Grammar for Great Writing B /
Deborah Gordon and Barbara Smith-Palinkas ; Keith S. Folse (Series Consultant).
- 1st ed.
- Boston, MA : National Geographic Learning, 2018.
- ix, 231 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
- Grammar for Great Writing .
Includes appendices.
"Grammar For Great Writing is a three-book series that helps students with the specific grammar they actually need to strengthen their academic writing. Activities feature academic vocabulary and content, providing clear models for good academic writing. Ideal for the grammar component of a writing and grammar class, Grammar for Great Writing may be used as a companion to the Great Writing series or in conjunction with any academic writing textbook. This series consists of three levels: A, B, and C. Book A is for low intermediate students and is designed to complement the writing and and grammar found in Great Writing 2. Book B is for intermediate students and is designed to complement the writing and grammar found in Great Writing 3. Book C is for upper intermediate to advanced students and is designed to complement the writing and grammar found in Great Writing 4." (Overview, p. vi) CONTENTS: Scope and Sequence Overview Acknowledgements Credits Unit 1 Writing about the Present COMMON ERRORS 1.1 Does the verb agree with the subject? 1.2 Do you need simple present or present progressive? 1.3 Do you need simple present or present perfect? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Verbs Frequently Used in Simple Present; argue, believe, change, come, define, illustrate, increase, indicate, require, show KINDS OF WRITING Descriptive: Choosing a Major Descriptive: The Human Heart Unit 2 Writing about the Past COMMON ERRORS 2.1 Is the simple past form correct? 2.2 is the past progressive form correct? 2.3 Do you need simple past or past progressive? 2.4 Are verb tenses consistent? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Verbs Frequently Used in the Past: be, become, begin, come, do, have, make, say, take, work KINDS OF WRITING Descriptive: The Pax Romana Narrative: The Beginning of World War I Unit 3 Writing with the Present Perfect COMMON ERRORS 3.1 Do you need simple present or present perfect? 3.2 Do you need simple past or present perfect? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Verbs Frequently Used in Present Perfect: be, become, come, do, give, have, make, see, show, take KINDS OF WRITING Introductory: Global Warming Cause-Effect: Murray College Unit 4 Writing about the Future COMMON ERRORS 4.1 Is the correct verb form used after will or may? 4.2 Do you need to use will or may? 4.3 Does the clause need a future or present verb? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Verbs Frequently Used in the Future: be, become, come, do, go, happen, have, know, lead, need KINDS OF WRITING Introductory: Ethnography Proposal Process: Project Proposal Unit 5 Writing with Prepositions COMMON ERRORS 5.1 Is the preposition correct? 5.2 Does the verb after a prepositional phrase agree with the subject? 5.3 Is the preposition combination correct? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Frequently Used Adjective + Preposition Combinations: associated with, aware of, capable of, concerned about, different from, interested in, known as, related to, responsible for, similar to KINDS OF WRITING Cause-Effect: An Apple a Day Comparison: How Cultures View Aging Unit 6 Using Modals in Sentences COMMON ERRORS 6.1 Does the modal need to? 6.2 Is the negative form correct? 6.3 Do you hedge correctly? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Frequently Used Modal + Verb Combinations: can help, could do, have to, may lead to, might seem, must take, should include, should try to, will continue to be, would be KINDS OF WRITING Opinion: The Best Age for Children to Learn to Read Opinion: The Future of Money Unit 7 Using Adjective Clauses COMMON ERRORS 7.1 Do you use which, who, or that? 7.2 Does the adjective clause need a comma? 7.3 Does the adjective clause have a subject pronoun? 7.4 Is there an extra object pronoun? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Words from the Academic Word List (Sublists 4 and 5): access, adequate, alter, challenge, conflicts, exposure, phrases, precise, prior, trends KINDS OF WRITING Descriptive: Eduardo Kobra Definition: Shinichi Suzuki Unit 8 Writing with Adverb Clauses COMMON ERRORS 8.1 Is there a comma missing? 