''Writing from Within offers low-intermediate and intermediate learners of English the opportunity to explore the process of expository writing. This textbook draws on students' world knowledge, beliefs, culture, and personal experiences to teach organization as well as other aspects of the writing process. Students learn how to generate topics, write cohesive paragraphs, and organize these paragraphs into clear compositions.

The focus of each unit is a writing assignment. Prewriting activities involve students in discussion, interviews, and role-plays. Postwriting exercises involve editing, feedback, and rewriting.

The Student's Book features: an emphasis on teaching students how to organize their writing
brainstorming activities that introduce students to a topic
model paragraphs for students to analyze
writing assignments that lead to self-discovery and self-expression
opportunities for both oral and written feedback from peers
tips for writing more effectively
optional real-world expansion activities in each unit'' (Book Cover)

CONTENTS

Plan of the book

To the teacher

Acknowledgments

Preview

Unit 1 - About me
Prewriting: main ideas -- general and specific information -- topic sentences
Writing: writing a paragraph about things I like to do
Editing: paragraph format
Option: writing a paragraph about myself

Unit 2 - Career consultant
Prewriting: logical organization I -- inference sentences
Writing: writing a composition about career choice
Editing: sentence connectors
Option: writing a letter requesting information

Unit 3 - A dream come true
Prewriting: facts and examples in paragraphs -- supporting sentences
Writing: writing a magazine article about a classmate
Editing: direct and indirect speech
Option: writing a resume

Unit 4 - Invent!
Prewriting: definition paragraphs -- attention getters
Writing: writing a composition about an invention
Editing: pronouns
Option: writing a letter to a company about a product

Unit 5 - It changed my life!
Prewriting: cause-and-effect paragraphs -- introductory paragraphs
Writing: writing a composition about an important day
Editing: cause- and-effect words
Option: designing a greeting card

Unit 6 - Exciting destinations
Prewriting: process paragraphs -- guided book style
Writing: writing a guidebook article about a one-day tour
Editing: modifiers
Option: writing a letter requesting tourist information

Unit 7 - Research survey
Prewriting: classification style -- concluding paragraphs
Writing: writing a research report
Editing: commas
Option: researching restaurants and creating a restaurant guide

Unit 8 - The power interview
Prewriting: comparison-contrast paragraphs -- expressions that show contrast

Writing: writing a magazine articles about interviewing techniques
Editing: ways of giving advice
Option: reporting on interview results

Unit 9 - Personal goals
Prewriting: persuasive paragraphs -- parallelism -- sentence transitions
Writing: writing a letter to myself about goals
Editing: incomplete sentences
Option: writing about classmates and finding out about myself

Unit 10 - Architect
Prewriting: logical organization 2 -- topic division
Writing: writing a composition about dormitory design
Editing: articles
Option: designing a dormitory poster

Unit 11 - My role models
Prewriting: paragraph links
Writing: writing a composition about an important person
Editing: subject-verb agreements
Option: writing a letter to someone who has influenced me

Unit 12 - Be a reporter
Prewriting: newspapers style -- headlines
Writing: writing a newspaper article
Editing: other word for said
Option: writing a letter to my teacher

Writing from Within is suitable for both small and large classrooms. The 12 units contain one- and two-page lessons, all designed to be completed in 45-90 minutes.