Baker, Lida
Grammar for Great Writing C / Lida Baker, Robyn Lockwood Brinks, and Kristin Donnalley Sherman. - 1st ed. - Boston, MA : National Geographic Learning, 2017. - ix, 232 p. : ill. in col. ; 28 cm. - Grammar for Great Writing .
Overview Unit 1 Nouns and Noun Phrases COMMON ERRORS 1.1 Does a singular count noun have a determiner?
1.2 Does a count noun have a plural ending?
1.3 Is the noun plural or not?
1.4 Does the noun need an article or not?
1.5 Do you need much or a great deal of? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Nouns from the Academic Word List: attitude, bias, colleague, device, distinction, enforcement, incidence, outcome, procedure, publication KINDS OF WRITING
Classification: Measuring Earthquakes
Problem-Solution: Job Satisfaction of Hospital Doctors Unit 2 Writing about the Past COMMON ERRORS
2.1 Do you need simple past or simple present?
2.2 Do you need verb + -ing?
2.3 Do you need simple past or past progressive?
2.4 Do you need simple past or past perfect? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Verbs Frequently Used in Past Progressive: become, do, get, have, look, make, take, try, use, work KINDS OF WRITING
Descriptive: Guernica
Narrative: The 1989 World Series Unit 3 Using the Present Perfect COMMON ERRORS
3.1 Do you need present perfect or simple present?
3.2 Do you need present perfect or simple past? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Verbs Frequently Used in Present Perfect: be, become, come, find, have, lead, make, see, show, take KINDS OF WRITING
Descriptive: Flipped Classrooms
Narrative: A Brief History of Flight Unit 4 Using Word Forms COMMON ERRORS
4.1 Is the word form correct?
4.2 Do you have the correct suffix? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Words with Common Suffixes: community, consistent, creativity, emphasize, finally, individual, mechanism, positive, section, strengthen KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: The Dangers of Sitting
Summary-Response: Functional Textiles Unit 5 Writing with Prepositions COMMON ERRORS
5.1 Which preposition is correct?
5.2 Do you have a noun form after the preposition?
5.3 Does the main verb of the sentence agree with the subject? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Preposition Combinations: associated with, consistent with, difference between, due to, lack of, need for, reason for, responsible for, support for, used to KINDS OF WRITING
Process: Your Immune System
Problem-Solution: How New York City Faced a Challenge Unit 6 Using Modals COMMON ERRORS
6.1 Is the form of the modal correct?
6.2 Do you need a modal to hedge?
6.3 Do you use I think or maybe for hedging? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Modal + Verb Combinations: can help, cannot be, could lead, may be, may need, may result, might have, must be received, should be taken, would have been KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: Warning Labels on Sugar-Sweetened Drinks
Advantages-Disadvantages: Driverless Cars Unit 7 Using Gerunds and Infinitives COMMON ERRORS
7.1 Do you need a gerund as the subject?
7.2 Does the verb agree with the gerund subject?
7.3 Is to a preposition or part of an infinitive?
7.4 Do you have by + gerund? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Infinitives and Gerunds: becoming, being, having, making, using, to be, to do, to have, to make, to use KINDS OF WRITING
Descriptive: Phobias
Cause-Effect: Treating Acne Unit 8 Using the Passive Voice COMMON ERRORS
8.1 Do you use the correct form of the verb?
8.2 Do you include a form of be in the passive voice?
8.3 Do you need passive or active voice? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Passive Verb Forms: can be seen, can be used, has been made, have been found, is known, is needed, was based, was conducted, were asked, were reported KINDS OF WRITING
Summary: Our Brains Are Designed to Do Good
Summary: Media Habits of Students Unit 9 Writing with Participial Adjectives COMMON ERRORS
9.1 Do you need a present or past participle?
9.2 Do you have the correct participial form? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Participial Adjectives: developing, existing, following, growing, interesting, concerned, gifted, increased, involved, limited KINDS OF WRITING
Opinion: The American Dream
Summary: Millenials and Marriage Unit 10 Adjective Clauses and Reduced Clauses COMMON ERRORS
10.1 Do you need a subject relative pronoun?
10.2 Do you have the correct relative pronoun?
10.3 Do you repeat the subject or object pronoun?
10.4 Is the subject adjective clause reduced correctly? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Nouns That Frequently Precede Adjective Clauses with That: activity, approach, area, element, idea, indication, issue, option, organization, result KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: Ebola
Narrative: Helen Keller Unit 11 Adverb Clauses and Reduced Clauses COMMON ERRORS 11.1 Do you have the correct subordinating conjunction?
