Writing Strategies, Book 1: A Student-Centered Approach - Softcover

This is Book One of the revised edition of Writing Strategies, a 2-text series. The 2nd edition of Book One (for High Intermediate students) has been extensively rewritten and expanded, adding a 5th essay type, Expository Essay with a Source. This text is jam-packed with writing activities for a student-centered writing course. Simply put, students learn to write by writing, and these books by David and Peggy Kehe keep the students focused on improving their writing from the first to the last minute of the class hour. Each volume includes three sections with different kinds of activities. In the first section, on Essays, the students follow a careful sequence of steps from preparing the first draft to writing the final essay. The other essay types are Description, Narration, Exposition, and Comparison and Contrast. The second section of the book is on Fluency Writing: In pairs and triads, the students exchange information on a contemporary topic. They finish the activity by summarizing in writing what they have talked about. The third section of the book is titled Grammar Exercises: In this section, the students review those pesky grammar problems that always show up in the process of putting thoughts into grammatically accurate sentences. Each lesson is coordinated with the work on the different essays.