"Blueprints 2: Composition and Grammar Skills for Academic Writing is the second book in a two-book series designed for ESL students interested in academic writing. Blueprints 2, designed for high-intermediate to advanced students, is an essay-level text that focuses on the writing process and the development of writing and grammar skills. Blueprints 2 can be used in a writing course or a combined grammar and writing course. For more grammar practice, it can be used in conjunction with Top 20: Great Grammar for Great Writing, also from Thomson Heinle.

In Blueprints 2 students master essay writing by completing a wide array of concise, manageable writing activities and then progressing to writing full essays. The text uses readings as both models and springboards for writing.

Features:
A combination of author-generated, student-generated, and authentic readings give students a wide variety of writing models.
The thematic organization allows students to analyze and react to readings from a variety of academic disciplines.
Grammar exercises in the text and the appendixes help students understand how critically linked grammar and writing are.
The text's flexible organization allows the chapters on rhetorical patterns to be taught in any order." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS

Blueprints 2 Skills Chart

Welcome to Blueprints

To the Teacher

To the Student

Preface to Blueprints 2

Unit 1 PARAGRAPH TO ESSAY

Part A Blueprints for the Paragraph and the Essay

The Paragraph

Unity and Coherence in Paragraphs
Unity
Coherence

Transition Expressions

The Essay
The Thesis Statement
Essay Introductions
The Body of the Essay
Essay Conclusions

Part B The Writing Process: Practice Writing an Essay

The Writing Process: Writing Assignment
Prewriting: Brainstorming
Planning: Outlining
Partner Feedback Form 1
First Draft
Partner Feedback Form 2
Final Draft

Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines

Unit 2 CLASSIFICATION ESSAYS

Part A Blueprints for Classification Essays

What is a Classification Essay?

Unity in Classification Essays

Coherence in Classification Essays
Transition Expressions: one/another/a third (fourth, etc.) + classifying word

Blueprint Classification Essays
Blueprint Classification Essay 1: Amazing Animals
Blueprint Classification Essay 2: The Thousand Teas

Grammar Focus and Sentence Check
Grammar Focus: Passive Voice
Sentence Check: Adjective Clauses

Part B The Writing Process: Practice Writing a Classification Essay

The Writing Process: Writing Assignment
Prewriting: Using a Checklist to Get Ideas
Planning: Using a Tree Diagram
Partner Feedback Form 1 First Draft ("posing questions" as an introductory technique)
Partner Feedback Form 2
Final Draft

Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines

Unit 3 PROCESS ESSAYS

Part A Blueprints for Process Essays

What Is a Process Essay?
Types of Process Essays
Introductions in Process Essays
Conclusions in Process Essays

Unity in Process Essays

Coherence in Process Essays
Maintaining Chronological Order

Transition Expressions: First (second, third, etc.), next, now, then, finally, before, after, once, as soon as, while, during, over, between + noun phrase

Blueprint Process Essays
Blueprint Process Essay 1: Baby Talk
Blueprint Process Essay 2: Exercise for Everyone

Grammar Focus and Sentence Check
Grammar Focus: Articles
Sentence Check: Adverb Clauses

Part B The Writing Process: Practice Writing a Process Essay

The Writing Process: Writing Assignment
Prewriting: Visualizing, Sketching, and Listing
Planning: Making a Flow Chart
Partner Feedback Form 1
First Draft (the "funnel method" as an introductory technique)
Partner Feedback Form 2 Final Draft

Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines

Unit 4 COMPARISON/CONTRAST ESSAYS

Part A Blueprints for Comparison/Contrast Essays

What Is a Comparison/Contrast Essay?
Three Organizational Methods

Unity in Comparison/Contrast Essays

Coherence in Comparison/Contrast Essays

Transition Expressions: both (noun) and (noun), not only... but also..., nevertheless, on one hand... on the other hand, in contrast, whereas, unlike + noun, like + noun, conversely, although, even though, though

Blueprint Comparison/Contrast Essays
Blueprint Comparison/Contrast Essay 1: Examining the Popularity of Julia Roberts' Characters
Blueprint Comparison/Contrast Essay 2: Two Kinds of English

