Develop writing skills with Ready to Write for adults of all ages

Ready to Write provides basic writing instruction, dependable strategies and many opportunities for students to practise the composition skills they need to be successful writers in- and outside the classroom. Examples and model paragraphs illustrate organizing elements such as topic sentences, supporting details and signal words. The step-by-step activities guide students in describing, summarizing, analyzing data, comparing and contrasting, and writing test answers.

The varied and contextualized writing activities prepare students for real-life tasks, while the editing and proofreading exercises help them refine their writing skills. Included with the coursebook is ProofWriter, an online writing assessment tool from ETS, that provides students with immediate, individualized feedback on grammar, usage, style and mechanics.

New to This Edition

• Updated examples and model paragraphs illustrate such organizing elements as topic sentences, supporting details and signal words.
• New Learning Outcomes let students know the goals of each chapter and what their learning experience will be.
• New Essential Online Resources contain the Answer Keys, plus additional activities for extra practice in grammar for writing with a focus on basic punctuation, writing mechanics and paragraph structure.

Other Highlights

• Extensive practice activities and clear teachable steps guide students through prewriting, writing, revising and editing as they move from personal writing (emails, journals, letters) to academic writing (essays, lab reports, analyzing data, college applications).
• Paragraph writing assignments provide practice in various rhetorical writing types, including narration, description, opinion, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem/solution.
• Grammar for Writing presents key grammar points and practice to boost accuracy.
• Varied contextualized writing assignments help students with real-life tasks.
• Writer?s tips help students work toward unity, accuracy and coherence in their paragraphs.
• Extended word banks help increase students? topic-based vocabulary.

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• Ready to Write 2, 5^th Ed.- Student Book - Scope and Sequence

• Ready to Write 2, 5th Ed.- Student Book - Sample