MY Access! Writer's Guide: Table of Contents
1.1 Section Preview: Writing as a Process
1.2 Why do we Write?
1.3 What are the Different Purposes of Language?
1.4 What are the Characteristics of Effective Writing?
1.5 Using Rubrics to Score Essays and Improve Your Writing
1.6 The Writing Process from Prewriting to Publishing
1.7 Section Summary: Writing as a Process
2.1 Section Preview: Focus & Purpose
2.2 What are Focus and Meaning?
2.3 The Reading Before the Writing: Analyzing the Task
2.4 Analyzing Tasks: What is the Controlling (Central or Main) Idea?
2.5 Learning Activities: Analyzing Tasks
2.6 The Reading Before the Writing: Analyzing Text
2.7 Learning Activities: Analyzing Text
2.8 Using Rubrics or Scoring Guides
2.9 Section Summary: Focus & Purpose
3.1. Section Preview: Organization
3.2 What is Effective Organization?
3.3 Guidelines for Effective Organization
3.4 Organizing Patterns
3.5 Guidelines for Organizing your Writing
3.6 Learning Activities: Organizing Patterns
3.7 Transitions and Unifying Devices
3.8 Section Review: Organization
4.1 Section Preview: Content & Development
4.2 Building Detail into Your Essay
4.3 Methods of Development
4.4 Methods of Development: Comparing and Contrasting
4.5 Methods of Development: Making an Order or Series
4.6 Methods of Development: Defining by Listing Key Features
4.7 Methods of Development: Defining by Giving Examples
4.8 Methods of Development: Using Cause and Effect
4.9 Methods of Development: Illustrating with a Story
4.10 Methods of Development: Classifying
4.11 Activities: Developing Ideas with Different Methods
4.12 Section Summary: Content & Development
5.1 Section Preview: Style & Language Use
5.2 What is Style & Language Use?
5.3 Writing for Audience
5.4 Word Choice
5.5 Sentence Variety
5.6 Sentence Types
5.7 Section Review: Style & Language Use
6.1 Section Preview: Grammar & Mechanics
6.2 What are Grammar & Mechanics?
6.3 Grammar and Usage
6.4 Punctuation
6.5 Spelling
6.6 Mechanics
6.7 The Paragraph
6.8 Section Summary: Grammar & Mechanics
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