Folse, Keith S.
Great Writing : Foundations / Keith S. Folse. - 1st Ed. - Boston : National Geographic Learning, 2014. - 299 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. - Great Writing .
Includes index and appendices.
"Great Writing: Foundations is the all-new introductory level of the Great Writing series. It is a book for beginning students of English who need more practice in forming basic sentences. To help these learners, this text provides more than 300 activities on sentence structure, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and editing. Although the book practices writing, it is an excellent tool for improving any student's basic English skills." (Overview, p. ix).
CONTENTS:
Unit 1: SENTENCES Grammar for Writing Subjects and verbs Periods and question marks Capital letters Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of a in cat Original Student Writing: Writing about you and your family; Peer editing
Unit 2: NOUNS
Grammar for Writing Singular and plural nouns Proper nouns Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of e in bed
Original Student Writing: Writing about your classmates or friends; Peer editing Unit 3: VERBS: SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Grammar for Writing Two verb forms: -s and no -s Spelling verbs with -es and -ies Irregular verbs: be and have Negative of verbs Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of i in fish
Original Student Writing: Writing about things that people usually do; Peer editing
Unit 4: ADJECTIVES
Grammar for Writing
Descriptive, possessive, and demonstrative adjectives Nouns working as adjectives Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of o in hot Original Student Writing: Writing about places around the world; Peer editing Unit 5: VERBS: SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE OF BE Grammar for Writing The verb be Sentences with be Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of u in cup
Original Student Writing: Writing about two cities in the same country; Peer editing
Unit 6: PRONOUNS
Grammar for Writing
Subject and object pronouns
Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of a in cake Original Student Writing: Writing about people and their jobs; Peer editing
Unit 7: THE CONJUNCTION AND Grammar for Writing And with two words And with three or more words
Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of e in eat Original Student Writing: Writing about your schedule for next week; Peer editing Unit 8: ARTICLE: A, AN, THE, --- Grammar for Writing Articles with singular and plural count and non-count nouns Choosing a or an The with places Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of i in rice
Original Student Writing: Writing about how to make a kind of food; Peer editing
Unit 9: PREPOSITIONS
Grammar for Writing Prepositions and prepositional phrases Prepositions of time and place: at, on, in Word order: Place and time in the same sentence Word order: Beginning a sentence with a prepositional phrase Common preposition combinations after verbs, adjectives, and nouns Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of o in hello
Original Student Writing: Writing about things tourists can see and do in a city; Peer editing Unit 10: BUILDING BETTER SENTENCES WITH COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS: AND, BUT, SO Grammar for Writing Using and, but, and so in your writing Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of u in school
Original Student Writing: Writing about a job or hobby; Peer editing Unit 11: VERBS: SIMPLE PAST TENSE Grammar for Writing Regular and irregular verbs Negative of verbs Single or double consonant before adding -ed Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of aw in straw
Original Student Writing: Writing about one important event that happened in the past; Peer editing Unit 12: BUILDING BIGGER SENTENCES WITH SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS: BECAUSE, AFTER, BEFORE, WHEN, IF
Grammar for Writing Word order Using because, after before, when, and if in your writing Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of u in wood Original Student Writing: Writing about an important day or time in your life; Peer editing
Unit 13: ADVERBS
Grammar for Writing
Adverbs of place, time, manner, frequency, and degree Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of ow in flower
Original Student Writing: Writing about a person you know; Peer editing Unit 14: VERBS: PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE
Grammar for Writing
Present progressive tense Single or double consonant before adding -ing Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of oy in boy Original Student Writing: Writing about people who are doing different things right now; Peer editing
BRIEF WRITER’S HANDBOOK
Definitions of useful language terms
Review of verb tenses
Capitalization rules
Eight common comma rules
Spelling rules for regular simple present verbs and plural nouns Spelling rules for regular simple past tense verbs
Irregular simple past tenses verbs Spelling of the –ing form of verbs
Common stative verbs
Spelling exceptions for A and An Definite Article the Common non-count nouns Possessive nouns
Order of adjectives
Quantifiers
The prepositions At, On, and In More prepositions Editing your writing Connectors Academic word list Useful vocabulary for better witting
Appendices
Index
9781285194981 (Student Book)
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
English language--Writing skills.
English language--Problems and exercises.--Sentences
English language--Problems and exercises.--Paragraphs
English language--Problems and exercises.--Rhetoric
Beginner
A1 (CEFR)
Great Writing : Foundations / Keith S. Folse. - 1st Ed. - Boston : National Geographic Learning, 2014. - 299 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. - Great Writing .
