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Grounded in John Langan's Four Bases -- unity, coherence, sentence skills, and support -- English Skills with Readings employs a unique personalized learning plan to address student deficits in grammar and mechanics and to free instructional time for activities emphasizing writing process and critical thinking. English Skills with Readings features John Langan's trademark crystal-clear explanations, along with his range of motivating activities and writing assignments that reinforce the four bases of effective writing. The new edition adds a variety of exciting new features to John Langan's proven approach, and reinstates much-requested material from previous editions.

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• To the Instructor
• Part 1 Basic Principles of Effective Writing
• Chapter 1 An Introduction to Writing
• Understanding Point and Support
• An Overview: How the Book is Organized
• Benefits of Paragraph Writing
• Writing as a Skill
• Writing as a Process of Discovery
• Keeping a Journal
• Using This Text
• Chapter 2 The Writing Process
• COnsidering Purpose and Audience
• Prewriting
• Writing a First Draft
• Revising
• Editing
• Review Activities
• Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Writing
• Step 1 Begin With a Point
• Step 2 Support the Point with Specific Evidence
• Reinforcing Point and Support
• The Importance of Specific Details
• The Importance of Adequate Details
• Practice in Making and Supporting a Point
• Chapter 4 The Third Step in Writing
• Step 3 Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence
• Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence
• Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Writing
• Step 4 Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences
• Revising Sentences
• Editing Sentences
• Practice in Revising Sentences
• Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Writing
• Base 1 Unity
• Base 2 Support
• Base 3 Coherence
• Base 4 Sentence Skills
• Practice in Using the Four Bases
• Part 2 Paragraph Development
• Chapter 7 Introduction to Paragraph Development
• Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development
• Important Considerations in Paragraph Development
• Using a Computer
• Using Peer Review
• Doing a Personal Review
• Chapter 8 Exemplification
• Chapter 9 Process
• Chapter 10 Cause and Effect
• Chapter 11 Comparison and Contrast
• Chapter 12 Definition
• Chapter 13 Division and Classification
• Chapter 14 Description
• Chapter 15 Narration
• Chapter 16 Argument
• Chapter 17 Additional Paragraph Assignments
• Part 3 Essay Development
• Chapter 18 Writing the Essay
• What Is an Essay?
• Important Points About the Essay
• Essays to Consider
• Planning the Essay
• Practice in Writing the Essay
• Essay Writing Assignments
• Part 4 Research Skills
• Chapter 19 Using the Library and the Internet
• Chapter 20 Writing a Research Paper
• Part 5 Handbook of Sentence Skills
• Preview
• Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test
• Section I Grammar
• Chapter 21 Subjects and Verbs
• Chapter 22 Sentence Sense
• Chapter 23 Fragments
• Chapter 24 Run-Ons
• Chapter 25 Standard English Verbs
• Chapter 26 Irregular Verbs
• Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement
• Chapter 28 Pronoun Agreement and Reference
• Chapter 29 Pronoun Types
• Chapter 30 Adjectives and Adverbs
• Chapter 31 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
• Section II Mechanics3
• Chapter 32 Paper Format
• Chapter 33 Capital Letters
• Chapter 34 Numbers and Abbreviations
• Section III Punctuation
• Chapter 35 Apostrophe
• Chapter 36 Quotation Marks
• Chapter 37 Comma
• Chapter 38 Other Punctuation Marks
• Section IV Word Use
• Chapter 39 Using the Dictionary
• Chapter 40 Improving Spelling
• Chapter 41 Vocabulary Development
• Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words
• Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice
• Chapter 44 ESL Pointers
• Section V Practice
• Chapter 45 Combined Mastery Tests
• Chapter 46 Editing Tests
• Sentence-Skills Achievement Test
• Part 6 Readings for Writers
• Introduction to the Readings
• "All the Good Things,"
• "Rowing the Bus,"
• "The Scholarship Jacket,"
• "Joe Davis: A Cool Man,"
• "The Fist, the Clay, and the Rock,"
• "What Good Familes Are Doing Right,"
• "Do It Better!" Ben Carson with Cecil Murphey
• "Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name,"
• "Let's Really Reform Our Schools,"
• "How They Get You to Do That,"
• *"Managing Conflicts in Relationships,"
• "Extra Large, Please,"
• "The Most Hateful Words,"
• *"Group Pressure,"
• *"In the Beginning,"
• "From Father to Son, Last Words to Live by,"
• "A Drunken Ride, a Tragic Aftermath,"
• Reading Comprehension Chart
• Appendix: Answers and Charts
• Preview
• Answers to Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects
• Charts
• Acknowledgments
• Index