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With its combination of composition segments, grammar lessons, literature models, and hands-on practice exercises, Writer’s Choice initiates, expands, and executes what it takes to make your students willing, proficient writers. Features:
- An innovative and challenging TIME: Facing the Blank Page section filled with nonfiction writing opportunities
- A variety of assessment options both in print and online with the depth, breadth, and resources for the right assessment at the right time for the right student
- A confidence-building Business and Technical Writing unit to prepare your students for real-world experiences
Writer’s Choice Grade 8 Student Edition Grammar and Composition 1st Table of contents:
PART 1 COMPOSITION
Unit 1 Personal Writing. 2
Writing in the Real World 4
from The Lost Garden Memoir by Laurence Yep
Instruction and Practice
1.1 Writing for Yourself 8
Write a Letter; Listening and Speaking; Cross-Curricular Activity; Grammar Link
1.2 Writing to Learn 12
Write a Learning Log Entry; Using Computers; Viewing and Representing; Grammar Link
1.3 Writing About Wishes and Dreams 16
Write a Journal Entry; Cross-Curricular Activity; Listening and Speaking; Grammar Link
1.4 Writing One’s Own Story 20
Write About an Event;Viewing and Representing; Cross-Curricular Activity; Grammar Link
Writing About Literature
1.5 Responding in a Journal 24
Write a Response to Literature; Using Computers; Listening and Speaking; Grammar Link
Personal Writing Project 28
Write about an experience you have shared with someone else.
• Prewriting • Drafting • Revising
• Editing/Proofreading • Publishing/Presenting
from Living up the Street by Gary Soto 32
Linking Writing and Literature Exploring Gary Soto’s personal writing 38
Writing Across the Curriculum 39
Unit 2 The Writing Process 40
Facing the Blank Page 97
Writing in the Real World 42
from Rock ’n’ Roll Physics
Documentary produced by Bill Kurtis
Instruction and Practice
2.1 Working with the Writing Process 46
Write a Paragraph;Viewing and Representing; Cross-
Curricular Activity; Grammar Link
2.2 Prewriting: Determining Audience and Purpose 50
Collect Topic Ideas; Listening and Speaking; Viewing and Representing; Grammar Link
2.3 Prewriting: Investigating a Topic 54
Investigate Your Topic; Using Computers;Viewing and Representing; Grammar Link
2.4 Prewriting: Organizing Ideas 58
Organize Your Ideas; Listening and Speaking; Using Computers; Grammar Link
2.5 Drafting:Writing It Down 62
Write a Draft; Cross-Curricular Activity; Viewing and Representing; Grammar Link
2.6 Revising: Taking a Fresh Look 66
Revise Your Draft; Listening and Speaking; Using Computers; Grammar Link
2.7 Revising:Writing Unified Paragraphs 70
Check for Unified Paragraphs;Viewing and Representing;
Cross-Curricular Activity; Grammar Link
2.8 Revising:Writing Varied Sentences 74
Revise for Variety; Listening and Speaking; Using Computers; Grammar Link
2.9 Editing/Proofreading: Fine-tuning Your Work 78
Edit Your Writing; Using Computers;Viewing and Representing; Grammar Link
2.10 Publishing/Presenting: Sharing Your Writing 82
Present Your Writing;Viewing and Representing; Using Computers; Grammar Link
Writing Process in Action Writing Process Project 86
Write about an exciting event you’ve experienced.
