Writing Talk: Writing Sentences and Paragraphs with Readings with NEW MyWritingLab

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: Sentences & Paragraphs with Readings, 5/e is the first book in a series of two. This text 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.   0321907949 /  9780321907943  Writing Talk: Writing Sentences and Paragraphs with Readings with NEW MyWritingLab, 5/e Package consists of: 0135008808 / 9780135008805 Writing Talk: Writing Sentences and Paragraphs with Readings 0205869203 / 9780205869206 NEW MyWritingLab Generic - Access Card  

Table of Contents:
* EVERY UNIT ENDS WITH UNIT TEST, UNIT TALK-WRITE ASSIGNMENT, UNIT COLLABORATIVE ASSIGNMENT, UNIT WRITING ASSIGNMENT, & PHOTO WRITING ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS REASON IT IS ONLY LISTED ONCE IN UNIT 1   PART 1: GETTING STARTED UNIT 1: The ESL Student and the Native Speaker   Differences Between a Native and an ESL Student Pronunciation    Homonyms    Context   Grammar    Idioms The Importance of Speaking and Writing Well   Unit Test    Unit Talk-Write Assignment   Unit Collaborative Assignment Unit Writing Assignment   Photo Writing Assignment UNIT 2: Myths About Writing    Myths About Writing    Standard English    UNIT 3: How to Start Writing Freewriting    Keeping a Journal   Brainstorming   Clustering   The Topic Sentence          PART 2 THE SENTENCE    UNIT 4:The Basic Sentence    Subject and Verb   Kernel Sentences    Sentences Worded as Questions Prepositional Phrases    Action Verbs and Linking Verbs Helping Verbs Verbals   Compound Subjects and Verbs      UNIT 5: Building Sentences    Dependent and Independent Clauses Three Basic Sentence Types Sentence Variety       UNIT 6: Avoiding Non-Sentences    Sentence Fragments   Avoiding Sentence Fragments   Run-on Sentences      UNIT 7: VERBS–An Overview   Twelve Tenses Present Tense Endings Past Tense Endings    Problems with -ing verbs Difficult Verbs: Be, Have, Do    Helping verbs    UNIT 8: Regular and Irregular Verbs    Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs    Problem Verbs: Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise   Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise: Does It Really Matter?       UNIT 9: Subject-Verb Agreement    Do, Does, Doesn’t, Don’t, Was, Were, Wasn’t, Weren’t    Indefinite Pronouns    Phrases Between a Subject and Its Verb Sentences Beginning with There/Here    Questions   Compound Subjects Joined by And, Or, Either/Or, or Neither/Nor    Who, Which, and That    UNIT 10: Problems with Verbs   Shifts in Tense Would Have, Could Have, Should Have, and Must Have    Double Negatives   Active and Passive Voice       UNIT 11: Using Pronouns Correctly   Antecedent Problems    Agreement Problems    Indefinite Pronouns Sexist Use of Pronouns    Shifting Point of View      UNIT 12: Pronoun Problems    Case Problems    Pesky Pronouns      UNIT 13: Using Adjectives and Adverbs Adjectives and Adverbs   Comparisons    Using Superlatives Using Good/Well and Bad/Badly    This/That and These/Those       UNIT 14: Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers   Dangling Modifiers Misplaced Modifiers    UNIT 15: Using Prepositions   Multiword Prepositions    Prepositional Phrases    Prepositions in Commonly Used Expressions Frequently Misused Prepositions Frequently Misused Prepositional Expressions            PART 3 THE PARAGRPH UNIT 16: Moving from Sentences to Paragraphs   Supporting Details    UNIT 17: Writing a Solid Paragraph   Begin with a Discussible Point   Stick to the Point    Prove the Point; Don’t Merely Repeat It Link the Sentences    UNIT 18: Revising Paragraphs What Is Revision?   The Revising Checklist Using Talk Skills to Revise Your Work    Getting Rid of Wordiness             PART 4 MECHANICS   UNIT 19: Punctuation You Can Hear End Punctuation   Comma (,) The Apostrophe (’)       UNIT 20: Punctuation You Can’t Hear Semicolon (;)    Colon (:) Dash (–)   Quotation Marks (“”)    Parentheses [()]      UNIT 21: Capitalization Rules of Capitalization      UNIT 22: How to Use the Dictionary Spelling   Word Division Pronunciation    Grammatical Uses   Meanings    Usage Labels    Origin   Synonyms      UNIT 23: Spelling Rules    Tips for Improving Your Spelling Using a Spell Checker Rules for Spelling       UNIT 24: Commonly Misspelled Words   Homophones and Frequently Confused Words    Commonly Misspelled Words   Words Spelled with One or Two Words        PART 5: READINGS Help for Your Reading An Object    Tortillas, José Antonio Burciaga Beautiful Music, Dana Wall The Cello, Lorena Bruff A Place *How the Lawyers Stole Winter,  Christopher B. Daly Letter from Tokyo, Michael A. Lev An Animal    Snakes, Michael Ondaatje The Revolt of the Elephants, Ingrid E. Newkirk Sport, Jimmy Carter A Person   A Brotherly Bond That Beat the Odds, Bill Paschke Two Roads Converged in a Wood, Jenijoy La Belle Barbie Doll, Marge Piercy An Event   *The War  Prayer, Mark Twain Shame, Dick Gregory A Problem    Señor Payroll, William E. Barrett Talkin’ White, Wayne Lionel Aponte An Argument *Welcome Our Planet, Ourselves, Dominique Browning Cheating, Iyah Romm