTER 7: FragmentsMastery TestsCHAPTER 8: Run-OnsCHAPTER 9: Sentence Variety I

Section 2: Verbs, Pronouns, and AgreementCHAPTER 10: Standard English VerbsMastery TestsCHAPTER 11: Irregular VerbsMastery TestsCHAPTER 12: Subject-Verb AgreementMastery TestsCHAPTER 13: Consistent Verb TenseMastery TestsCHAPTER 14: Additional Information about VerbsMastery TestsCHAPTER 15: Pronoun Reference, Agreement, and Point of ViewMastery TestsCHAPTER 16: Pronoun TypesMastery Tests

Section 3: Modifiers and ParallelismCHAPTER 17: Adjectives and AdverbsMastery TestsCHAPTER 18: Misplaced ModifiersMastery TestsCHAPTER 19: Dangling ModifiersMastery TestsCHAPTER 20: Faulty ParallelismMastery TestsCHAPTER 21: Sentence Variety IIMastery Tests

Section 4: Punctuation and MechanicsCHAPTER 22: Paper FormatMastery TestsCHAPTER 23: Capital LettersMastery TestsCHAPTER 24: Numbers and AbbreviationsMastery TestsCHAPTER 25: End MarksMastery TestsCHAPTER 26: ApostropheMastery TestsCHAPTER 27: Quotation MarksMastery TestsCHAPTER 28: CommaMastery TestsCHAPTER 29: Other Punctuation MarksMastery Tests

Section 5: Word UseCHAPTER 30: Dictionary UseMastery TestsCHAPTER 31: Spelling ImprovementMastery TestsCHAPTER 32: Omitted Words and LettersMastery TestsCHAPTER 33: Commonly Confused WordsMastery TestsCHAPTER 34: Effective Word ChoiceMastery Tests

PART THREE: REINFORCEMENT OF THE SKILLSCHAPTER 33: Combined Mastery TestsFragments and Run-Ons VerbsPronounsFaulty Modifiers and ParallelismCapital Letters and PunctuationWord UseCHAPTER 34: Editing and Proofreading TestsTest 1: FragmentsTest 2: FragmentsTest 3: Run-Ons (Fused Sentences)Test 4: Run-Ons (Comma Splices)Test 5: Standard English VerbsTest 6: Irregular VerbsTest 7: Faulty ParallelismTest 8: Capital LettersTest 9: ApostrophesTest 10: Quotation MarksTest 11: CommasTest 12: Commonly Confused WordsCombined Editing TestsFragments and Run-OnsVerbsPronounsFaulty Modifiers and Parallelism Capital Letters and PunctuationWord UseEditing and Proofreading TestsTest 1: FragmentsTest 2: FragmentsTest 3: Run-Ons (Fused Sentences)Test 4: Run-Ons (Comma Splices)Test 5: Standard English VerbsTest 6: Irregular VerbsTest 7: Faulty Parallelism Test 8: Capital LettersTest 9: ApostrophesTest 10: Quotation Marks Test 11: CommasTest 12: Commonly Confused WordsCombined Editing Tests

PART 4: READINGS FOR WRITING Introduction to the ReadingsTalkin' White by Wayne Lionel AponteDo It Better! by Ben Carson, M.D., with Cecil MurpheyLost Years, Found Dreams by Regina RuizMy Two Moms (excerpt by Zach WahlsAll the Good Things by Sister Helen MroslaResponsibility by M. Scott PeckThe Most Hateful Words by Amy TanMy Daughter Smokes by Alice WalkerWonder in the Air by Jeff GammageDon't Hang Up, That's My Mom Calling by Bobbi BuchananAppendixesAppendix A: ESL PointersAppendix B: Sentence-Skills Diagnostic TestAppendix C: Sentence-Skills Achievement TestAppendix D: Ansswers to Introductory Activities and Practice Exercises in Part TwoCreditsIndexChecklist for Sentence Skills

Über Autor(innen)

Langan, John
John Langan has taught reading and writing at Atlantic Cape Community College for more than 25 years. The author of a popular series of college textbooks on both writing and reading, John enjoys the challenge of developing instructive materials that are clear and lively. Before teaching, he earned advanced degrees in writing at Rutgers University and in reading at Rowan University. He also spent a year writing fiction that is now at the back of a drawer waiting to be discovered and acclaimed posthumously. While in school, he supported himself by working as a truck driver, a machinist, a battery assembler, a hospital attendant, and an apple packer. In addition to his wife and Philly sports teams, his passions include reading and conveying to nonreaders the pleasure and power of books. Through Townsend Press, his educational publishing company, he has developed the nonprofit Townsend Librarya collection of more than 100 new and classic stories that appeal to readers of any age.