1 THE WORLD OF ADVERTISING 1
Theme:AdvertisingAssignment:Opinion Paragraph 1
Prewriting:Freewriting 1
Organizing:Writing a Paragraph 2
Revising:Developing Paragraph Unity 4
Using the Simple Present Tense and Present Progressive 6
Editing:Formatting a Paragraph 7
2 TELECOMMUTING:GOING HOME TOWORK 9
Theme:TravelAssignment:Business Letter 9
Prewriting:Listing 9
Organizing:Determining Audience and Purpose 10
Revising:Evaluating Tone 11
Using Modals of Ability 13
Editing:Formatting a Business Letter 15
3 AMIRACLECURE？ 17
Theme:FraudAssignment:Summary and Response Paragraphs 17
Prewriting:Responding to a Reading 17
Organizing:Summarizing 19
Revising:Using Transitions 20
Using Superlative Adjectives 21
Editing:Using Commas and Periods 22
4 THE METAMORPHOSIS 24
Theme:InsectsAssignment:Folktale 24
Prewriting:Freewriting 24
Organizing:Telling a Story with a Moral 25
Revising:Writing Dialog 27
Using Infinitives of Purpose 28
Editing:Using Quotation Marks 29
5 SPEAKING OF GENDER... 31
Theme:LanguageAssignment:Comparison Paragraphs 31
Prewriting:Making a Chart 31
Organizing:Comparing and Contrasting 32
Revising:Using Transitions of Comparison and Contrast 34
Using Modals of Request 35
Editing:Punctuating Transitions of Comparison and Contrast 36
6 BREAKING THE SURFACE 38
Theme:AIDSAssignment:Autobiographical Story 38
Prewriting:Clustering 38
Organizing:Writing an Autobiographical Story 39
Revising:Using Transitions of Time and Sequence 41
Using the Past Progressive and Simple Past Tense 43
Editing:Using Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives 44
7 CARS:PASSION OR PROBLEM？ 46
Theme:CarsAssignment:Descriptive and Concluding Paragraphs 46
Prewriting:Listing 46
Organizing:Determining Advantages and Disadvantages 47
Revising:Refining Conclusions 48
Using Future Time Clauses 50
Editing:Using Parallel Structure 51
8 ALWAYS IN FASHION 53
Theme:FashionAssignment:Definition and Opinion Paragraphs 53
Prewriting:Clustering 53
Organizing:Writing Definition and Opinion Paragraphs 54
Revising:Refining Statements of Fact 57
Using Used to 58
Editing:Correcting Sentence Fragments 59
9 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 61
Theme:PunishmentAssignment:Persuasive Paragraphs 61
Prewriting:Listing 61
Organizing:Persuading the Reader 62
Revising:Developing Sentence Variety 64
Using the Present Perfect and Present Perfect Progressive 65
Editing:Punctuating Simple and Compound Sentences 66
10 FINDING A SPOUSE 68
Theme:MarriageAssignment:Descriptive Paragraphs 68
Prewriting:Categorizing 68
Organizing:Using Examples 69
Revising:Using Related Word Forms for Cohesion 71
Choosing Definite or Indefinite Articles 72
Editing:Reviewing Punctuation 73
Answer Key 75