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Student Overview | |
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The Flow of Writing: Icon and Theme | |
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Practice with Principles | |
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Strategies for Self-Improvement | |
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Writing Process Worksheet | |
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Linking Reading and Writing | |
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Reading for Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
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Reading-Based Writing | |
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Reading-Based Writing and Other Approaches in Writing | |
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Reading Techniques | |
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Reading-Based Writing Forms | |
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Kinds of Support for Reading-Based Writing | |
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Basic Formal Documentation in Reading-Based Writing | |
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Examples of Student Reading-Based Writing | |
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Student Essay with Documentation | |
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"'Listening to the Air' Guitar" | |
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Professional Essay with Applications | |
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"The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl" | |
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Journal Writing | |
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Cross-Curricular and Career-Related Writing | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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The Writing Process | |
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The Writing Process: Stage One: Exploring | |
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Experimenting | |
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Gathering Information | |
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The Writing Process Defined | |
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The Writing Process Worksheet | |
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The Assignment | |
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Your Audience | |
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Stage One Strategies | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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The Writing Process: Stage Two: Writing the Controlling Idea | |
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Organizing and Developing Support | |
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Defining the Controlling Idea | |
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Writing the Controlling Idea as a Topic Sentence or Thesis | |
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Organizing Support | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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The Writing Process: Stage Three: Writing / Revising / Editing | |
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Writing the First Draft | |
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Revising | |
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Editing | |
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Student Demonstration of All Stages of the Writing Process | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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Writing the Paragraph | |
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The Paragraph Defined | |
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Basic Paragraph Patterns | |
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The Writing Process and the Paragraph | |
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Student Demonstration of All Stages of the Writing Process | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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Writing the Essay | |
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The Essay Defined in Relation to the Developmental Paragraph | |
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Special Paragraphs Within the Essay | |
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Student Demonstration of All Stages of the Writing Process | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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Writing Paragraphs and Essays: Instruction, with Integrated Reading Selections | |
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Descriptive Narration: Moving Through Space and Time | |
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Writing Descriptive Narration | |
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Finding Patterns in Photos | |
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Practicing Narrative Patterns | |
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Practicing Descriptive Patterns | |
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Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
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Paragraph | |
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"One More Time" | |
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Essays | |
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"The Story of a Well-Made Shield" | |
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"No Tears for Frankie" | |
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"More" | |
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Student Paragraphs, Essay, and Report | |
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"Yearning for Love" | |
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"The Drag" [with stages] | |
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Reading-Based Writing | |
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"Rituals as Comfort Food for the Soul" | |
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Career-Related Writing | |
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"Incident Report of the Falling Shoppers" | |
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Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Descriptive Narration | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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Exemplification: Writing with Examples | |
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Writing Exemplification | |
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Finding Patterns in Photos | |
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Practicing Patterns of Exemplification | |
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Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
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Paragraph | |
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"Dropping Way Out" | |
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Essays | |
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"Little Brother Is Watching" | |
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"Who's Cheap?" | |
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Jos? | |
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"Tortillas" | |
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"Liked for Myself" | |
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Student Paragraph and Essays | |
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"Traveling the World at Home" | |
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"Cheating Is Not Worth the Bother" [with stages] | |
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Reading-Based Writing | |
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"Grading a Professor's Writing" | |
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Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Exemplification | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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Analysis by Division: Examining the Parts | |
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Writing Analysis by Division | |
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Finding Patterns in Photos | |
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Practicing Patterns of Analysis by Division | |
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Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
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Paragraphs | |
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"Golden Oldies" | |
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"The Zones of the Sea" | |
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Essay and Restaurant Review | |
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"Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" | |
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"Americanization Is Tough on 'Macho'" | |
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Restaurant Review | |
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"Food, Service Hit and Miss at Gianno's" | |
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Student Paragraph and Essays | |
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"More Than Ordinary" [with stages] | |
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Reading-Based Writing | |
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"Elvis Presley, King of the Twentieth Century" | |
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Career-Related Writing | |
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"Air Traffic Control as a Career" | |
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Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Analysis by Division | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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Process Analysis: Writing About Doing Writing Process Analysis | |
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Finding Patterns in Photos | |
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Practicing Patterns of Process Analysis | |
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Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
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Paragraphs | |
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"How to Sharpen a Knife" | |
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"How to Eat an Ice Cream Cone" | |
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Essays | |
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"Attitude" | |
