Ready to Write 1 , Third Edition, is a revision of Get Ready to Write, the first book in the highly-successful three-book Ready to Write series. The book teaches beginning students the composition skills they need to be successful writers in and out of the classroom. A fresh new design, updated content throughout, and a host of new activities reinforce the approach that has made the Ready to Write series a classroom favorite for more than two decades. Features: Updated examples and model paragraphs illustrate organizing elements such as topic sentences, supporting details, and signal words. Step-by-step activities guide students in comparing and contrasting, describing, analyzing data, writing test answers, and summarizing. Varied, contextualized writing tasks help students with real-life tasks. Editing and proofreading exercises encourage students to refine their writing skills. New Grammar Guide section presents important grammar points and practice items to boost accuracy. Ready to Write also includes: Ready to Write 2 Ready to Write 3
Ready to Write: A First Composition Text
"Previously published as: Get Ready to Write, A First Composition Text, 2nd ed."
Set your students on the right course with the second edition of "Get Ready to Write," by Karen Blanchard and Christine Root.
New to this edition is an updated presentation of the writing process, new peer-editing worksheets, web-based exercises, and expanded guided practice.
Previously published as: Ready to Write, A First Composition Text, 3rd ed., 2002.
-Daniel H. Wilson , author of Robopocalypse " I was blown away by this book . ... Ernie Cline has pulled the raddest of all magic tricks : He's managed to write a novel that's at once serious and playful , that is as fun to read as it ...
A fresh new design, updated content throughout, and a host of new activities reinforce the approach that has made the Ready to Write series a classroom favorite for more than two decades.
Starting with theory takes practitioners through developmental stages, looks at gender differences in mark making & provides some innovative ideas for intervention.
Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title: “Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying ...
Ready to Learn: Write and Wipe Pre-Kindergarten Workbook builds the foundational skills in reading, writing, and math that children ages 3 to 5 will need when they arrive in kindergarten.