●Unit 1 Writing Effective Sentences
1.1 Writing Correct Sentences
1.2 Writing Concise Sentences
1.3 Writing Emphatic Sentences
1.4 Writing Diversified Sentences
Language Focus: Expending the Subject, Verb and Object
Unit 2 Constructing Effective Paragraphs
2.1 Definition of a Paragraph
2.2 Focused Paragraphs
2.3 Unified Paragraphs
2.4 Coherent Paragraphs
2.5 Well-developed Paragraphs
Longuoge Focus : Paragraph Development
Unit 3 Cueing the Reader
3.1 Orienting Statements
Language Focus: Weak and Strong Thesis Statements
3.2 Paragraphing
3.3 Cohesive Devices
Unit 4 Describing
4.1 How to Describe
4.2 Describing a Person
4.3 Describing a Place
4.4 Describing a Scene
Language Focus: Brush Strokes for Description
Unit 5 Narrating
5.1 The Definition of Narration
5.2 The Pure of Narrating
5.3 Including Enough Details
5.4 Constructing Plots in Dialogue
5.5 Narrative Order
5.6 Point of View
5.7 Planning the Structure
Language Focus: Choosing Accurate and Specific Words
Unit 6 Giving Examples
6.1 Features of Good Examples
6.2 Arrangement of Examples
6.3 Sources of Examples
Language Focus= Phrases for Introducing Examples
Unit 7 Dividing and Classifying
7.1 Definition of Classifying and Dividing
7.2 Effective Division and Classification
7.3 Order Pattern
7.4 Structuring a Dividing and Classifying Essay
Language FOCUS: Words and Transitions
Unit 8 Comparing and Contrasting
8.1 Definition of Comparing and Contrasting
8.2 Forlating a Thesis Statement
8.3 Structuring a Comparison-and-contrast Essay
Language Focus.Transitions in Oomparison-and-contrast Essay
Unit 9 Identifying Cause and Effect
9.1 Structuring a Cause-and-effect Essay
9.2 Classifying Causes and Effects
9.3 Proing a Format for a Cause-and-effect Paragraph
Language Focus: Cause effect Expressions and Connectors
Unit 10 Analyzing a Process
10.1 Types of Process Analysis
10.2 Elements of Process Analysis
10.3 Writing Introductions and Topic Sentences for Directive Process Analysis
10.4 Developing an Informative Process Essay Step-by-step
Unit 11 Defining
11.1 Sentence Definitions
11.2 Extended Definitions
11.3 Formal and Informal Definitions
11.4 Methods of Definition
Language Focus: Structural Patterns for Sentence Definition
Unit 12 Arguing
12.1 Definition of Arguing
12.2 Planning an Argumentative Essay
12.3 Avoiding Fallacies
12.4 Structuring an Argumentative Essay
Language Focus: Clear and Exact Wording
Appendix Using Correct Punctuation Marks