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"Flirting Fundamentals" | |
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Career-Related Writing | |
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"A Successful Interview" | |
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Student Paragraph and Essay | |
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"A Summary of 'How Low-Balling Works on Your Mind'" | |
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"Doing a Flame Hair Tattoo" [with stages] | |
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Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Process Analysis | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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Cause and Effect: Determining Reasons and Outcomes | |
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Writing Cause and Effect | |
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Finding Patterns in Photos | |
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Practicing Patterns of Cause and Effect | |
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Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
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Paragraphs | |
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"Why Marriages Fail" | |
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"Family Heroes and Role Models" | |
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Short Story | |
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"The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" | |
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Views on Violence | |
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"The Ghetto Made Me Do It" | |
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"Enough Is Enough" | |
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Student Essay | |
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"From 'Kick Me' to 'Kiss Me'" | |
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Student Paragraph and Essay | |
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"The Classroom and Beyond" [with stages] | |
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Reading-Based Writing: Short Story Review | |
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"The Use of Self-Analysis" | |
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Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Cause and Effect | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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Classification: Establishing Groups | |
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Writing Classification | |
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Finding Patterns in Photos | |
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Practice Patterns of Classification | |
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Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
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Paragraph | |
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"Styles of Leadership" | |
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Essays | |
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"How Do I Love Thee?" | |
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"Living Environments" | |
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"Why We Carp and Harp" | |
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Student Paragraph and Essay | |
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"Doctors Have Their Symptoms, Too" [with stages] | |
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Reading-Based Writing | |
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"Community College Pressures" | |
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Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Classification | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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Comparison and Contrast: Showing Similarities and Differences | |
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Writing Comparison and Contrast | |
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Finding Patterns in Photos | |
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Practicing Patterns of Comparison and Contrast | |
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Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
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Paragraphs | |
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"Blue as in Boy, Pink as in Girl" | |
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"Public and Private" | |
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"Heavenly Father, Divine Goalie" | |
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Essays | |
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"Chick Flicks vs. Macho Movies: Can You Tell the Difference?" | |
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"Two Ways to Belong in America" | |
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"Neat People vs. Sloppy People" | |
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Student Paragraph and Essays | |
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"Wives and Mothers in Vietnam and in America" [with stages] | |
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Reading-Based Writing | |
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"Struggling Against Silence" | |
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Career-Related Writing: Business Comparison and Contrast | |
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"A Fast-Food Face-Off" | |
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Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Comparison and Contrast | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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Definition: Clarifying Terms | |
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Writing Definition | |
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Finding Patterns in Photos | |
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Practicing Patterns of Definition | |
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Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
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Paragraph | |
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"Burnout" | |
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Essays | |
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"Bully, Bully" | |
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"Whose Values?" | |
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"Graffiti: Taking a Closer Look" | |
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Student Paragraph and Essay | |
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"Going Too Far" [with stages] | |
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Reading-Based Writing | |
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"My-graines" | |
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Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Definition | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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Argument: Writing to Persuade | |
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Writing Argument | |
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Finding Patterns in Photos | |
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Practicing Patterns of Argument | |
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Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing | |
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Essays | |
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"Shouldn't Men Have 'Choice' Too?" | |
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"Rape and Modern Sex War" | |
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"Let Granny Drive If She Can" | |
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Student Paragraph, Essay, and Proposal | |
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"My Life to Live--or Not" [with stages] | |
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Reading-Based Writing | |
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"Schools as Political Combat Zones" | |
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Career-Related Writing: Proposal | |
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"Mandatory Tipping at BoBo's" | |
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Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Argument | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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Using Sources | |
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Writing the Research Paper | |
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The Research Paper Defined | |
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Ten Steps to Writing a Research Paper | |
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Student Essay | |
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"Zoos--An Endangered Species?" | |
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Writer's Guidelines | |
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Handbook | |
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Handbook: Writing Effective Sentences | |
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Parts of Speech | |
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Subjects and Verbs | |
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Kinds of Sentences | |
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Combining Sentences | |
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Omissions | |
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Variety in Sentence Types, Order, Length, Beginnings | |
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Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-Ons | |
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Verbs | |
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Pronouns | |
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Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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Balancing Sentence Parts | |
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Punctuation and Capitalization | |
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Spelling | |
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Avoiding Wordy Phrases | |
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Brief Guide for ESL Students | |
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Text Credits | |
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Author/Title Index | |
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Subject Index | |