Introduction

Unit 1: The Five-Paragraph Essay

PART 1: The Paragraph

- Reading Text: "Becoming an Academic Writer"

- Review of Short Essay Structure

PART 2: Developing the Five-Paragraph Essay     

- The Introduction

- Body Paragraphs

- The Conclusion

PART 3: Unit and Coherence    

- Unity Within a Paragraph

- Unity Within an Essay

- Coherence

PART 4: Editing Your Writing   

- Clauses

- Run-on Sentences

- Sentence Fragments

- Verb Tense Consistency

PART 5: Putting It All Together

Unit 2: Process Analysis Essays

PART 1: Stimulating Ideas       

- Reading Text: "Obon: The Japanese Buddhist Festival of the Dead"

PART 2: Brainstorming and Outlining

- Process Analysis Organization

PART 3: Developing Your Ideas

- Sequence Connectors

- Time Clauses

PART 4: Editing Your Writing   

- Passives

- Passives Without an Agent

- Verbs With No Passive Forms

PART 5: Putting It All Together

Unit 3: Cause and Effect Essays

PART 1: Stimulating Ideas       

- Reading Text: "What Makes People Happy? Young Filmmaker Finds the Answer"

PART 2: Brainstorming and Outlining

- Cause and Effect Organization

PART 3: Developing Your Ideas         

- Relating Effects to Causes

- Cause Connectors

- Effect Connectors

PART 4: Editing Your Writing   

- Real Conditionals

- Unreal Conditionals

PART 5: Putting It All Together

Unit 4: Argumentative Essays

PART 1: Stimulating Ideas       

- Reading Text: "Japanese Man Found Guilty of Online Movie Theft"

PART 2: Brainstorming and Outlining

- Argumentative Organization

PART 3: Developing Your Ideas

- Counter-Argument, Concession, and Refutation Connectors to Show Addition and Contrast

PART 4: Editing Your Writing   

- Adverbial Clauses

- Noun Clauses

PART 5: Putting It All Together

Unit 5: Classification Essays

PART 1: Stimulating Ideas       

- Reading Text: "Skills for Jobs of the Future"

PART 2: Brainstorming and Outlining

- Classification Organization

PART 3: Developing Your Ideas         

- Classification of Groups

- Establishing the Order of Importance, Degree, and Size

PART 4: Editing Your Writing   

- Gerunds

- Infinitives

PART 5: Putting It All Together

Unit 6: Reaction Essays

PART 1: Stimulating Ideas       

- Reading Text: "Creative Photography"

PART 2: Brainstorming and Outlining

- Reaction Organization

PART 3: Developing Your Ideas         

- Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

- Similes

PART 4: Editing Your Writing   

- Relative Clauses

PART 5: Putting It All Together

Appendices

- Appendix I: Advanced Punctuation Issues  

- Appendix II: Gerunds and Infinitives

- Appendix III: Glossary  

- Appendix IV: Correlation to Grammar Sense 3