Unit 1 Overview
Writing: Overview
Warming Up
Who Writes
Learning to Write
Writing to Learn
Writing Assignment
Reading: Procrastination
Reading Comprehension Questions
Critical Thinking and Discussion
Writing Review
Suggested Reading
Writing for Improvement
Unit 2 Purpose
Writing: Purpose
Warming Up
Understanding Purpose
Writing to inform
Writing to Entertain
Writing to Persuade
Writing to Express
Writing to Explain
Writing Assignment
Reading: My First Best-Seller
Reading Comprehension Questions
Critical Thinking and Discussion
Writing Review
Suggested Reading
Writing for Improvement
Unit 3 Audience
Writing: Audience
Warming Up
Understanding Audience
Audience Profile
Audience-Purpose Relationship
Writer-Audience Relationship
Writing Assignment
Reading: The Storyteller
Reading Comprehension Questions
Critical Thinking and Discussion
Writing Review
Suggested Reading
Writing for Improvement
Unit 4 Subject
Writing: Subject
Warming Up
Understanding Subject
Narrowing the Topic
Deciding on aThesis Statement/Topic
Sentence
Writing Assignment
Reading: The Real Magic of Harry Potter
Reading Comprehension Questions
Critical Thinking and Discussion
Writing Review
Suggested Reading
Writing for Improvement
Unit 5 Development
Writing: Development
Warming Up
Understanding Development
Exemplification
Process
Classification and Definition
Comparison and Contrast
Cause and Effect
Writing Assignment
Reading: On Nuclear Disarmament
Reading Comprehension Questions
Critical Thinking and Discussion
Writing Review
Suggested Reading
Writing for Improvement
Unit 6 Thesis Statement
Writing: Thesis Statement
Warming Up
What Is a Thesis Statement
What Is a Good Thesis Statement
Where to Locate a Thesis Statement
Writing Assignment
Reading: Teaching the Cinderella Fairytale: America vs China
Reading Comprehension Questions
Critical Thinking and Discussion
Writing Review
Suggested Reading
Writing for Improvement
Unit 7 Introductions
Writing: Introduction
Warming Up
Understanding Introduction
Presenting a Thesis Statement
Asking Interesting Questions
Adopting a Quotation, an Unusual
Fact, or Statistics
Telling an Anecdote
Challenging a Popular Idea
Writing Assignment
Reading: Will Frankenfood Feed the World ?
Reading Comprehension Questions
Critical Thinking and Discussion
Writing Review
Suggested Reading
Writing for Improvement
Unit 8 Ending
Writing: Ending
Warming Up
Importance of Ending
Summarizing the Main Points
Echoing the Introduction
Proposing a Directive or Solution
Calling the Reader to Action
Posing a Thought-Provoking Question
Making a Prediction
Including a Quotation or an Anecdote
Writing Assignment
Reading: The Cop and the Anthem
Reading Comprehension Questions
Critical Thinking and Discussion
Writing Review
Suggested Reading
Writing for Improvement
Unit 9 Effectiveness
Writing: Effectiveness
Warming Up
Unity
Coherence
Adequacy
Writing Assignment
Reading: The All-American Slurp
Reading Comprehension Questions
CriticalThinking and Discussion
Writing Review
Suggested Reading
Writing for Improvement
Unit 10 Revision
Writing: Revision
Warming Up
Importance of Revision
Revision of Content/Structure
Revision of Sentences/Rhetoric
Editing/Proofreading
Writing Assignment
Reading: Original Draft of the Declaration of Independence
Reading Comprehension Questions
Critical Thinking and Discussion
Writing Review
Suggested Reading
Writing for Improvement
Keys