• Prewriting • Drafting • Revising
• Editing/Proofreading • Publishing/Presenting
“The Game” by Walter Dean Myers 90
Linking Writing and Literature Exploring how Walter Dean Myers interests readers 95
Writing Across the Curriculum 96
Facing the Blank Page 97
Writing for TIME • Prewriting • Drafting • Revising
• Editing/Proofreading • Publishing/Presenting
Unit 3 Descriptive Writing. 108
Writing in the Real World 110
from How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
Fiction by Julia Alvarez
Instruction and Practice
3.1 Writing Descriptions 114
Describe a Person; Cross-Curricular Activity; Listening and Speaking; Grammar Link
3.2 Collecting Sensory Details 118
Write a Description of a Walk; Listening and Speaking; Viewing and Representing;
Grammar Link
3.3 Using Precise Language 122
Describe from an Animal’s Point of View; Listening and Speaking; Viewing and
Representing; Grammar Link
3.4 Using Spatial Order 126
Use Spatial Order; Cross-Curricular Activity; Listening and Speaking; Grammar Link
3.5 Describing a Thing 130
Write a Description of a Childhood Treasure; Using
Computers; Cross-Curricular Activity; Grammar Link
Writing About Literature 3.6 Describing the Subject of a Biography 134
Write a Descriptive Response;Viewing and Representing; Using Computers; Grammar Link
Writing Process in Action Descriptive Writing Project 138
Write about something that you enjoy doing.
• Prewriting • Drafting • Revising
• Editing/Proofreading • Publishing/Presenting
from Thrashin’ Time by David Weitzman 142
Linking Writing and Literature Thinking about David Weitzman’s descriptive writing 148
Writing Across the Curriculum 149
Unit 4 Narrative Writing 150
Writing in the Real World 152
Matthew Ashby of Colonial Williamsburg
Monologue performed by Arthur Johnson
Instruction and Practice
4.1 Writing the Stories of History
Write an Introduction; Cross-Curricular Activity; Listening and Speaking; Grammar Link 156
4.2 Using Chronological Order
Write a Narrative; Cross-Curricular Activity;Viewing and Representing; Grammar Link 160
4.3 Establishing Point of View
Write a Narrative Paragraph;Viewing and Representing; Using Computers; Grammar Link 164
4.4 Writing Realistic Dialogue
Write a Dialogue; Using Computers; Listening and Speaking; Grammar Link 168
4.5 Relating a Historical Event
Write a Narrative Journal Entry; Cross-Curricular
Activity;Viewing and Representing; Grammar Link 172
4.6 Writing a News Story
Write a News Story; Using Computers;Viewing and Representing; Grammar Link 176
Writing About Literature
4.7 Responding to a Historical Narrative
Responding to a Spoken Narrative; Cross-Curricular
Activity; Listening and Speaking; Grammar Link 180
Writing Process in Action Narrative Writing Project 184
Write a historical narrative about an ancestor.
• Prewriting • Drafting • Revising
• Editing/Proofreading • Publishing/Presenting
from Lyddie by Katherine Paterson 188
Linking Writing and Literature Analyzing Paterson’s historical narrative 194
Writing Across the Curriculum 195
Unit 5 Expository Writing 196
Writing in the Real World 198
from Indian America
Travel guide by Gary McLain,“Eagle/Walking Turtle”
Instruction and Practice
5.1 Conveying Information 202
Write an Informative Essay; Listening and Speaking; Viewing and Representing; Grammar Link
5.2 Structuring an Explanation 206
Write an Explanation; Using Computers; Listening and Speaking; Grammar Link
5.3 Writing to Compare and Contrast 210
Write a Compare-and-Contrast Essay; Cross-Curricular Activity; Listening and Speaking;
Grammar Link
5.4 Writing About a Process 214
Write a Step-by-Step Guide; Listening and Speaking; Viewing and Representing; Grammar Link
5.5 Explaining Connections Between Events 218
Write a Cause-and-Effect Letter; Cross-Curricular Activity;
Listening and Speaking; Grammar Link
5.6 Answering an Essay Question 222
Write a Question and Its Answer; Listening and Speaking; Cross-Curricular Activity;
Grammar Link
5.7 Reports: Researching a Topic 226
Choose a Topic and Begin Your Research; Listening and Speaking; Using Computers;
Grammar Link
5.8 Reports:Writing a Business Letter to
Request Information 230
Write a Business Letter; Listening and Speaking; Using Computers; Grammar Link
5.9 Reports: Planning and Drafting 234
Outline and Draft; Listening and Speaking; Using Computers; Grammar Link
5.10 Reports: Revising, Editing, and Presenting 238
Revise, Edit, and Share Your Report; Listening and Speaking; Viewing and Representing;
Grammar Link
Writing About Literature 5.11 Comparing Two Poems 242
Write About Similarities and Differences; Listening and Speaking; Cross-Curricular Activity;
Grammar Link
Writing Process in Action Expository Writing Project 246
Research and write about a landmark in your state.
