Name: Great Writing 1 By Keith Folse
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Great Writing 1: Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs by Keith Folse

The Great Writing series uses clear explanations and extensive practical activities to help students write great sentences, paragraphs, and essays. Each book contains a wide variety of writing models in carefully selected rhetorical styles that provide practice in working with the writing process to develop a final piece of writing. In Great Writing 1: Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs, basic writing skills are built by focusing on the elements of a good sentence within the context of a paragraph.

About Keith Folse

Dr. Keith Folse is a Professor of TESOL at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of 57 textbooks on a variety of subjects from grammar to vocabulary to composition, including five best-selling books in the Great Writing series by National Geographic Learning. Elena Vestri Solomon is currently a lecturer in the B. Ed program for future teachers in Abu Dhabi's Emirates College for Advanced Education. She received her MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of South Florida, Tampa, and has lived and worked in Italy, Spain, France, Hungary, Romania, Uzbekistan, and UAE. She has authored/co-authored over a dozen academic textbooks in composition, grammar, and listening/speaking/note-taking. April Muchmore-Vokoun is a faculty member in the English for Academic Purposes Department at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) in Tampa, Florida. She has taught in intensive English, college-level, and worksite study ESL programs. Her current academic interests include reading and writing skills as well as listening-speaking strategies. Additionally, she has had extensive experience in the areas of international student advising and event programming.

OVERVIEW UNIT 1 UNDERSTANDING SENTENCE BASICS What Is a Sentence? Working with Sentences The Parts of a Sentence Sentences in Paragraphs Building Better Sentences Building Better Vocabulary Original Student Writing Editing Journal Writing Additional Topics for Writing UNIT 2 CONNECTING SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS Sentences: Using Adjectives What Is a Paragraph? Working with the Whole Paragraph Working with Topic Sentences Working with the Body of the Paragraph Working with Concluding Sentences Building Better Sentences Building Better Vocabulary Original Student Writing Additional Topics for Writing UNIT 3 WRITING ABOUT THE PRESENT Begin with the Simple Present Tense Negatives and the Simple Present Tense Sentences with Object Pronouns Sentence Types: Simple and Compound Building Better Sentences Building Better Vocabulary Original Student Writing Additional Topics for Writing Timed Writing UNIT 4 WRITING ABOUT THE PAST Begin with the Simple Past Tense Irregular Simple Past Tense Verbs Simple Past Tense Review Compound Sentences with But Building Better Sentences Building Better Vocabulary Original Student Writing Additional Topics for Writing Timed Writing UNIT 5 DESCRIBING ACTIONS Using the Present Progressive Using the Connector And Using the Connector So Adverbs Building Better Sentences Building Better Vocabulary Original Student Writing Additional Topics for Writing Timed Writing UNIT 6 WRITING ABOUT THE FUTURE Begin with the Simple Future Tense Using Time Words and Phrases Be Going To and Will with Negatives Complex Sentences Articles A, An, and The Questions and Answers: Structures with Because Building Better Sentences Building Better Vocabulary Original Student Writing Additional Topics for Writing Timed Writing UNIT 7 WRITING SENTENCES WITH ADJECTIVE CLAUSES AND PLACE PHRASES Writing with Adjective Clauses Understanding Place Phrases Building Better Sentences Building Better Vocabulary Original Student Writing Additional Topics for Writing Timed Writing UNIT 8 REVIEW: MORE PRACTICE WITH SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS Practice with Sentences and Paragraphs Responding to Issues in the News Building Better Vocabulary Original Student Writing BRIEF WRITER'S HANDBOOK Definitions of Useful Language Terms Review of Verb Tenses Capitalization Rules Spelling Rules for Regular Simple Past Tense Verbs Irregular Simple Past Tense Verbs Spelling of the -ing (Present Participle) Form of Verbs Common Stative (Non-Action) Verbs Definite Article The Common Non-count Nouns Possessive Adjectives Quantifiers The Prepositions At, On, and In Connectors Some Common Comma Rules Order of Adjectives Editing Your Writing APPENDICES Appendix : Building Better Sentences Appendix : Extra Writing Activities Appendix : Peer Editing Sheets INDEX

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9781424049899

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142404989X

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Great Writing 1: Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs by Keith Folse

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Keith Folse

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Cengage Learning, Inc

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20090906

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288

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