This is a front-line book on writing that comes classroom-ready with the essentiale lements students need to confront the challenges and overcome the difficulties inacquiring a structurally new writing system. This book offers a combined program of knowledge and classroom-tested activities, including sensible advice, for developing specific skills and techniques on how to write effective 3- and 5- paragraph essays.The target audience can be teachers desirous of a proven set of progressive teaching modules, as well as students whose English proficiency ranges from upper basic toupper intermediate level and beyond, and who wish to become skilled at the three main stages of writing.

FOREWORD by Ji Yuhua

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION TO THE CHINA VERSION

PART 1:THE WRITING PROCESS

 LESSON 1-INTERNATIONAL IBC SYSTEM

 LESSON 2-DE-CONSTRUCTION

 LESSON 3-FOUNDATIONS OF GOOD WRITING

 LESSON 4-STAR POINTS WHEN WRITING AN ESSAY

 LESSON 5-PLANNING TO WRITE AND WRITING TO PLAN

 LESSON 6-INDUCTIVE VERSUS DEDUCTIVE REASONING

 LESSON 7-REVIEW AND EXERCISES

 LESSON 8-INTRODUCTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

 LESSON 9-BODY TYPES

 LESSON 10-INTERVAL REVIEW

 LESSON 11-DESCRIPTION PART 1

 LESSON 12-DESCRIPTION PART 2

 LESSON 13-NARRATION PART 1

 LESSON 14-NARRATION PART 2

 LESSON 15-PRESENTATIONS

 LESSON 16-SEMESTER REVIEW

PART 2:THE WRITTEN PRODUCT

 LESSON 17-PREWRITING REVIEW

 LESSON 18-SENTENCE SKILLS

 LESSON 19-TEM WRITING

 LESSON 20-ARGUMENTATION

 LESSON 21-PROCESS

 LESSON 22-CAUSE/EFFECT

 LESSON 23-COMPARISON/CONTRAST

 LESSON 24-DEFINITION

 LESSON 25-DIVISION/CLASSIFICATION

 LESSON 26-EXAMPLES

 LESSON 27-INTERVAL REVIEW

 LESSON 28-REVISION TECHNIQUES

 LESSON 29-IMPLIED MEANING

 LESSON 30-HAIKU

 LESSON 31-PRESENTATIONS

 LESSON 32-FINAL REVIEW

APPENDICES

INDEX