Dasgupta, Geri 1949-
Reading Writing Basics : Sentence Strategies for Canadian Students / Geri Dasgupta and Nell Kozak Waldman. - Scarborough, Ont. : Nelson Thomson Learning, 2000. - vii, 298 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 computer disk (3 1/2 in.).
Includes index.
''Understanding the basic structures of writing is the key to writing well. Continuing the tradition of the Reading Writing series, Reading Writing Basics focuses on the relationship between reading and writing while developing essential sentence-level skills. Using a progressive structure, the text builds upon the skills learned in each unit, beginning with the basics of sentence writing and ending with the fundamentals of writing paragraphs. Reading Writing Basics features numerous engaging readings at the paragraph level that teach specific skills within context, and contains a multitude of directed, task-oriented exercises that reinforce the skills taught throughout the text. Features: Engaging readings on such topics as the language of the Internet, whale watching, Terry Fox, Wayne Gretzky, and body language in different cultures Appendixes covering Parts of Speech, Irregular Verbs, and Dictionary Skills An Answer Key to all exercises in the text Coverage of summary skills, topics sentences, and paragraph writing A section on spelling and deadly sound-alike words A variety of exercises that reinforce skills: proofreading short paragraphs, cloze exercises, sentence-writing practices, and full paragraph and summary writing exercises. '' (Book Cover) CONTENTS Preface Unit 1: Getting It on Paper How We Write English Capitalization Punctuating the End of a Sentence The Period The Question Mark The Exclamation Mark Spelling: Three Strategies for Improvement Strategy 1: Sort Out the Deadly Sound-Alike Words Strategy 2: Outsmart the Spell Checker Strategy 3: Learn to Spell Contractions Reading 1: ''r u lol @ my convo?'' How Your Finished Document Should Look Reading Writing: More Practice Reading 2: ''When Was Language Invented?'' Reading 3: ''Our Most Remarkable Invention: Writing'' Reading 4: ''Growth of a Global Language'' Skimming, Active Reading, and Scanning Writing Suggestions Unit 2: Recognizing and Writing Sentences What Is a Sentence? Reading 1: ''The World's Ocean'' The Subject The Verb Other Things You Need to Know about Sentences Reading 2: ''Sea Questions'' The Prepositional Phrase Clauses: Dependent vs. Independent Multiple Subjects and Verbs Unusual Word Order: Questions and Here/There Reading 2: ''Sea Questions'' Reading Writing: More Practice Reading 3: ''Sea Turtles'' Reading 4: ''The Titanic'' Reading 5: ''Tsunami Waves'' What We Do When We Read Reading 6: ''An Ocean Vacation'' Writing Suggestions Unit 3: Working with Nouns and Pronouns Reading 1: ''The Importances of Names'' Nouns Plurals-More than One -- Irregular Plurals -- Exceptions to Exceptions Subject-Verb Agreement -- Complete / Simple Subject Review Nouns that End with ing Using Commas to Separate Words in a List or Series Showing Possession Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns Using Subject/Nonsubject Pronouns Subject-Verb Agreement Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Pronoun Consistency Possessive Pronounce -- Who and Whose Indefinite Pronouns Reading Writing: More Practice Reading 2: ''A Nobel Prize Winner'' Reading 3: ''The Great One'' Rewording Reading 4: ''Anansi and Common Sense'' Reading 5: ''Terry Fox'' Writing Suggestions Unit 4: Using Verbs Reading 1: ''Sharing a Language'' Recognizing Verb Tense The Infinitive Be, Have, Do Making Verbs Negative Using Negative Words -- The Double Negative Negative Prefixes Simple Verb Tenses The Present Tense The Past Tense The Future Tense Participle Tenses Be + -ing Verbs Have + Past Participle Consistency of Verb Tenses The Passive Voice Forming the Passive Voice Reading Writing: More Practice Reading 2: ''Food for Thought'' Answering Questions Reading 3: ''Moving Meaning'' Reading 4: ''How the Buffalo Was Saved'' Writing Suggestions Unit 5: Combining Sentences Combining Sentences Reading 1: ''Swimming the Lake'' Coordinating Conjunctions Punctuating to Coordinate: The Semicolon Coordinating with a Semicolon and Transition Words Subordinating Conjunctions Punctuating to Subordinate: The Comma Reading Writing: More Practice Reading 2: ''Why Canadian Football Is Better Than American Football?'' Reading 3: ''Golf vs. Tennis'' Reading 4: ''Canadian Becomes World's Fastest Human'' Writing Suggestions Unit 6: Composing Paragraphs What Is a Paragraph? The Topic Sentence Finding the Focus Locating a Topic Sentence Writing a Topic Sentence Gathering Supporting Details Brainstorming Questioning Discussing Sorting Supporting Details What You Write Why You Write How You Write Finishing Your Paragraph Editing and Proofreading Your Paragraph Writing More than One Paragraph Writing a Summary The Single-Sentence Summary The Selective Summary The Point-by-Point Summary Reading Writing: More Practice Reading 1: ''Superstitions'' Reading 2: ''The Old Man and His Grandson'' Reading 3: ''What Is It about Sharks?'' Appendix A: Parts of Speech Adjective Adverb Conjunction Interjection Noun Preposition Verb Appendix B: Irregular Verbs and Their Parts Appendix C: The Dictionary Choosing a Dictionary Using a Dictionary Appendix D: Answer Key Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Index
9780176167165 (Book) 0176153810 (Disc)
999314165
Reading.
English language--Sentences.
