Writing Essentials Online (2-Term Access) by Miriam Moore; Susan Anker - First Edition, 2018 from Macmillan Student Store

Writing Essentials Online (2-Term Access)

First  Edition©2018  Miriam Moore; Susan Anker

About

Writing Essentials Online combines a proven approach to developmental writing instruction with sentence-to-essay-level support in a single easy-to-use digital product. Author and educator Miriam Moore (Professor of English and ESL at Lord Fairfax CC) draws on her extensive training and expertise in teaching academic writing to students with a range of experience. Available through Macmillan Learning’s LaunchPad platform, the modules include all of the essentials of sentence, paragraph, and essay writing--with grammar instruction and a rich selection of readings. The modular structure of Writing Essentials Online allows instructors to choose the topics that best meet the unique learning needs of their students, no matter their writing or confidence level.

Add an optional print component to focus your students on specific skills. Writing Essentials Online is accompanied by three brief print books--one for each level--that supplement and support the digital product:

  • Real Skills Essentials: From Sentence to Paragraph 1319153410
  • Real Writing Essentials: From Paragraph to Essay 1319153445
  • Real Essays Essentials: A Brief Guide 1319153453

These texts can be packaged with Writing Essentials Online at a significant discount.

Table of Contents

          Part One: College Thinking, Reading, and Writing

  1. Critical Thinking, Reading, Writing: Making Connections

  2. Vocabulary for Reading and Writing

  3. Getting ready to Write an Essay

  4. Organizing your Main Point and Support

  5. Drafting and Revising Your Essay

    6. Part Two: Writing Paragraphs

  6. Drafting a Paragraph

  7. Improving a Paragraph

  8. Developing a Paragraph Using Different Patterns

    9. Part Three: Writing Different Kinds of Paragraphs

  9. Writing Narration Paragraphs

  10. Writing Illustration Paragraphs

  11. Writing Description Paragraphs

  12. Writing Process Analysis Paragraphs

  13. Writing Classification Paragraphs

  14. Writing Definition Paragraphs

  15. Writing Comparison and Contrast Paragraphs

  16. Writing Cause and Effect Paragraphs

  17. Writing Argument Paragraphs

    18. Part Four: Writing Different Kinds of Essays

  18. Writing Narration Essays

  19. Writing Illustration Essays

  20. Writing Description Essays

  21. Writing Process Analysis Essays

  22. Writing Classification Essays

  23. Writing Definition Essays

  24. Writing comparison and Contrast Essays

  25. Writing Cause and Effect Essays

  26. Writing Argument Essays

    27. Part Five: Research

  27. Research Essays

  28. Documenting Sources in MLA Style

    Documenting Sources in APA Style

    Part Six: Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics

  29. The Parts of Speech

  30. Complete Sentences

  31. Fragments

  32. Run-Ons and Comma Splices

  33. Subject-Verb Agreement Problems

  34. Verb-Tense Problems

  35. Other Grammar Concerns

  36. Style, Word Choice, and Spelling

  37. Punctuation and Capitalization

    38. Appendices

  38. Guide to grammar terminology

  39. Commonly Used transitions

  40. Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes

  41. Graphic Organizers

  42. Downloadable Exercises

    43. Reader

  43. Online selection of readings of various lengths and difficulty

Susan Anker

Susan Anker (BA, MEd, Boston University) brings a unique perspective to the teaching of the developmental writing course. She taught English and developmental writing before entering college publishing, where she worked for eighteen years: as a sales representative and English/ESL editor at Macmillan Publishing Company; as developmental English/ESL editor, executive editor, and editor in chief at St. Martin’s Press; and as vice president and editor in chief for humanities at Houghton Mifflin Company. In each of these positions, she worked with developmental writing instructors and students, maintaining her early interest in the field.  Since the publication of the first edition of Real Writing in 1998, Anker has traveled extensively to campuses across the country, continuing her conversations with instructors and students and giving workshops and presentations. She believes that the writing course is, for many students, their first, best opportunity to learn the skills they will need to succeed in college and achieve their goals.

Miriam Moore

Miriam Moore is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Georgia. She teaches undergraduate linguistics and grammar courses, developmental English courses (integrated reading and writing), ESL composition and pedagogy, and the first-year composition sequence. She is the co-author with Susan Anker of Real Essays, Real Writing, Real Reading and Writing, and Writing Essentials Online. She has over 20 years’ experience in community college teaching as well. Her interests include applied linguistics, writing about writing approaches to composition, professionalism for two-year college English faculty, and threshold concepts for composition, reading, and grammar.