Includes index and appendices.
"Great Writing: Foundations is the all-new introductory level of the Great Writing series. It is a book for beginning students of English who need more practice in forming basic sentences. To help these learners, this text provides more than 300 activities on sentence structure, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and editing. Although the book practices writing, it is an excellent tool for improving any student's basic English skills." (Overview, p. ix).
CONTENTS:
Unit 1: SENTENCES Grammar for Writing Subjects and verbs Periods and question marks Capital letters Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of a in cat Original Student Writing: Writing about you and your family; Peer editing
Unit 2: NOUNS
Grammar for Writing Singular and plural nouns Proper nouns Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of e in bed
Original Student Writing: Writing about your classmates or friends; Peer editing Unit 3: VERBS: SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Grammar for Writing Two verb forms: -s and no -s Spelling verbs with -es and -ies Irregular verbs: be and have Negative of verbs Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of i in fish
Original Student Writing: Writing about things that people usually do; Peer editing
Unit 4: ADJECTIVES
Grammar for Writing
Descriptive, possessive, and demonstrative adjectives Nouns working as adjectives Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of o in hot Original Student Writing: Writing about places around the world; Peer editing Unit 5: VERBS: SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE OF BE Grammar for Writing The verb be Sentences with be Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of u in cup
Original Student Writing: Writing about two cities in the same country; Peer editing
Unit 6: PRONOUNS
Grammar for Writing
Subject and object pronouns
Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of a in cake Original Student Writing: Writing about people and their jobs; Peer editing
Unit 7: THE CONJUNCTION AND Grammar for Writing And with two words And with three or more words
Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of e in eat Original Student Writing: Writing about your schedule for next week; Peer editing Unit 8: ARTICLE: A, AN, THE, --- Grammar for Writing Articles with singular and plural count and non-count nouns Choosing a or an The with places Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of i in rice
Original Student Writing: Writing about how to make a kind of food; Peer editing
Unit 9: PREPOSITIONS
Grammar for Writing Prepositions and prepositional phrases Prepositions of time and place: at, on, in Word order: Place and time in the same sentence Word order: Beginning a sentence with a prepositional phrase Common preposition combinations after verbs, adjectives, and nouns Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of o in hello
Original Student Writing: Writing about things tourists can see and do in a city; Peer editing Unit 10: BUILDING BETTER SENTENCES WITH COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS: AND, BUT, SO Grammar for Writing Using and, but, and so in your writing Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of u in school
Original Student Writing: Writing about a job or hobby; Peer editing Unit 11: VERBS: SIMPLE PAST TENSE Grammar for Writing Regular and irregular verbs Negative of verbs Single or double consonant before adding -ed Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of aw in straw
Original Student Writing: Writing about one important event that happened in the past; Peer editing Unit 12: BUILDING BIGGER SENTENCES WITH SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS: BECAUSE, AFTER, BEFORE, WHEN, IF
Grammar for Writing Word order Using because, after before, when, and if in your writing Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of u in wood Original Student Writing: Writing about an important day or time in your life; Peer editing
Unit 13: ADVERBS
Grammar for Writing
Adverbs of place, time, manner, frequency, and degree Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of ow in flower
Original Student Writing: Writing about a person you know; Peer editing Unit 14: VERBS: PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE
Grammar for Writing
Present progressive tense Single or double consonant before adding -ing Building Vocabulary and Spelling: Learning words with the sound of oy in boy Original Student Writing: Writing about people who are doing different things right now; Peer editing
BRIEF WRITER’S HANDBOOK
Definitions of useful language terms
Review of verb tenses
Capitalization rules
Eight common comma rules
Spelling rules for regular simple present verbs and plural nouns Spelling rules for regular simple past tense verbs
Irregular simple past tenses verbs Spelling of the –ing form of verbs
Common stative verbs
Spelling exceptions for A and An Definite Article the Common non-count nouns Possessive nouns
Order of adjectives
Quantifiers
The prepositions At, On, and In More prepositions Editing your writing Connectors Academic word list Useful vocabulary for better witting
Appendices
Index
9781285194981 (Student Book)
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
English language--Writing skills.
English language--Problems and exercises.--Sentences
English language--Problems and exercises.--Paragraphs
English language--Problems and exercises.--Rhetoric
Beginner
A1 (CEFR)