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Pathways for Writing Scenarios
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About the Book
About the Book
About the Author
About the Companion Website Author
How To Order a Copy
Student Resources
Part I. Getting Started
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Writing
Internet Activities
Idea Maps
Idea Map 1
Idea Map 2
Idea Map 3
Chapter 2: The Reading-Writing Connection
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Idea Maps
Idea Map 1
Idea Map 2
Idea Map 3
Chapter 3: Expanding Your Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Idea Maps
Word Map
Idea Map
Part II. Sentence Basics and Development
Chapter 4: Complete Sentences Versus Fragments
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Map
Skill Refresher
Pre-Test 1. Identifying sentence fragments (BI)
Pre-Test 2. Identifying sentence fragments (BI)
Pre-Test 3. Identifying sentence fragments (BI)
Post-Test 1. Identifying sentence fragments (BI)
Post-Test 2. Correcting sentence fragments (IA)
Post-Test 3. Correcting sentence fragments (IA)
Additional Practice 1. Identifying sentence fragments (BI)
Additional Practice 2. Correcting sentence fragments (IA)
Additional Practice 3. Correcting sentence fragments (IA)
Additional Practice 4. Correcting sentence fragments (IA)
Chapter 5: Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Map
Skill Refresher
Pre-Test 1. Identifying run-on (fused) sentences (BI)
Pre-Test 2. Identifying run-on (fused) sentences, comma splices, and sentence fragments (BI)
Pre-Test 3. Identifying run-on (fused) sentences and comma splices (BI)
Post-Test 1. Correcting run-on (fused) sentences and comma splices (IA)
Post-Test 2. Correcting run-on (fused) sentences (IA)
Post-Test 3. Correcting run-on (fused) sentences, comma splices, and fragments (IA)
Additional Practice 1. Correcting run-on (fused) sentences, comma splices, and fragments (IA)
Additional Practice 2. Correcting run-on (fused) sentences, comma splices, and fragments (IA)
Additional Practice 3. Correcting run-on (fused) sentences and comma splices with conjunctive adverbs and transitional expressions (IA)
Chapter 6: Combining and Expanding Your Ideas
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Map
Skill Refresher
Section 1. Coordination
Pre-Test 1. Using commas with coordinating conjunctions (BI)
Pre-Test 2. Coordination and subordination: Identifying independent and dependent clauses (BI)
Post-Test 1. Coordinating conjunctions (BI)
Post-Test 2. Coordination and subordination: Identifying compound and complex sentences (IA)
Additional Practice 1. Coordination and subordination: Adverb clauses (IA)
Additional Practice 2. Coordination and subordination: Complex sentences with relative pronouns (IA)
Section 2. Semi-colons and Colons
Pre-Test 1. Semicolons, colons, and commas (BI)
Pre-Test 2. Semicolons and colons (BI)
Pre-Test 3. Semicolons and colons (BI)
Post-Test 1. Semicolons vs. commas (BI)
Post-Test 2. Using colons correctly (BI)
Post-Test 3. Semicolons, colons, and commas (IA)
Additional Practice 1. Semicolons and transitional terms (IA)
Section 3. Subordination
Pre-Test 1. Using commas with coordinating conjunctions (BI)
Pre-Test 2. Coordinating conjunctions (BI)
Post-Test 1. Coordination and subordination: Identifying independent and dependent clauses (BI)
Post-Test 2. Coordination and subordination: Complex sentences with relative pronouns (IA)
Post-Test 3. Coordination and subordination: Identifying compound and complex sentences (IA)
Additional Practice 1. Coordination and subordination: Adverb clauses (IA)
Section 4. Commas
Pre-Test 1. Using commas appropriately (BI)
Pre-Test 2. Using commas appropriately (BI)
Pre-Test 3. Using commas with coordinating conjunctions (BI)
Post-Test 1. Using commas appropriately (IA)
Post-Test 2. Using commas appropriately (IA)
Post-Test 3. Using commas in a series (IA)
Additional Test 1. Identifying commas with appositives and nonessential elements (BI)
Additional Test 2. Using commas with adjective clauses and nonessential elements (BI)
Additional Test 3. Using commas with introductory words, phrases, and clauses (IA)
Additional Test 4. Using commas with coordinating conjunctions (IA)
Chapter 7: Using Adjectives and Adverbs to Describe
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Map
Skill Refresher
Pre-Test 1. Adjectives and adverbs (BI)
Pre-Test 2. Good, well, bad, badly (BI)
