Clear, simple, and straightforward, this developmental writing text couples thorough coverage of the writing process with many opportunities for grammar practice. The book's 4-color design is crisp and clear, emphasizing the content and presenting it in a manner that is easier for the developmental student to navigate. Unique features of The Write Start include: "The Writer's Resources" appendix; photo exercises in each chapter; and "Read All About It," a feature that accompanies excerpts from professional essays directing students to the Additional Readings section of the book, where they can find the original essay printed in full. The Writer's Toolkit Plus CD-ROM is automatically included free with every book.

Clear and straightforward, The Write Start with Readings: Paragraphs to Essays is a workbook designed to build writing, revision, and critical thinking skills by getting readers writing from the start. The text models the entire writing process, from prewriting to proofreading, with a model paragraph, and extends the writing process model to writing the introductory, body, and conclusion paragraphs of an essay. It then continues instruction in the various modes of development, teaching readers to write paragraphs and essays in each mode. Provides ample practice in applying the techniques and thinking skills. Also included are sample student and professional essays to encourage critical thinking and discussion. A Writer's Resource appendix provides opportunities for students to work on targeted skills in grammar, punctuation, and ESL concerns. For those interested in improving basic writing skills.

Clear, simple, and straightforward, this sentence-to-paragraph developmental writing text couples thorough coverage of the writing process with many opportunities for grammar practice. The book's 4-colour design is crisp and clear, emphasizing the content and presenting it in a manner that is easy for developing writers to navigate. - Editing Practices - throughout the text provide students with realistic opportunities to correct grammar in a context more realistic than sentence drills. - Topic Banks - In the paragraph and essay chapters (Chapters 12-22), writing suggestions have been consolidated in a Topic Bank for ease of use, and one suggestion has been tied to each chapter opening photo. - More Practices in The Writers Resources - the new edition includes a wealth of additional exercises on parts of speech, clauses and phrases, punctuation, and words and meaning. - Flexibility and Modularity - Clear and simple format and ease of use. The topical presentation boasts sequencing that is logical and flows easily from chapter to chapter. Yet all chapters are entirely modular, allowing instructors to customize the text to meet the needs of their individual students/classes. - Simple

With its flexible and effective organization, varied and focused practices, and interesting writing assignments, THE WRITE START: SENTENCES TO PARAGRAPHS WITH PROFESSIONAL AND STUDENT READINGS, International Edition combines writing and grammar instruction to help students build the core skills necessary for becoming effective writers. English as a Second Language pedagogy, from which all developing writers can benefit, informs the entire text. This new edition has been reorganized to better reflect the way that instructors teach the material; combining chapters was a logical and sensible strategy and will enhance the texts navigability. Exercises on sentence fragments and sentence combining have been added, as have new timely and thought-provoking professional and student readings, self-assessment questionnaires, and end-of-chapter Writing Opportunities that encourage students to see themselves as experts who will use writing in their careers.