TY - BOOK AU - Folse, Keith S. AU - Mahnke,M.Kathleen AU - Solomon,Elena Vestri AU - Williams,Lorraine ED - University of Central Florida TI - Blueprints 2: Composition Skills for Academic Writing SN - 0618144102 (pbk) AV - PE1128 .B59363 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Rhetoric KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Academic writing KW - Advanced N1 - "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 UR - https://ngl.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=4294918495+200&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=7353171726847565411701645071485302163&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&homePage=false UR - http://www.cengage.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9780618144105 ER -