Includes index and appendices.

Unit Title and Academic Topic: 1. Academic Essays. Psychology: Consumer Behavior -- Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary; Academic Collocations -- Models: Writing in the Real World: "Buy Nothing Day" -- Student Model: "The Benefits of Online Shopping" -- Writing Skills: Thesis Statements -- Grammar for Writing: Gerunds and infinitives -- Avoiding Plagiarism: Citing sources to avoid plagiarism -- Do Research: Developing key words for an Internet search

Unit Title and Academic Topic: 2. Narrative Essays. History: Immigration -- 2. Narrative Essays. History: Immigration -- Models: Writing in the Real World: "An Immigrant's Silent Struggle" -- Student Model: "How I Became a Mexican American" -- Writing Skills: Parallel structure; Sentence variety -- Grammar for Writing: Past tense forms -- Avoiding Plagiarism: Common knowledge -- Do Research: Choosing a quotation for an essay

Unit Title and Academic Topic: 3. Cause and Effect Essays. Sociology: Effects of geographic mobility -- Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary; Academic Collocations -- Models: Writing in the Real World: "Moving Is Tough for Kids" -- Student Model: "Rural Communities Left Behind" -- Writing Skills: Paraphrasing; Avoiding sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and comma splices -- Grammar for Writing: Present perfect and present perfect progressive -- Avoiding Plagiarism: Paraphrasing to avoid plagiarism -- Do Research: Choosing a text to paraphrase for support in an essay

Unit Title and Academic Topic: 4. Comparison and Contrast Essays. Anthropology: Food and Culture -- Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary; Academic Phrases -- Models: Writing in the Real World: "The Cost of a Global Food Chain" -- Student Model: "The Naturally Inferior Choice" -- Writing Skills: Words and phrases that show similarities and differences; Coherence -- Grammar for Writing: Appositives -- Avoiding Plagiarism: Choosing credible sources -- Do Research: Evaluating Internet sources

Unit Title and Academic Topic: 5. Problem-Solution Essays. Public Health: Media -- Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary; Academic Collocations -- Models: Writing in the Real World: "The Psychology Behind Cyberchondria" -- Student Model: "Social Media, Consumers, and Health Care" -- Writing Skills: Introduction to summarizing. Acknowledging and refuting opposing solutions. -- Grammar for Writing: It constructions -- Avoiding Plagiarism: Time management -- Do Research: Find up-to-date information

Unit Title and Academic Topic: 6. Summary-Response Essays. Communications: The Information Age -- Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary; Academic Phrases -- Models: Writing in the Real World: "Overcoming Information Overload" -- Student Model: Summary and Response to "Stop Knocking Curation" -- Writing Skills: Language for summarizing. Neutral and unbiased language. -- Avoiding overuse of key words. -- Grammar for Writing: Noun clauses with wh- words and if/whether -- Avoiding Plagiarism: Note taking -- Do Research: Taking clear notes to avoid citation mistakes

Unit Title and Academic Topic: 7. Argumentative Essays. Sociology: Social Interaction -- Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary; Academic Collocations -- Models: Writing in the Real World: "Dunbar's Model" -- Student Model: "Why Girls Should Learn Alone" -- Writing Skills: Audience and appeal. Language for introducing counterarguments and refutation. -- Grammar for Writing: Complex noun phrases -- Avoiding Plagiarism: Citing graphs and charts -- Do Research: Using non-textual sources in research

Unit Title and Academic Topic: 8. Test Taking: Timed Writing -- Student Model: 45-minute timed writing response -- Writing Skills: Steps for timed writing: plan time -- analyze prompt -- brainstorm -- proofread essay

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