• Prewriting • Drafting • Revising
• Editing/Proofreading • Publishing/Presenting
from Always to Remember by Brent Ashabranner 250
Linking Writing and Literature Exploring Brent Ashabranner’s expository writing 258
Writing Across the Curriculum 259
Unit 6 Persuasive Writing 260
Writing in the Real World 262
from“Joint Venture” Proposal by Indira Freitas Johnson
Instruction and Practice
6.1 Writing Persuasively 266
Write a Persuasive Paragraph; Cross-Curricular Activity; Viewing and Representing;
Grammar Link
6.2 Determining a Position 270
Write a Position Paper; Cross-Curricular Activity; Listening and Speaking; Grammar Link
6.3 Evaluating Evidence 274
Write a Persuasive Essay; Listening and Speaking; Viewing and Representing; Grammar Link
6.4 Developing a Strategy 278
Write a Presentation; Listening and Speaking; Using Computers; Grammar Link
6.5 Strengthening Your Argument 282
Revise a Persuasive Piece; Using Computers; Listening and Speaking; Grammar Link
6.6 Creating an Ad 286
Write an Ad; Listening and Speaking; Cross-Curricular Activity; Grammar Link
6.7 Writing a Letter to the Editor 290
Write a Letter to the Editor; Cooperative Learning; Viewing and Representing; Grammar Link
Writing About Literature 6.8 Writing a Book Review 294
Write a Book Review; Cross-Curricular Activity; Listening and Speaking; Grammar Link
Writing Process in Action Persuasive Writing Project 298
Write an article about how an important current issue might affect the future.
• Prewriting • Drafting • Revising
• Editing/Proofreading • Publishing/Presenting
from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 302
Linking Writing and Literature Exploring Rachel Carson’s persuasive techniques 306
Writing Across the Curriculum 307
Unit 7 Troubleshooter 308
Business and Technical Writing 332
7.1 Sentence Fragment 310
7.2 Run-on Sentence 312
7.3 Lack of Subject-Verb Agreement 314
7.4 Incorrect Verb Tense or Form 318
7.5 Incorrect Use of Pronouns 320
7.6 Incorrect Use of Adjectives 322
7.7 Incorrect Use of Commas 324
7.8 Incorrect Use of Apostrophes 327
7.9 Incorrect Capitalization 330
Business and Technical Writing 332
Instruction and Practice Business Letters 333
Memos 338
Work Plans 341
Public Service Announcements 344
Newsletters 348
Multimedia Presentations 352
PART 2 GRAMMAR, USAGE, AND MECHANICS
Unit 8 Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences 358
8.1 Kinds of Sentences 359
8.2 Sentences and Sentence Fragments 361
8.3 Subjects and Predicates 363
8.4 Identifying Subjects and Predicates 365
8.5 Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates 367
8.6 Simple and Compound Sentences 369
Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences 371
from Growing Up by Russell Baker
Writing Application Sentence Patterns in Writing; Techniques with Sentence Patterns;
Practice 379
Unit 9 Nouns 380
9.1 Kinds of Nouns 381
9.2 Compound Nouns 383
9.3 Possessive Nouns 385
9.4 Distinguishing Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions 387
9.5 Collective Nouns 389
9.6 Appositives 391
Nouns 393
from Barbara Jordan by James Haskins
Writing Application Nouns in Writing; Techniques with Nouns; Practice 399
Unit 10 Verbs 400
10.1 Action Verbs 401
10.2 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 403
10.3 Verbs with Indirect Objects 405
10.4 Linking Verbs and Predicate Words 407
10.5 Present and Past Tenses 409