11.2 Do you have a subordinating conjunction?
11.3 Is the punctuation correct?
11.4 Is the clause reduced correctly? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Words from the Academic Word List: confirmed, decades, eliminate, empirical, equipment, isolated, mode, somewhat, successive, transmission KINDS OF WRITING
Descriptive: Dinesh Patel
Descriptive: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA) Unit 12 Writing with Noun Clauses COMMON ERRORS
12.1 Do you need question or statement word order?
12.2 Do you need that or what?
12.3 Do the subject and verb agree? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Reporting Verbs: argue, demonstrate, deny, describe, find, observe, propose, report, show, suggest KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: Body Size in Sports
Reaction-Response: Village Dogs Unit 13 Writing with Sentence Variety COMMON ERRORS
13.1 Do you have a complete sentence or a fragment?
13.2 Is there a conjunction?
13.3 Does you sentence need a comma? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Words from the Academic Word List: advocate, ambiguous, eliminate, fluctuations, infrastructure, intervention, priority, random, restore, voluntary KINDS OF WRITING
Comparison: Two Smart Birds
Comparison: Neanderthals versus Modern Humans Unit 14 Using the Conditional COMMON ERRORS
14.1 Is the verb form correct for future real conditional?
14.2 Is the verb form correct for present or future real conditional?
14.3 Is the verb form correct for past unreal conditional? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Words from the Academic Word List: anticipated, ceases, coincide, device, erosion, military, rigid, route, undergo, violation KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: From Garbage to Energy
Cause-Effect: Save the Bats Unit 15 Writing with Connectors COMMON ERRORS
15.1 Do you need a connector?
15.2 Is the connector correct?
15.3 Is a comma needed?
15.4 Do you have too many connectors? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Words from the Academic Word List: appreciation, controversy, crucial, denote, diminished, eventually, format, portion, radical, widespread KINDS OF WRITING
Comparison: Print or Electronic Books
"Grammar for Great Writing is a three-book series that focuses on the key grammatical and lexical elements learners need to become more successful academic writers. Ideal for the4 grammar component of a writing and grammar class, Grammar for Great Writing may be used as a companion to the Great Writing series or in conjunction with any academic writing series. Key features: Emphasis on the most common errors found in student writing provides a more effective approach to grammar for academic writing. Corpus-informed vocabulary most frequently associated with the target grammar results in more fluent student writing. A wide variety of editing activities refines students' academic writing and improves accuracy. Writing samples in various rhetorical modes provide relevant practice for learners." (Book Cover)
English language--Grammar --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language--Usage --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language--Grammar --Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Composition and exercises.
High intermediate to advanced.
Grammar for Great Writing C / Lida Baker, Robyn Lockwood Brinks, and Kristin Donnalley Sherman. - 1st ed. - Boston, MA : National Geographic Learning, 2017. - ix, 232 p. : ill. in col. ; 28 cm. - Grammar for Great Writing .
Overview Unit 1 Nouns and Noun Phrases COMMON ERRORS 1.1 Does a singular count noun have a determiner?
1.2 Does a count noun have a plural ending?
1.3 Is the noun plural or not?
1.4 Does the noun need an article or not?
1.5 Do you need much or a great deal of? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Nouns from the Academic Word List: attitude, bias, colleague, device, distinction, enforcement, incidence, outcome, procedure, publication KINDS OF WRITING
Classification: Measuring Earthquakes
Problem-Solution: Job Satisfaction of Hospital Doctors Unit 2 Writing about the Past COMMON ERRORS
2.1 Do you need simple past or simple present?
2.2 Do you need verb + -ing?
2.3 Do you need simple past or past progressive?
2.4 Do you need simple past or past perfect? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Verbs Frequently Used in Past Progressive: become, do, get, have, look, make, take, try, use, work KINDS OF WRITING
Descriptive: Guernica
Narrative: The 1989 World Series Unit 3 Using the Present Perfect COMMON ERRORS
3.1 Do you need present perfect or simple present?
3.2 Do you need present perfect or simple past? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Verbs Frequently Used in Present Perfect: be, become, come, find, have, lead, make, see, show, take KINDS OF WRITING
Descriptive: Flipped Classrooms
Narrative: A Brief History of Flight Unit 4 Using Word Forms COMMON ERRORS
4.1 Is the word form correct?
4.2 Do you have the correct suffix? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Words with Common Suffixes: community, consistent, creativity, emphasize, finally, individual, mechanism, positive, section, strengthen KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: The Dangers of Sitting
Summary-Response: Functional Textiles Unit 5 Writing with Prepositions COMMON ERRORS
5.1 Which preposition is correct?
5.2 Do you have a noun form after the preposition?
5.3 Does the main verb of the sentence agree with the subject? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Preposition Combinations: associated with, consistent with, difference between, due to, lack of, need for, reason for, responsible for, support for, used to KINDS OF WRITING
Process: Your Immune System
Problem-Solution: How New York City Faced a Challenge Unit 6 Using Modals COMMON ERRORS
