Unit 1 Can You Recognize This Person？ 1
PART ONE GETTING STARTED 1
Free-Writing 1
Focused Free-Writing 2
PART TWO:LEARNING HOW TO WRITE 5
Space Order 5
Types of Sentences 7
Simple Sentence 9
Over-Stuffed Simple Sentences 10
Adjectives:General vs.Specific 12
Nouns:General vs.Specific 13
PART THREE:DRAFTING AND REWRITING 15
Writing the First Draft;Rewriting the Draft 15
Proofreading the Copy 17
Manuscript form 18
PART FOUR:CONSOLIDATING WRITING SKILLS 18
Keeping a Journal 19
Asking Ourselves Questions 20
Unit 2 What Do You Think？ 20
PART ONE GETTING STARTED 20
PART TWO:LEARNING HOW TO WRITE 23
Topic Sentence 23
Supporting Sentences 27
Concluding Sentence 30
Space Transition 31
Compound Sentence 33
Common Errors with Compound Sentences 35
Coordination and Sentence Combination 36
PART THREE:DRAFTING AND REWRITING 39
Tips for Proofreading 40
PART FOUR:CONSOLIDATING WRITING SKILLS 41
Keeping a Dialogue Journal 41
Unit 3 A Place Lingering in Our Memory 43
PART ONE:GETTING STARTED 43
Narrowing Down the Topic 43
Essay Form 46
PART TWO:LEARNING HOW TO WRITE 46
Showing vs.Telling 52
Using Figures of Speech 53
Complex Sentence 55
Subordination and Sentence Combination 59
Using Adverbial Clauses(Subordination Ⅰ) 60
PART THREE:DRAFTING AND REWRITING 63
PART FOUR CONSOLIDATING WRITING SKILLS 65
Spelling 65
Unit 4 A Lesson From Experience 67
PART ONE GETTING STARTED 67
Talking before Writing 68
PART TWO LEARNING HOW TO WRITE 72
Time Order 72
Maintaining a Focus;Selecting Key Events 76
Using description as Support 77
Tailoring the Story 78
Using Noun Clauses and Adjective Clauses(Subordination Ⅱ) 83
PART THREE:DRAFTING AND REWRITING 85
Capitalization and End Punctuation 86
PART FOUR.CONSOLIDATING WRITING SKILLS 88
Unit 5 Working as a Reporter 89
PART ONE.GETTING STARTED 89
Raising journalistic questions 89
Interviewing 90
PART TWO LEARNING HOW TO WRITE 91
The Structure of a News Story 91
The lead;The body 92
Time Transition 94
Varying Sentence Structure 96
Problems to Avoid in Constructing Compound Sentences 97
Problems to Avoid in Constructing Complex Sentences 98
Verbs.Action vs.Condition 102
PART THREE:DRAFTING AND REWRITING 104
Internal Punctuation 105
PART FOUR:CONSOLIDATING WRITING SKILLS 108
PART ONE:GETTING STARTED 109
Involving Ourselves in Group Work 109
Unit 6 Putting Our Creativity to Work 109
PART TWO:LEARNING HOW TO WRITE 112
Character;Conflict 112
Plot;Point of View 113
Paragraphing 116
Using Dialogue 117
Writing and Punctuating Direct Quotations 119
Reducing Compound Sentences 120
Combining and Reducing Sentences Ⅰ 121
Verbs:General vs.Specific 122
PART THREEDRAFTING AND REWRITING 126
Other Internal Punctuation Marks 127
PART FOUR:CONSOLIDATING WRITING SKILLS 130
Unit 7 Talking about College Life 131
PART ONE:GETTING STARTED 131
Brainstorming 132
PART TWO LEARNING HOW TO WRITE 134
Climatic Order 134
Logic Transition Ⅰ 137
Repetition as a Means of Transition 138
Using Examples 139
Using Detailed Examples 141
Writing an Introduction 144
Varieties of Introduction 146
Reducing Complex Sentences 148
Combining and Reducing Sentences Ⅱ 150
PART THREE:DRAFTING AND REWRITING 152
Modifiers 153
PART FOUR:CONSOLIDATING WRITING SKILLS 155
Unit 8 High School and University 156
PART ONE:GETTING STARTED 156
Discovering Our Audience 156
PART TWO LEARNING HOW TO WRITE 158
Comparison and Contrast Order 158
Logic Transition Ⅱ 163
Pronouns as a Means of Transition 164
Using Illustration in Comparison and Contrast 166
Writing Body Paragraphs I Unity 170
Coherence 171
Sentence Variety 174
Sentence Variety I Beginnings 175
PART THREE DRAFTING AND REWRITING 176
Sentence Consistency 177
PART FOUR:CONSOLIDATING WRITTNG SKILLS 179
Unit 9 Books on Our Shelves 180
PART ONE:GETTING STARTED 180
Categorizing and Outlining 181
PART TWO:LEARNING HOW TO WRITE 183
Category Order 183
Logic Transition Ⅲ;Parallel Structure as a Means of Transition 186
Writing Body Paragraphs Ⅱ:Development 188
Sentence Variety Ⅱ:Style 194
PART THREE:DRAFTING AND REWRITING 195
AgreementSubject and Verb;Agreement:Pronoun and Referent 197
PART FOUR:CONSOLIDATING WRITING SKILLS 199
PART ONE:GETTING STARTED 200
Unit 10 Taking a Stand 200
Researching and Debating 201
PART TWO LEARNING HOW TO WRITE 203
Cause and Effect Order 203
Mixed Orders 206
Logic Transition Ⅳ;Synonyms as a Means of Transition 214
Writing a Conclusion 215
Types of Conclusion 216
Sentence Variety Ⅲ Length 219
Writing a Good Title 221
PART THREE:DRAFTING AND REWRITING 222
PART FOUR:CONSOLIDATING WRITING SKILLS 225
A Minibook of Practical Writing 227
1.Writing Notes 227
2.Writing Personal Letters 230
3.Writing Public Announcements and Notices 235
4.Writing an Outline 237
5.Writing a Summary 240
6.Writing a Short Essay in an Examination 243