Writing Matters!
Introduction to Writing and Grammar
Lorraine Dubois McClelland and Patricia
Hale Marcotte
High Beginning to intermediate
Writing Matters! is a writing text for high school, community
college, and adult students. It offers an introduction to
academic writing for students with relatively limited English
skills as well as those students who are somewhat proficient
with spoken English but need to improve their writing skills.
It is unique in that it
integrates—simultaneously in one book—a structured
approach to the standard three-part English paragraph (topic
sentence, body, conclusion) and the supporting sentence skills
which enable beginning students to communicate their ideas in
clear, error-free English.
Features
• Teachers
and students do not need a supplemental writing or grammar
book.
• The
overall approach is to alternate between paragraph skills and
sentence structure, first teaching grammatical points and then
introducing students to the larger context of the paragraph.
• In the sentence structure and grammar
chapters, students concentrate
on basic sentence skills and learn to use a variety of
sentences to make their writing effective and interesting.
• In the paragraph chapters, students learn the basic steps in the writing
process and use reasons, examples, descriptions, and narration
to write clear, well-organized paragraphs.
• The
text can be used for a 5- to 6-hour-a-week course or easily
adapted to other class configurations.
• The
variety and flexibility of activities allow students to work on
an individual basis, in pairs and peer groups, or as an entire
class.
Instructor’s Manual (contains
teaching notes and answers to student book questions)
