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Writing Talk: Paragraphs and Short Essays with Readings, 4/E
Anthony C. Winkler
JoRay McCuen-Mertherell

ISBN-10: 0131523686
ISBN-13: 9780131523685

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 648 pp
Published: 02/04/2005

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Writing Talk addresses students' diverse learning styles by providing the most varied practice exercises.

Each student learns differently. Winkler and McCuen-Matherall created a writing series to help instructors reach more students. Writing Talk reaches more students by providing the most varied practice exercises of any writing text.  Every unit contains Practice Exercises, Unit Tests, Unit Talk-Write Exercises, Unit Collaborative Assignments, Unit Writing Assignments, and Photo Writing Assignments. These diverse exercises will help students of all types, including visual, audio, and collaborative learners learn and retain the material.  

Do you want more exercise variety in your textbook?

 

Six Types of exercises—(Practicing, Unit Tests, Unit Talk-Write, Unit Collaborative, Unit Writing, Photo Writing) reinforce concepts and offer different levels and types of challenges to the student and gives instructors flexibility in what they can cover.

 

Would you like to connect writing to your students’ lives?

 

Rhetorical strategies–Presented under three headings: “What Am I Trying to Do?”; “How Can I Do It”; and “What Do I Need to Look Out For?” counter the negative attitude that students sometimes have regarding the practicality of English writing assignments, and shows them an example of how the particular rhetorical strategy might be used in the real world.

 

Would you like to show your students examples of student work?

 

Student essay in progress—Illustrates for students the writing process within the context of the overall essay development process.

Chapter on Casual Analysis–Covered as a developmental mode.

~ Encourages student abstract thinking.

 Every exercise has been reviewed and new exercises have been added.

~ Reinforces key concepts.

(NOTE: Each chapter contains: Unit Test, Unit Talk-Write Assignment, Unit Collaborative Assignment, Unit Writing Assignment and Photo Writing Assignment).

 

UNIT  1. The ESL Student and the Native Speaker.

Differences Between a Native and an ESL Student.

A General Note to Both the Native Speaker and ESL Student.    

UNIT  2. Myths About Writing.

Myths About Writing.   

Standard English.   

UNIT  3. Purpose and Audience.

Purpose.   

Audience.  

Computer Writing Assignment.

UNIT  4. Gathering Ideas.     

Talking Writing.   

Freewriting.

Brainstorming.   

Clustering.

Journal Writing.   

UNIT  5. The Paragraph and the Topic Sentence.  

Talking and the Paragraph.

The Topic Sentence.  

UNIT  6. Adding Details.   

Supporting Details.   

UNIT  7. Sticking to the Point, Proving the Point, and Linking Sentences.

Stick to the Point.     

Prove the Point; Don’t Merely Repeat It. 

Link the Sentences. 

UNIT  8. Narrating. 

What Am I Trying to Do?  

How Can I Do It?  

What Do I Need to Look Out For?   

UNIT  9. Describing.

What Am I Trying to Do?  

How Can I Do It?  

What Do I Need to Look Out For?   

UNIT 10. Illustrating.    

What Am I Trying to Do?  

How Can I Do It?  

What Do I Need to Look Out For?   

UNIT 11. Explaining a Process.   

What Am I Trying to Do?  

How Can I Do It?  

What Do I Need to Look Out For?   

UNIT 12. Defining a Term.

What Am I Trying to Do?  

How Can I Do It?  

What Do I Need to Look Out For?    

UNIT 13. Classifying.     

What Am I Trying to Do?  

How Can I Do It?  

What Do I Need to Look Out For?   

UNIT 14. Comparing and Contrasting.     

What Am I Trying to Do?  

How Can I Do It?  

What Do I Need to Look Out For?

UNIT 15. Cause and Effect.    

What Am I Trying to Do?  

How Can I Do It?  

What Do I Need to Look Out For?

UNIT 16. Arguing.   

What Am I Trying to Do?  

How Can I Do it?  

What Do I Need to Look Out For?   

UNIT 17. Moving from Paragraphs to Essays. 

Moving from Paragraphs to Essay.  

Tips for Writing Essays.    

Model Essay.     

UNIT 18. The Thesis Statement. 

Common Faults of the Thesis Statement. 

The Good Thesis Statement. 

UNIT 19. Organizing Your Essay, from Beginning to End. 

The Introduction.    

The Conclusion.

The Whole Essay.     

The Title. 

UNIT 20. Revising, Editing, and Proofreading.    

Revising.  

Editing.         

Proofreading.

Student Essay in Progress.

UNIT 21. The Sentence.  

Subject and Verb.

Prepositional Phrases.

Action Verbs and Linking Verbs.

Helping Verbs.     

Verbals.   

Compound Subjects and Verbs.

UNIT 22. Building Sentences. 

Dependent and Independent Clauses.