10.6 Main Verbs and Helping Verbs 411
10.7 Progressive Forms 413
10.8 Perfect Tenses 415
10.9 Expressing Future Time 417
10.10 Active and Passive Voice 419
10.11 Irregular Verbs 421
10.12 More Irregular Verbs 423
Verbs 425
from Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Writing Application Verbs in Writing; Techniques with Verbs; Practice 433
Unit 11 Pronouns 434
11.1 Personal Pronouns 435
11.2 Pronouns and Antecedents 437
11.3 Using Pronouns Correctly 439
11.4 Possessive Pronouns 441
11.5 Indefinite Pronouns 443
11.6 Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns 445
11.7 Interrogative and Demonstrative Pronouns 447
Pronouns 449
from Emily Dickinson by Bonita E. Thayer
Writing Application Pronouns in Writing; Techniques with Pronouns; Practice 455
Unit 12 Adjectives and Adverbs 456
12.1 Adjectives 457
12.2 Articles and Proper Adjectives 459
12.3 Comparative and Superlative Adjectives 461
12.4 Demonstratives 463
12.5 Adverbs 465
12.6 Comparative and Superlative Adverbs 467
12.7 Using Adverbs and Adjectives 469
12.8 Avoiding Double Negatives 471
Adjectives and Adverbs 473
from I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
Writing Application Adjectives and Adverbs in Writing; Techniques with
Adjectives and Adverbs; Practice 479
Liitterratturre Modell
Unit 13 Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections 480
13.1 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases 481
13.2 Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions 483
13.3 Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives and Adverbs 485
13.4 Conjunctions. 487
13.5 Conjunctive Adverbs 489
13.6 Interjections 491
13.7 Finding All the Parts of Speech 493
Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections 495
from Morning Girl by Michael Dorris
Writing Application Conjunctions and Prepositions in Writing; Techniques with
Conjunctions and Prepositions; Practice 503
Unit 14 Clauses and Complex Sentences 504
14.1 Sentences and Clauses 505
14.2 Complex Sentences 507
14.3 Adjective Clauses 509
14.4 Essential and Nonessential Clauses 511
14.5 Adverb Clauses 513
14.6 Noun Clauses 515
Clauses and Complex Sentences 517
from The Education of a Baseball Player by Mickey Mantle
Writing Application Clauses in Writing; Techniques with Clauses; Practice 525
Unit 15 Verbals 526
15.1 Participles and Participial Phrases 527
15.2 Gerunds and Gerund Phrases 529
15.3 Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases 531
Verbals 533
from“Wilma” by Wilma Rudolph
Writing Application Verbals in Writing; Techniques with Verbals; Practice 539
Unit 16 Subject-Verb Agreement 540
16.1 Making Subjects and Verbs Agree 541
16.2 Problems with Locating the Subject 543
16.3 Collective Nouns and Other Special Subjects 545
16.4 Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects 547
16.5 Agreement with Compound Subjects 549
Subject-Verb Agreement 551
from“Bats” by Diane Ackerman
Writing Application Subject-Verb Agreement in Writing; Techniques with
Subject-Verb Agreement; Practice 557
Unit 17 Glossary of Special Usage Problems 558
17.1 Using Troublesome Words I 559
17.2 Using Troublesome Words II 561
17.3 Using Troublesome Words III 563
Grammar Review Glossary of Special Usage Problems 565
from“Star Fever” by Judith Herbst
Writing Application Usage in Writing; Techniques with Usage; Practice 569
Unit 18 Diagraming Sentences 570
