Unit 1 Exploring the Essay 1
Part 1 What Is an Essay? 2
Part 2 Kinds of Essays 2
Part 3 Example Essays 3
Activity 1 Studying an Example Essay:Cinderella and Her Odious Household Chores 3
Activity 2 Studying an Example Essay:How Do You Say...? 7
Activity 3 Studying an Example Essay:Differences in Urban and Rural Life 10
Activity 4 Studying an Example Essay:Cancer Risks 12
Activity 5 Studying an Example Essay:The Advantages of Community Colleges 15
Part 4 Writing the Introduction 18
Activity 6 Practice with Hooks:Mandatory Retirement Has to Go 22
Activity 7 Thesis Statement Questions 23
Activity 8 More Practice with Hooks:Differences in Education in South Korea and North America 24
Activity 9 Thesis Statements Questions 25
Part 5 Writing the Body 26
Activity 10 Making a General Outline 27
Activity 11 Making a Specific Outline 28
Part 6 Writing the Conclusion 30
Part 7 Topics for Writing 31
Activity 12 Essay Writing Practice 31
SPECIAL ATTENTION(1) Tenses 32
Unit 2 Narrative Essays 42
Part 1 What Is a Narrative Essay? 43
Activity 1 Identifying Hooks 45
Part 2 Example Narrative Essay 47
Activity 2 Studying an Example Essay:Frustration at the Airport 48
Activity 3 Outlining Practice 49
Activity 4 Adding Supporting Information:You Make Your Own Luck 51
Activity 5 Adding Connectors:A Little Bit of Rest Never Hurt Anyone 53
Activity 6 Sentence Variety:The Reckless Rider 55
Part 3 Developing Narrative Essays 56
Activity 7 Choosing Topics 57
Activity 8 Ideas for a Narrative Essay 57
Activity 9 Developing Narrative Ideas 59
Activity 10 Making an Outline 59
Activity 11 Peer Editing Your Outline 62
Activity 12 Writing a Narrative Essay 62
Activity 13 Peer Editing Your Essay 62
Part 4 Topics for Writing 62
Activity 14 Essay Writing Practice 62
SPECIAL ATTENTION(2) Complete Sentences 63
Unit 3 Comparison Essays 69
Part 1 What Is a Comparison Essay? 70
Part 2 Example Comparison Essay 72
Activity 1 Studying an Example Essay:Not As Different As You Think 73
Part 3 Developing Comparison Essays 75
Activity 2 Outlining Practice 75
Activity 3 Supporting Information:Foreign or Domestic? 77
Activity 4 Connectors:Education in the East and the West 79
Activity 5 Identifying Good Subjects 82
Activity 6 Working with a Topic 82
Activity 7 Planning with an outline 84
Activity 8 Peer Editing Your Outline 85
Activity 9 Writing a Comparison Essay 85
Activity 10 Peer Editing Your Essay 85
Part 4 Topics for Writing 86
Activity 11 Essay Writing Practice 86
SPECIAL ATTENTION(3) Modifiers 87
Unit 4 Cause-Effect Essays 103
Part 1 What Is a Cause-Effect Essay? 104
Part 2 Example Cause-Effect Essay 106
Activity 1 Studying an Example Essay:Why Do We Lie 107
Part 3 Developing Cause-Effect Essays 108
Activity 2 Outlining Practice 109
Activity 3 Supporting Information:Television at Its Worst 111
Activity 4 Connectors:Effects of Computers on Higher Education 113
Activity 5 Wordiness 115
Activity 6 Don't Say It Twice 116
Part 4 Developing Ideas for Writing 117
Activity 7 Starting with Questions 117
Activity 8 Clustering Ideas 119
Activity 9 Planning with an Outline 119
Activity 10 Peer Editing Your Outline 120
Activity 11 Writing a Cause-Effect Essay 120
Activity 12 Peer Editing Your Essay 120
Part 5 Topics for Writing 121
Activity 13 Essay Writing Practice 121
SPECIAL ATTENTION(4) Parallelism 122
Unit 5 Argumentative Essays 132
Part 1 What Is an Argumentative Essay? 133
Part 2 Example Argumentative Essay 135
Activity 1 Studying an Example Essay:The School Uniform Question 135
Part 3 Developing Argumentative Essays 138
Activity 2 Outlining Practice 138
Activity 3 Supporting Information:Wanted:No Guns! 140
Activity 4 Choosing Modals:Life or Death? 142
Activity 5 Writing Pro and Con Thesis Statements 143
Activity 6 Faulty Logic 145
Activity 7 Choosing a Topic 146
Activity 8 Planning with an Outline 146
Activity 9 Peer Editing Your Outline 147
Activity 10 Writing an Argumentative Essay 148
Activity 11 Peer Editing Your Essay 148
Part 4 Topics for Writing 148
Activity 12 Essay Writing Practice 148
SPECIAL ATTENTION(5) Punctuation 149
Appendices 179
Appendix 1 Understanding the Writing Process:The Seven Steps 180
Appendix 2 Additional Grammar Practice 188
Appendix 3 Connectors 196
Appendix 4 Peer Editing Sheets 197
Appendix 5 Answer Key 205