Pre-Test 3. Participles as adjectives (BI)
Post-Test 1. Adjectives and adverbs (BI)
Post-Test 2. Participles as adjectives (IA)
Post-Test 3. Adjectives and adverbs (IA)
Additional Practice 1. Identifying adjectives and adverbs (BI)
Additional Practice 2. Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs (BI)
Additional Practice 3. Adverb position (BI)
Chapter 8: Using Modifiers to Add Detail
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Map
Skill Refresher
Section 1: Prepositions
Pre-Test 1. Identifying prepositions (BI)
Post-Test 1. Prepositions (BI)
Section 2. Clauses and Phrases
Pre-Test 1. Phrases (BI)
Pre-test 2. Main clauses and adverb clauses (BI)
Post-Test 1. Phrases (IA)
Post-Test 2. Identifying relative clauses (IA)
Additional Practice 1. Identifying independent and dependent clauses (BI)
Part III. Common Sentence Problems and How to Avoid Them
Chapter 9: Revising Confusing and Inconsistent Sentences
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Map
Skill Refresher
Section 1. Pronoun Reference/Pronoun Agreement
Pre-Test 1. Pronoun agreement (BI)
Pre-Test 2. Pronoun agreement (BI)
Pre-Test 3. Pronoun-antecedent agreement (IA)
Post-Test 1. Identifying pronoun antecedents (BI)
Post-Test 2. Pronoun agreement (BI)
Post-Test 3. Pronoun-antecedent agreement (IA)
Additional Practice 1. Pronoun reference (BI)
Additional Practice 2. Pronoun reference (BI)
Additional Practice 3. Pronoun reference (IA)
Section 2. Pronoun Reference/Pronoun Agreement
Pre-Test 1. Pronoun agreement (BI)
Pre-Test 2. Pronoun reference (BI)
Pre-Test 3. Pronoun-antecedent agreement (IA)
Post-Test 1. Pronoun agreement (BI)
Post-Test 2. Pronoun reference (IA)
Post-Test 3. Pronoun reference (IA)
Additional Practice 1. Identifying pronoun antecedents (BI)
Additional Practice 2. Pronoun reference (BI)
Additional Practice 3. Pronoun reference (IA)
Section 3. Shifts
Pre-Test 1. Shifts in person or number (BI)
Pre-Test 2. Shifts in tense (BI)
Pre-Test 3. Shifts in tense, voice, and mood (BI)
Post-Test 1. Shifts in tense (IA)
Post-Test 2. Shifts in person and number (IA)
Post-Test 3. Shifts in tense (IA)
Section 4. Verb Tenses
Additional Practice 1. Progressive tenses: stative and dynamic verbs (BI)
Additional Practice 2. Shifts in tense (BI)
Additional Practice 3. Shifts in tense (IA)
Section 5. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Pre-Test 1. Misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers (BI)
Pre-Test 2. Misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers (BI)
Post-Test 1. Misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers (BI)
Post-Test 2. Misplaced modifiers, dangling modifiers, and adverb position (BI)
Additional Practice 1. Misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers (IA)
Section 6. Parallel Structure
Pre-Test 1. Parallelism
Pre-Test 2. Parallelism
Post-Test 1. Parallelism
Post-Test 2. Parallelism
Chapter 10: Using Verbs Correctly
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Map
Skill Refresher
Section 1: Verbs
Pre-Test 1. Using regular and irregular verbs (BI)
Pre-Test 2. Using regular and irregular verbs (BI)
Pre-Test 3. Using regular and irregular verbs (IA)
Post-Test 1. Using regular and irregular verbs (BI)
Post-Test 2. Using regular and irregular verbs (BI)
Post-Test 3. Using regular and irregular verbs (IA)
Section 2. Verb Form
Additional Practice 1. Regular and irregular verbs (BI)
Additional Practice 2. Regular and irregular verbs (BI)
Section 3. Verb Tense
Pre-Test 1. Regular and irregular past tense verbs (BI)
Post-Test 1. Regular and irregular past tense verbs (BI)
Additional Practice 1. Regular and irregular past tense verbs (BI)
Section 4. Subject-Verb Agreement
Pre-Test 1. Simple subject-verb agreement (BI)
Pre-Test 2. Subject-verb agreement (BI)
Pre-Test 3. Subject-verb agreement with separated subject and verb (BI)
Post-Test 1. Subject-verb agreement (IA)
Post-Test 2. Subject-verb agreement (IA)
Post-Test 3. Subject-verb agreement with separated subject and verb (IA)
Additional Practice 1. Subject-verb agreement (BI)
Additional Practice 2. Subject-verb agreement (BI)
Additional Practice 3. Subject-verb agreement with compound subjects (IA)
Part IV. Paragraph Basics and Development
Chapter 11: Planning and Organizing
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Maps
Branching Diagram 1
Branching Diagram 2
Idea Map
Chapter 12: Drafting and Revising
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Maps
Revision Map