8.2 Is it a fragment? 8.3 Does each clause have a subject and a verb? 8.4 Is there an extra connector? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Words from the Academic Word List (Sublists 4 and 5): concentration, debate, emerge, goals, hypothesis, implications, investigations, labels, obvious, options KINDS OF WRITING Descriptive: Multitasking Narrative: Frogtown Unit 9 Writing with Articles COMMON ERRORS 9.1 Is the article a or an missing? 9.2 Is the article the missing? 9.3 Are you making a general or specific reference? 9.4 Is an article used where one is not needed? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Frequently Used Nouns: education, example, health, increase, number, participants, research, result, studies, variety KINDS OF WRITING Classification: Types of Long-Term Memory Cause-Effect: Becoming an Everyday Environmentalist Unit 10 Writing Simple and Compound Sentences COMMON ERRORS 10.1 Does the independent clause have a subject and a verb? 10.2 Is a comma missing? 10.3 Is a coordinating conjunction missing? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Words from the Academic Word List (Sublists 5 and 6): aware, capacity, decline, equivalent, fundamental, generation, notion, ratio, version, whereas KINDS OF WRITING Problem-Solution: Sleeping Cold Comparison: Cultural Interpretations of Facial Expressions Unit 11 Using Parallel Structure COMMON ERRORS 11.1 Are items parallel before and after a conjunction? 11.2 Are items after each part of a correlative conjunction parallel? 11.3 Are items in a comparison parallel? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Words from the Academic Word List (Sublist 6): accurate, author, brief, enhanced, exceed, fees, gender, intelligence, migration, revealed KINDS OF WRITING Descriptive: Thatched Roofs in England Classification: Levels of Airline Service Unit 12 Using Passive Voice COMMON ERRORS 12.1 Is the passive missing a form of be? 12.2 is the passive form correct? 12.3 Do you need passive or active voice? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Frequently Used Passive Verb Forms: are based, can be seen, can be used, is know, is needed, was made, was reported, were asked, were conducted, were found KINDS OF WRITING Cause-Effect: Headaches in Children Classification: Elements of an Effective Apology Unit 13 Using Gerunds and Infinitives COMMON ERRORS 13.1 Is the verb followed by an infinitive or a gerund? 13.2 Is the correct form used after a preposition? 13.3 Is the subject a gerund? 13.4 Is there a subject? 13.5 Is there a singular verb after a gerund or infinitive subject? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Verbs Frequently Used after Gerunds or Infinitives: be, develop, find, have, know, learn, make, participate, use, work KINDS OF WRITING Process: Saving Wildlife Process: Finding More Time Unit 14 Writing with Noun Clauses COMMON ERRORS 14.1 Is the word order correct? 14.2 Is the verb form correct? 14.3 Is a question word or that-phrase missing? 14.4 Is the noun clause missing a subject or verb? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Verbs Frequently Used with Noun Clauses: be, do, feel, find, prefer, remember, report, serve, show, suggest KINDS OF WRITING Narrative: The Mysterious Key Descriptive: Recognizing the Sleep-Deprived Unit 15 Using Connectors for Better Writing COMMON ERRORS 15.1 Is there an extra connector? 15.2 Is the connector correct? 15.3 Is a connector missing? 15.4 Is punctuation missing or incorrect? VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING Verbs Frequently Used with Connectors: be, can, do, have, make, recognize, should, state, suggest, take KINDS OF WRITING Classification: Forest Biomes Comparison: How Learning a Foreign Language Has Changed APPENDICES Appendix 1: Building Greater Sentences Appendix 2: Useful Language Terms Appendix 3: Capitalization and Punctuation Appendix 4: Irregular Verbs Appendix 5: Prepositions Appendix 6: Sentence Problems Appendix 7: Paragraphs Appendix 8: Connectors Appendix 9: Useful Phrases Appendix 10: Academic Word List
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