18.1 Diagraming Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates 571
18.2 Diagraming the Four Kinds of Sentences 572
18.3 Diagraming Direct and Indirect Objects 573
18.4 Diagraming Adjectives,Adverbs, and Prepositional Phrases 574
18.5 Diagraming Predicate Nouns and Predicate Adjectives 575
18.6 Diagraming Compound Sentence Parts . . . . 576
18.7 Diagraming Compound Sentences . . . . . . . . 577
18.8 Diagraming Complex Sentences with Adjective and Adverb Clauses 578
18.9 Diagraming Noun Clauses 579
18.10 Diagraming Verbals I 580
18.11 Diagraming Verbals II 581
Unit 19 Capitalization 582
19.1 Capitalizing Sentences, Quotations, and Salutations 583
19.2 Capitalizing Names and Titles of People 585
19.3 Capitalizing Names of Places 587
19.4 Capitalizing Other Proper Nouns and Adjectives 589
Grammar Review Capitalization 591
from Morning Star, Black Sun by Brent Ashabranner
Writing Application Capitalization in Writing; Techniques with Capitalization;
Practice 597
Unit 20 Punctuation 598
20.1 Using the Period and Other End Marks 599
20.2 Using Commas I 601
20.3 Using Commas II 603
20.4 Using Commas III 605
20.5 Using Semicolons and Colons 607
20.6 Using Quotation Marks and Italics 609
20.7 Using Apostrophes 611
20.8 Using Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses 613
20.9 Using Abbreviations 615
20.10 Writing Numbers 617
Punctuation 619
from A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
Writing Application Apostrophes in Writing; Techniques with Apostrophes; Practice 627
Unit 21 Grammar Through Sentence Combining 628
21.1 Prepositional Phrases 629
21.2 Appositives 631
21.3 Adjective Clauses 633
21.4 Adverb Clauses 635
Grammar Review Mixed Review 637
PART 3 RESOURCES AND SKILLS
Unit 22 Library and Reference Resources 640
22.1 The Sections of a Library 641
22.2 Call Number Systems 644
22.3 Library Catalogs 646
22.4 Types of Reference Works 649
22.5 Searching for Periodicals 653
22.6 Using the Internet and Other Media 655
22.7 The Dictionary 657
22.8 The Thesaurus 661
Unit 23 Vocabulary and Spelling 663
23.1 Words from American English 664
23.2 Context Clues 668
23.3 Prefixes and Suffixes 671
23.4 Synonyms and Antonyms 676
23.5 Homographs and Homophones 679
23.6 Spelling Rules 682
23.7 Becoming a Better Speller 691
Unit 24 Study Skills 694
24.1 Using Book Features 695
24.2 Skimming, Scanning, and Careful Reading 697
24.3 Summarizing 699
24.4 Making Study Plans 701
24.5 The SQ3R Method 703
24.6 Gathering and Organizing Information 706
24.7 Graphic Information 709
24.8 Memorizing 713
Unit 25 Taking Tests 715
25.1 Strategies 716
25.2 Classroom Tests 718
25.3 Standardized Tests 722
25.4 Standardized Test Practice . 729
Unit 26 Listening and Speaking 754
26.1 Effective Listening 755
26.2 Interviewing Skills 760
26.3 Informal Speech 764
26.4 Oral Reports 769
26.5 Formal Speeches 772
26.6 Storytelling 776
Unit 27 Viewing and Representing 779
27.1 Interpreting Visual Messages 780
27.2 Analyzing Media Messages . 786
27.3 Producing Media Messages 790
Unit 28 Electronic Resources 795
28.1 Computers and the Internet 796
28.2 Getting on the Internet 798
28.3 Evaluating Internet Sources 803
28.4 Using Other Internet Features: E-Mail 807
28.5 Other Electronic Sources . 811
Writing and Language Glossary 813
Spanish Glossary 822
Index 833
Acknowledgments 846
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