English language--Grammar.
Reading Writing Basics : Sentence Strategies for Canadian Students / Geri Dasgupta and Nell Kozak Waldman. - Scarborough, Ont. : Nelson Thomson Learning, 2000. - vii, 298 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 computer disk (3 1/2 in.).
Includes index.
''Understanding the basic structures of writing is the key to writing well. Continuing the tradition of the Reading Writing series, Reading Writing Basics focuses on the relationship between reading and writing while developing essential sentence-level skills. Using a progressive structure, the text builds upon the skills learned in each unit, beginning with the basics of sentence writing and ending with the fundamentals of writing paragraphs. Reading Writing Basics features numerous engaging readings at the paragraph level that teach specific skills within context, and contains a multitude of directed, task-oriented exercises that reinforce the skills taught throughout the text. Features: Engaging readings on such topics as the language of the Internet, whale watching, Terry Fox, Wayne Gretzky, and body language in different cultures Appendixes covering Parts of Speech, Irregular Verbs, and Dictionary Skills An Answer Key to all exercises in the text Coverage of summary skills, topics sentences, and paragraph writing A section on spelling and deadly sound-alike words A variety of exercises that reinforce skills: proofreading short paragraphs, cloze exercises, sentence-writing practices, and full paragraph and summary writing exercises. '' (Book Cover) CONTENTS Preface Unit 1: Getting It on Paper How We Write English Capitalization Punctuating the End of a Sentence The Period The Question Mark The Exclamation Mark Spelling: Three Strategies for Improvement Strategy 1: Sort Out the Deadly Sound-Alike Words Strategy 2: Outsmart the Spell Checker Strategy 3: Learn to Spell Contractions Reading 1: ''r u lol @ my convo?'' How Your Finished Document Should Look Reading Writing: More Practice Reading 2: ''When Was Language Invented?'' Reading 3: ''Our Most Remarkable Invention: Writing'' Reading 4: ''Growth of a Global Language'' Skimming, Active Reading, and Scanning Writing Suggestions Unit 2: Recognizing and Writing Sentences What Is a Sentence? Reading 1: ''The World's Ocean'' The Subject The Verb Other Things You Need to Know about Sentences Reading 2: ''Sea Questions'' The Prepositional Phrase Clauses: Dependent vs. Independent Multiple Subjects and Verbs Unusual Word Order: Questions and Here/There Reading 2: ''Sea Questions'' Reading Writing: More Practice Reading 3: ''Sea Turtles'' Reading 4: ''The Titanic'' Reading 5: ''Tsunami Waves'' What We Do When We Read Reading 6: ''An Ocean Vacation'' Writing Suggestions Unit 3: Working with Nouns and Pronouns Reading 1: ''The Importances of Names'' Nouns Plurals-More than One -- Irregular Plurals -- Exceptions to Exceptions Subject-Verb Agreement -- Complete / Simple Subject Review Nouns that End with ing Using Commas to Separate Words in a List or Series Showing Possession Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns Using Subject/Nonsubject Pronouns Subject-Verb Agreement Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Pronoun Consistency Possessive Pronounce -- Who and Whose Indefinite Pronouns Reading Writing: More Practice Reading 2: ''A Nobel Prize Winner'' Reading 3: ''The Great One'' Rewording Reading 4: ''Anansi and Common Sense'' Reading 5: ''Terry Fox'' Writing Suggestions Unit 4: Using Verbs Reading 1: ''Sharing a Language'' Recognizing Verb Tense The Infinitive Be, Have, Do Making Verbs Negative Using Negative Words -- The Double Negative Negative Prefixes Simple Verb Tenses The Present Tense The Past Tense The Future Tense Participle Tenses Be + -ing Verbs Have + Past Participle Consistency of Verb Tenses The Passive Voice Forming the Passive Voice Reading Writing: More Practice Reading 2: ''Food for Thought'' Answering Questions Reading 3: ''Moving Meaning'' Reading 4: ''How the Buffalo Was Saved'' Writing Suggestions Unit 5: Combining Sentences Combining Sentences Reading 1: ''Swimming the Lake'' Coordinating Conjunctions Punctuating to Coordinate: The Semicolon Coordinating with a Semicolon and Transition Words Subordinating Conjunctions Punctuating to Subordinate: The Comma Reading Writing: More Practice Reading 2: ''Why Canadian Football Is Better Than American Football?'' Reading 3: ''Golf vs. Tennis'' Reading 4: ''Canadian Becomes World's Fastest Human'' Writing Suggestions Unit 6: Composing Paragraphs What Is a Paragraph? The Topic Sentence Finding the Focus Locating a Topic Sentence Writing a Topic Sentence Gathering Supporting Details Brainstorming Questioning Discussing Sorting Supporting Details What You Write Why You Write How You Write Finishing Your Paragraph Editing and Proofreading Your Paragraph Writing More than One Paragraph Writing a Summary The Single-Sentence Summary The Selective Summary The Point-by-Point Summary Reading Writing: More Practice Reading 1: ''Superstitions'' Reading 2: ''The Old Man and His Grandson'' Reading 3: ''What Is It about Sharks?'' Appendix A: Parts of Speech Adjective Adverb Conjunction Interjection Noun Preposition Verb Appendix B: Irregular Verbs and Their Parts Appendix C: The Dictionary Choosing a Dictionary Using a Dictionary Appendix D: Answer Key Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Index
9780176167165 (Book) 0176153810 (Disc)
999314165
Reading.
English language--Sentences.
English language--Grammar.