6.1 Is the form of the modal correct?
6.2 Do you need a modal to hedge?
6.3 Do you use I think or maybe for hedging? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Modal + Verb Combinations: can help, cannot be, could lead, may be, may need, may result, might have, must be received, should be taken, would have been KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: Warning Labels on Sugar-Sweetened Drinks
Advantages-Disadvantages: Driverless Cars Unit 7 Using Gerunds and Infinitives COMMON ERRORS
7.1 Do you need a gerund as the subject?
7.2 Does the verb agree with the gerund subject?
7.3 Is to a preposition or part of an infinitive?
7.4 Do you have by + gerund? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Infinitives and Gerunds: becoming, being, having, making, using, to be, to do, to have, to make, to use KINDS OF WRITING
Descriptive: Phobias
Cause-Effect: Treating Acne Unit 8 Using the Passive Voice COMMON ERRORS
8.1 Do you use the correct form of the verb?
8.2 Do you include a form of be in the passive voice?
8.3 Do you need passive or active voice? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Passive Verb Forms: can be seen, can be used, has been made, have been found, is known, is needed, was based, was conducted, were asked, were reported KINDS OF WRITING
Summary: Our Brains Are Designed to Do Good
Summary: Media Habits of Students Unit 9 Writing with Participial Adjectives COMMON ERRORS
9.1 Do you need a present or past participle?
9.2 Do you have the correct participial form? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Participial Adjectives: developing, existing, following, growing, interesting, concerned, gifted, increased, involved, limited KINDS OF WRITING
Opinion: The American Dream
Summary: Millenials and Marriage Unit 10 Adjective Clauses and Reduced Clauses COMMON ERRORS
10.1 Do you need a subject relative pronoun?
10.2 Do you have the correct relative pronoun?
10.3 Do you repeat the subject or object pronoun?
10.4 Is the subject adjective clause reduced correctly? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Nouns That Frequently Precede Adjective Clauses with That: activity, approach, area, element, idea, indication, issue, option, organization, result KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: Ebola
Narrative: Helen Keller Unit 11 Adverb Clauses and Reduced Clauses COMMON ERRORS 11.1 Do you have the correct subordinating conjunction?
11.2 Do you have a subordinating conjunction?
11.3 Is the punctuation correct?
11.4 Is the clause reduced correctly? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Words from the Academic Word List: confirmed, decades, eliminate, empirical, equipment, isolated, mode, somewhat, successive, transmission KINDS OF WRITING
Descriptive: Dinesh Patel
Descriptive: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA) Unit 12 Writing with Noun Clauses COMMON ERRORS
12.1 Do you need question or statement word order?
12.2 Do you need that or what?
12.3 Do the subject and verb agree? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Reporting Verbs: argue, demonstrate, deny, describe, find, observe, propose, report, show, suggest KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: Body Size in Sports
Reaction-Response: Village Dogs Unit 13 Writing with Sentence Variety COMMON ERRORS
13.1 Do you have a complete sentence or a fragment?
13.2 Is there a conjunction?
13.3 Does you sentence need a comma? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Words from the Academic Word List: advocate, ambiguous, eliminate, fluctuations, infrastructure, intervention, priority, random, restore, voluntary KINDS OF WRITING
Comparison: Two Smart Birds
Comparison: Neanderthals versus Modern Humans Unit 14 Using the Conditional COMMON ERRORS
14.1 Is the verb form correct for future real conditional?
14.2 Is the verb form correct for present or future real conditional?
14.3 Is the verb form correct for past unreal conditional? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Words from the Academic Word List: anticipated, ceases, coincide, device, erosion, military, rigid, route, undergo, violation KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: From Garbage to Energy
Cause-Effect: Save the Bats Unit 15 Writing with Connectors COMMON ERRORS
15.1 Do you need a connector?
15.2 Is the connector correct?
15.3 Is a comma needed?
15.4 Do you have too many connectors? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Words from the Academic Word List: appreciation, controversy, crucial, denote, diminished, eventually, format, portion, radical, widespread KINDS OF WRITING
Comparison: Print or Electronic Books
"Grammar for Great Writing is a three-book series that focuses on the key grammatical and lexical elements learners need to become more successful academic writers. Ideal for the4 grammar component of a writing and grammar class, Grammar for Great Writing may be used as a companion to the Great Writing series or in conjunction with any academic writing series. Key features: Emphasis on the most common errors found in student writing provides a more effective approach to grammar for academic writing. Corpus-informed vocabulary most frequently associated with the target grammar results in more fluent student writing. A wide variety of editing activities refines students' academic writing and improves accuracy. Writing samples in various rhetorical modes provide relevant practice for learners." (Book Cover)
English language--Grammar --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language--Usage --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language--Grammar --Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Composition and exercises.
High intermediate to advanced.