Three Basic Sentence Types.     

The Statement, the Question, the Command, the Exclamation.

Sentence Variety.   

The 20 Most Common Sentence Errors.

Error No. 1 Sentence Fragments. 

Error No. 2 Run-On Sentences. 

Error No. 3 Lack of Subject-Verb Agreement.

Error No. 4 Incorrect Verb Forms.

Error No. 5 Incorrect Forms of Do, Be, and Have.

Error No. 6 Passive Voice.

Error No. 7 Shift in Tense.     

Error No. 8 Shift in Point of View.

Error No. 9 Unclear or Missing Referent.

Error No. 10 Lack of Pronoun Agreement and Sexism.

Error No. 11 Trouble with Using Adverbs and Adjectives in Comparisons and Superlatives.

Error No. 12 Dangling or Misplaced Modifiers. 

Error No. 13 Omitted Commas, Part I.   

Error No. 14 Omitted Commas, Part II.  

Error No. 15 Apostrophe Problems.  

Error No. 16 Trouble with Quotation Marks.     

Error No. 17 Incorrect Capitalization, Part I.

Error No. 18 Incorrect Capitalization, Part II.     

Error No. 19 Misspelled Words, Part I.   

Error No. 20 Misspelled Words, Part II.  

Readings.  

            Help for Your Reading.

            Narrating. 

Daddy Tucked the Blanket, Randall Williams.  

The Circuit, Francisco Jiminez.    

            Describing. 

My Grandmother, the Bag Lady, Patsy Neal.

Black Cadillac, Bart Edelman.   

A View from Mount Ritter, Joseph T. O’Connor.  

Illustrating.    

So Who Makes Up All Those Signs that Tell Us What We Mustn’t Do? Bailey White.     

Long Live High School Rebels, Thomas French.    

Explaining a Process.   

How I Was Bathed, Michael Ondaatje.  

Research Can Beat Making a Frustrating Call to Tech Support, Bill Husted.     

Defining.  

Bullying Broadly Defined, John Leo.  

“Both” or “Other”? It’s Not as Clear as Black and White, Pamela Swanigan.  

Classifying.

Wait Divisions, Tom Bodett.

The Plot Against People, Russell Baker.     

Comparing and Contrasting.

Doctor-as-God Is Dead, or Dying, Ellen Goodman.   

They Stole Our Childhood, Lee Goldberg.  

Cause and Effect.    

Who Killed Benny Paret? Norman Cousins.   

Papa, The Teacher, Leo Buscaglia. 

Arguing.   

Cure Me If You Can, Michael Kingsley.  

If I Were a Carpenter, John Balzar.     

Credits.    

Index.

Instructor’s Section    

    For Developmental writing courses

     

    There are many different ways in which developing writers learn. Winkler and McCuen-Matherall have created a writing series that takes into account many of the known difficulties that developing writing students have with English language skills and strategies. Writing Talk: Paragraphs and Short Essays with Readings, 5/e reaches more students by providing the most varied practice exercises of any writing text.  Every unit contains Practice Exercises, Unit Tests, Unit Talk-Write Exercises, Unit Collaborative Assignments, Unit Writing Assignments, and Photo Writing Assignments.  These diverse exercises will help students of all types–visual, auditory, and collaborative learners–learn and retain the material.

  • 0135008778Writing Talk: Paragraphs and Short Essays with Readings (Book Alone), 5/E
    Winkler & McCuen-Matherell
    © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 624 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0135008778 | ISBN-13: 9780135008775
    Brief Description

    • For Developmental writing courses

     

    There are many different ways in which developing writers learn. Winkler and McCuen-Matherall have created a writing series that takes into account many of the known difficulties that developing writing students have with English language skills and strategies. Writing Talk: Paragraphs and Short Essays with Readings, 5/e reaches more students by providing the most varied practice exercises of any writing text.  Every unit contains Practice Exercises, Unit Tests, Unit Talk-Write Exercises, Unit Collaborative Assignments, Unit Writing Assignments, and Photo Writing Assignments.  These diverse exercises will help students of all types—visual, auditory, and collaborative learners—learn and retain the material.

  • 0205708692Writing Talk: Paragraphs and Short Essays with Readings (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card), 5/E
    Winkler & McCuen-Matherell
    © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper Bound with PIN; 624 pages | Estimated Availability: 12/09/2008
    ISBN-10: 0205708692 | ISBN-13: 9780205708697
    Brief Description

  • Instructor's Edition, 4/E
    Winkler & McCuen-Matherell
    © 2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 696 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131523694 | ISBN-13: 9780131523692


  • Test Bank, 4/E
    Winkler
    © 2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 242 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131523708 | ISBN-13: 9780131523708

    Test Bank, 4/E
    Winkler
    © 2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper;242 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131523708 | ISBN-13: 9780131523708

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