Bridges to Academic Writing

An in-depth process approach to writing with instruction in organizational patterns, including narration, reasons, and summary/response. Specifically geared toward students who need to develop their writing skills, the Student's Book introduces various methods of organizing ideas, and provides practice in writing in response to reading prompts. This text features extensive guidelines for paragraph and composition development. It also includes a broad selection of engaging readings that are geared for summary/response assignments, and offers a wide variety of personal and academic writing assignments.SECTION ONE: COMPOSING: THE BASICS; Chapter 1: Writing about a Person; Chapter 2: Narrating a Personal Experience; Chapter 3: Providing Examples; Chapter 4: Supplying Reasons; Chapter 5: Explaining with Parallel Points; SECTION TWO: COMPOSING: RESPONDING TO OUTSIDE SOURCES; Chapter 6: Proverbs and Quotations; Chapter 7: Writing a Summary; Chapter 8: Articles from Magazines and Newspapers; Chapter 9: Selections from Literature; SECTION THREE: SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL FOR REFINING SKILLS; Part 1: Distinguishing General and Specific Ideas; Part 2: Narrowing a Topic; Part 3: Writing Titles; Part 4: Focusing on Main Ideas; Part 5: Practicing Support; Part 6: Practicing Conclusions; Part 7: Deciding on Paragraph Size; Appendix 1: The Product: Three Essentials; Appendix 2: Process Writing; Appendix 3: Your Personal Spelling List; Appendix 4: Grammar Highlights