"From Writing to Composing: An Introductory Composition Course introduces high beginner to low intermediate students to the basics of formal writing in English. The book employs a unique approach in which guided, structured writing activities interweave with freer, multi-draft composing activities.

Some special features of From Writing to Composing: Units that teach different rhetorical patterns of paragraph organization
Lively oral activities to engage student interest
Dictation tasks to promote accurate paragraph building
Projects for students to "publish" their writing in class newspapers or wall displays
Portfolio building of free and guided written work
A self-study appendix for students to deepen their understanding of sentence and paragraph structure

The second edition of From Writing to Composing retains many of the activities form the popular first edition. However, this new edition has an all-new organization, incorporates new writing instruction theory, and contains many new activities and features." (Book Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

To the Teacher

Acknowledgements

PART ONE: GETTING STARTED

UNIT 1: Dear Classmates
Introduction to letters and e-mail
1.1 Letters and e-mail
1.2 A letter about a classmate
1.3 Features of a letter
1.4 More letters
1.5 E-mail messages

UNIT 2: Friends and Relatives
Introduction to the portfolio project
2.1 Important people
2.2 Independent-practice writing
2.3 The portfolio project
2.4 Introduction to capitalization and punctuation
2.5 Introduction to sentences

UNIT 3: Staying in Touch
Introduction to paragraphs and format
3.1 Enumeration dictation ("Staying in Touch")
3.2 Student paper format
3.3 Independent-practice portfolio writing

UNIT 4 Sharing Stories

Introduction to the composing process
4.1 Talking about stories
4.2 Writing a story
4.3 Revising and editing
4.4 Letters and e-mails
4.5 Your story and the composing process
4.6 Thinking about the composing process
4.7 Independent-practice portfolio writing

UNIT 5: Three Good Ways
Introduction to formal writing
5.1 Three ways of writing
5.2 Independent-practice portfolio writing
5.3 Reading and editing
5.4 Introduction to outlines and diagrams
5.5 Introduction to formal style
5.6 Formal style paragraph

UNIT 6: Class Publication
Introduction to the class publication project
6.1 Types of publication
6.2 Newspapers
6.3 Web sites
6.4 Crossword puzzles

6.5 Independent-practice portfolio writing
6.6 Class publication

PART TWO: WRITING MORE, WRITING BETTER

UNIT 7: Follow these Steps
Writing a paragraph that describes steps in a process
7.1 Process dictation ("Steps in Getting a Driver's License")
7.2 Revising process paragraphs
7.3 Editing
7.4 Publication project: How-to Guide
7.5 Independent-practice portfolio writing

UNIT 8: Class Statistics
Writing a paragraph using statistics to provide supporting details
8.1 Class data and statistics
8.2 Math terms
8.3 Organizing data into a paragraph
8.4 Revising and editing
8.5 Composition
8.6 Independent-practice portfolio writing

UNIT 9: The Perfect Routine
Writing a paragraph that describes actions in chronological order
9.1 Ms. Lee's daily routine
9.2 Complex sentences
9.3 Editing sentence structure
9.4 Composition: A routine day
9.5 Publication project: A perfect routine
9.6 Independent-practice portfolio writing

UNIT 10: Great Trips
Writing a paragraph that reports an experience
10.1 A virtual trip
10.2 A real trip
10.3 Independent-practice portfolio writing

UNIT 11: Info Expo Writing a paragraph that classifies an item into its different types
11.1 Classification dictation ("Advice about Dictionaries")
11.2 Reading and outlining
11.3 Revising and editing
11.4 Publication project: Info Expo
11.5 Independent-practice portfolio writing

UNIT 12: Exercise Opinions
Writing a paragraph that lists different reasons for doing something
12.1 Getting Some Exercise
12.2 Sentence combining
12.3 Enumeration dictation ("Why People Exercise")
12.4 Reading about reasons
12.5 Revising and editing
12.6 Fact and opinion
12.7 Opinion publication
12.8 Indpendent-practice portfolio writing

UNIT 13: Portraits of Special People
Writing a paragraph using examples as support
13.1 Portraits
13.2 Personal qualities
13.3 Portrait composition
13.4 Publication project: Portrait gallery of special people
13.5 Independent-practice portfolio writing

UNIT 14: An Armchair Visit
Writing an essay about a place
14.1 Dictation: The proud state of Texas
14.2 Paragraph to essay
14.3 A travel paragraph
14.4 Travel paragraph to essay
14.5 Independent-practice portfolio writing

Appendix 1: The Mini-Handbook

Appendix 2: Script

Appendix 3: Guide to the Portfolio Project

Appendix 4: List of Editing Symbols