Idea Map
Chapter 13: Developing, Arranging, and Connecting Details
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Maps
Time Sequence Map 1
Time Sequence Map 2
Idea Map
Chapter 14: Using Methods of Organization
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Maps
Idea Map 1
Idea Map 2
Idea Map 3
Idea Map 4
Idea Map 5
Idea Map 6
Idea Map 7
Idea Map 8
Idea Map 9
Idea Map 10
Idea Map 11
Idea Map 12
Idea Map 13
Idea Map 14
Idea Map 15
Idea Map 16
Idea Map 17
Idea Map 18
Idea Map 19
Part V. Common Paragraph Problems and How to Avoid Them
Chapter 15: Revising Underdeveloped Paragraphs
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Map
Chapter 16: Using an Idea Map to Spot Revision Problems
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Maps
Idea Map 1
Idea Map 2
Idea Map 3
Idea Map 4
Idea Map 5
Idea Map 6
Idea Map 7
Part VI. Essay Basics, Development, and Common Problems
Chapter 17: Essay Basics and Development
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Maps
Chart for structure of an essay
Idea Map 1
Idea Map 2
Chapter 18: Avoiding Common Problems in Essays
Reading Comprehension
Internet Activities
Paragraph Editing Activity
Idea Maps
Idea Map 1
Idea Map 2
Part VII. A Multicultural Reader
Reading Comprehension 1
Reading Comprehension 2
Reading Comprehension 3
Reading Comprehension 4
Reading Comprehension 5
Reading Comprehension 6
Reading Comprehension 7
Reading Comprehension 8
Reading Comprehension 9
Part VIII. Reviewing the Basics
A.1 Nouns & A.2 Pronouns
Pre-Test 1. Plural nouns
Pre-Test 2. Possessive nouns
Pre-Test 3. Reflexive pronouns
Post-Test 1. Plural nouns
Post-Test 2. Possessive pronouns
Post-Test 3. Object pronouns
Additional Practice 1. Plural nouns
Addtional Practice 2. Count and noncount nouns
A.3 Verbs
Section 1. Verb Forms: Auxiliary Verbs, Verbs In conditional sentences
Pre-Test 1. Auxiliary verbs
Pre-Test 2. Say, tell
Pre-Test 3. Verbs in conditional sentences
Post-Test 1. Auxiliary verbs
Post-Test 2. Say, tell
Post-Test 3. Verb forms in conditional sentences
Additional Practice 1. Have to, must
Additional Practice 2. Passive and active
Additional Practice 3. Gerunds
Additional Practice 4. Infinitives
Additional Practice 5. Supposed to
Additional Practice 6. Used to
Section 2. Verb Tenses: Simple present
Pre-Test 1. Simple present
Pre-Test 2. Simple present
Pre-Test 3. Simple present: questions
Post-Test 1. Simple present
Post-Test 2. Simple present
Post-Test 3. Simple present: questions
Additional Practice 1. Simple present: affirmative and negative
Section 3. Verb Tenses: Irregular verbs
Pre-Test 1. Past tense: irregular verbs
Pre-Test 2. Past tense: irregular verbs
Post-Test 1. Past tense: irregular verbs
Post-Test 2. Past tense: irregular verbs
Additional Test 1. Past tense
Addtional Test 2. Past tense: irregular verbs
Section 4. Verb Tenses: Past and present tense
Pre-Test 1. Present continuous
Pre-Test 2. Past continuous
Pre-Test 3. Future tense
Post-Test 1. Present continuous
Post-Test 2. Past continuous
Post-Test 3. Future continuous
Additional Practice 1. Present continuous
Additional Practice 2. Past continuous
Additional Practice 3. Past continuous
Section 5. Verb Tenses: Present perfect, past perfect, future perfect
Pre-Test 1. Present perfect
Pre-Test 2. Present perfect
Pre-Test 3. Past perfect
Post-Test 1. Present perfect
Post-Test 2. Present perfect continuous
Additional Practice 1. Future perfect
Section 6. Verb Tenses: Review of verb tenses, sequence of tenses
Pre-Test 1. Review of verb tenses
Pre-Test 2. Review of verb tenses
Pre-Test 3. Sequence of tenses
Post-Test 1. Review of verb tenses
Post-Test 2. Review of verb tenses
Post-Test 3. Sequence of tenses
Additional Practice 1. Present tense after if, when and until
A.4 Adjectives & A.5 Adverbs
Pre-Test 1. Adjectives and adverbs
Pre-Test 2. Good, well
Pre-Test 3. Comparative adjectives and adverbs
Post-Test 1. Adjectives and adverbs
Post-Test 2. Good, well
Post-Test 3. Comparative adjectives and adverbs
Additional Practice 1. Comparative adjectives and adverbs
Additional Practice 2. Superlative form of adjectives and adverbs
Additional Practice 3. Adjectives and adverbs: As...as
A.7 Prepositions
Additional Practice 1. Prepositions
B.4 Basic Sentence Patterns
Pre-Test 1. Word Order
Post-Test 1. Word Order
B.6 Expanding the Sentence with Patterns
Additional Practice 1. Gerunds
Additional Practice 2. Infinitives
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