Grammar Focus and Sentence Check Grammar Focus: Comparisons with more, most; er, est, as... as, the same... as
Sentence Check: Parallelism

Part B The Writing Process: Practice Writing a Comparison/Contrast Essay

The Writing Process: Writing Assignment
Prewriting: Using Lists to Generate Categories for Comparison/Contrast
Planning: Using a T-Diagram
Partner Feedback Form 1
First Draft (the "quotation" as an introductory technique)
Partner Feedback Form 2
Final Draft

Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines

Unit 5 CAUSE/EFFECT ESSAYS

Part A Blueprints for Cause/Effect Essays

What Is a Cause/Effect Essay?
Method of Organization

Unity in Cause/Effect Essays

Coherence in Cause/Effect Essays Transition Expressions: because/as/since + s + v, therefore, consequently, thus, as a result + s + v, as a result of

Blueprint Cause/Effect Essays
Blueprint Cause/Effect Essays 1: Marketing Health and Fitness
Blueprint Cause/Effect Essays 2: Why Plastic Surgery?

Grammar Focus and Sentence Check
Grammar Focus: Verb Tense Review
Sentence Check: Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices

Part B The Writing Process: Practice Writing a Cause/Effect Essay

The Writing Process: Writing Assignment
Prewriting: Using a Spoke Diagram
Planning: Creating a Cause/Effect Chart Partner Feedback Form 1 First Draft (the "dramatic statement" as an introductory technique) Partner Feedback Form 2 Final Draft

Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines

Unit 6 REACTION ESSAYS

Part A Blueprints for Reaction Essays

What Is a Reaction Essay?

Unity in Reaction Essays

Coherence in Reaction Essays Coherence Techniques: repetition of key terms or phrases, using a pronoun to refer to a previous noun or noun phrase, using synonyms

Blueprint Reaction Essays Blueprint Reaction Essay 1: The Hourglass and Me Blueprint Reaction Essay 2: A Reaction to Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night"

Grammar Focus and Sentence Check Grammar Focus: Word Forms Grammar Focus: Sentence Variety

Part B: The Writing Process: Practice Writing a Reaction Essay

The Writing Process: Writing Assignment Prewriting: Using Your Eyes as a Camera Planning: Combining Descriptions and Reactions Partner Feedback Form 1 First Draft ("background" as an introductory technique) Partner Feedback Form 2 Final Draft

Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines

Unit 7: ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS

Part A Blueprints for Argumentative Essays

What Is an Argumentative Essay? Developing an Argumentative Essay Introductions in Argumentative Essays Methods of Organization for Argumentative Essays

Unity in Argumentative Essays

Coherence in Argumentative Essays Transition Expressions: although it may be true that, despite the fact that, certainly, surely

Blueprints Argumentative Essays
Blueprint Argumentative Essay 1: Why Adopt a Vegetarian Diet?
Blueprint Argumentative Essay 2: Coffee: Surprising Benefits from This Herbal Supplement

Grammar Focus and Sentence Check
Grammar Focus: Prepositions
Sentence Check: Noun Clauses

Part B the Writing Process: Practice Writing an Argumentative Essay

The Writing Process: Writing Assignment
Prewriting: Searching for Information to Support Your Argument
Planning: Synthesizing Information and Using an Outline Partner Feedback Form 1
First Draft ("turning an argument on its head" as an introductory technique)
Partner Feedback Form 2
Final Draft

Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines

Unit 8 PARAPHRASING, SUMMARIZING, AND SYNTHESIZING IN ACADEMIC WRITING

Blueprints for Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Synthesizing in Academic Writing

What Are Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Synthesizing?

Paraphrasing
Examples of Paraphrasing

Summarizing
Examples of Summarizing

Synthesizing
Synthesis Examples

APPENDICES:
Appendix 1: Paragraph Practice
Appendix 2: Guidelines for Partner Feedback
Appendix 3: Partner Feedback Forms
Appendix 4: Creating Essay Titles
Appendix 5: Finding and Documenting Information from Sources