Includes bibliographical references.

Unit 1 A Lifestyle Decision (Fall) - Writing Mode: Autobiography (3-4 paragraphs) Reading -- Vocabulary -- Expressions and Idioms -- Chronological Timeline of Reading -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- A. Sentence Types -- B. Adverbial Clauses and Phrases -- 1. Contrast -- 2. Cause and Effect -- 3. Time -- Writing Assignment

Unit 2 Bedtime Story (Winter) - Writing Mode: Narrative (4+ paragraphs) Reading -- Vocabulary and Expressions -- Chronological Timeline of Major Events -- Descriptive Vocabulary Exercises -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- A. Direct Speech -- B. Reported Speech -- Writing Assignment

Unit 3 To Ski or Not to Ski (Winter) -- Writing Mode: Advantages and Disadvantages (4 paragraphs) Reading -- Vocabulary -- Expressions and Idioms -- Point Outline of the Reading -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- Transition Words -- 1. Cause and Effect -- Contrast -- 3. Additional Information -- 4. Sequencing -- 5. Others -- Writing Assignment

Unit 4 Fun at the Stampede (Summer) - Writing Mode: Description of an Event (5 paragraphs) Reading -- Vocabulary -- Expressions and Idioms -- Chronological List -- Rodeo Jigsaw -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- A. Gerunds -- B. Reduction of Time Clauses -- C. Infinitives (after Verbs) -- D. Infinitives (after Adjectives) -- Writing Assignment

Unit 5 The Wedding Season (Summer) - Writing Mode: Compare and Contrast (4 paragraphs) Reading -- Vocabulary -- Wedding Vocabulary -- Group Discussion -- Point Outline of the Reading -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- A. Passive Voice -- B. Causative Verbs -- Compare/Contrast Vocabulary -- Writing Assignment

Unit 6 The Job Search (Fall) -- Writing Mode: Expository (Analysis) (5 paragraphs) Reading -- Vocabulary -- Expressions and Idioms -- Word Study -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- Hidden Questions -- Point Outline of the Reading -- The Analysis Essay -- Writing Assignment 1 -- Writing Assignment 2

Unit 7 Career Blues (Winter) - Writing Mode: Causes and Effects (4-5 paragraphs) Reading -- Vocabulary -- Idioms -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- A. Conditional Sentences - Chart for Conditional Sentences -- B. Wish Sentences -- Cause and Effect Essay -- Writing Assignment

Unit 8 A Crisis in the Family (Spring) - Writing Mode: Persuasion (3 paragraphs) Reading -- Vocabulary -- Expressions and Idioms -- Optional Summary Exercise -- Capsule Grammar Summary -- A. Present Modal Auxiliaries -- B. Past Modal Auxiliaries -- Writing Assignment

Appendix A: Rodeo Jigsaw -- Appendix B: Business Letter Form

"Writing from Models: A Composition Workbook for Canadian ESL Students is a two-part set of writing workbooks for intermediate ESL students. Level A has been designed for upper-beginner or low-intermediate students, and Level B for high-intermediate or low-advanced students. These books can be used independently of each other or together as a comprehensive and complete text for writing at the intermediate level.

In Level A of Writing from Models, by Zena Drabinsky, each unit begins with a journal entry written by Takako, a Japanese exchange student. Her journal entries depict realistic situations faced during her stay in Canada. Each entry features a new writing mode - narrative, past narrative, descriptive, informal letter, expository (process, contrast, definition, and biography), and classification. The units progress from one- to four paragraph writing assignments.

In Level B of Writing from Models, by Carolyn Matiisen, each unit begins with a writing model that offers a glimpse into a different aspect of the Dubinsky family. Their situations are realistic and will appeal to students of all ages. Each model features a new writing mode - autobiography, narrative, advantages and disadvantages, description of an event, compare and contrast, expository analysis, causes and effects, and persuasion. The workbook concentrates on three- to five-paragraph writing assignments.

Both components of Writing from Models are built upon the belief that ESL students benefit from a structured approach to learning how to write. The present models of writing for students to identify with, emulate, and learn from." (Back Cover)