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Great Writing Level 1 Student Book 5th Edition [Paperback]

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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 207 pages, height x width x depth: 10x213x274 mm, weight: 635 g, Illustrations
  • Sērija : Great Writing Series
  • Izdošanas datums: 29-Jan-2019
  • Izdevniecība: National Geographic/(ELT)
  • Valoda: American English
  • Līmenis: Level 1
  • CEFR: A2
  • ISBN-10: 0357020820
  • ISBN-13: 9780357020821
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 207 pages, height x width x depth: 10x213x274 mm, weight: 635 g, Illustrations
  • Sērija : Great Writing Series
  • Izdošanas datums: 29-Jan-2019
  • Izdevniecība: National Geographic/(ELT)
  • Valoda: American English
  • Līmenis: Level 1
  • CEFR: A2
  • ISBN-10: 0357020820
  • ISBN-13: 9780357020821
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The new edition of the Great Writing series provides clear explanations, extensive models of academic writing and practice to help learners write great sentences, paragraphs, and essays. With expanded vocabulary instruction, sentence-level practice, and National Geographic content to spark ideas, students have the tools they need to become confident writers.

Updated in this Edition:
Clearly organized units offer the practice students need to become effective independent writers.

Each unit includes:
Part 1: Elements of Great Writing teaches the fundamentals of organized writing, accurate grammar, and precise mechanics.
Part 2: Building Better Vocabulary provides practice with carefully-selected, level-appropriate academic words.
Part 3: Building Better Sentences helps writers develop longer and more complex sentences.
Part 4: Writing activities allow students to apply what they have learned by guiding them through writing, editing, and revising.
Part 5: New Test Prep section gives a test-taking tip and timed task to prepare for high-stakes standardized tests, including IELTs and TOEFL.

The new guided online writing activity takes students through the entire writing process with clear models for reference each step of the way.

Features:
• New Test Prep section gives a test-taking tip and timed task to prepare for high-stakes standardized tests, including IELTs and TOEFL.

• Updated National Geographic content sparks ideas for refined academic writing.

• The new guided online writing activity improves students ability to outline, draft, revise, and finalize their work.

• Expanded Building Better Vocabulary highlights academic words, word associations, collocations, word forms, and vocabulary for writing.

• Expanded Building Better Sentences helps writers develop longer and more complex sentences.
Unit 1 Sentence Basics
2(26)
Elements of Great Writing
4(15)
What Is a Sentence?
4(2)
Avoiding Fragments
6(1)
Sentences with the Verb Be
7(3)
Grammar: Expressing Place and Time
10(2)
Grammar: There Is/There Are + Prepositional Phrase
12(5)
Mechanics: Beginning and Ending a Sentence
17(1)
Mechanics: Using Capital Letters with Proper Nouns
18(1)
Building Better Vocabulary
19(2)
Building Better Sentences
21(3)
Writing
24(4)
Editing
25(1)
Peer Editing
25(2)
Additional Topics for Writing
27(1)
Test Prep
27(1)
Unit 2 Paragraph Basics
28(30)
Elements of Great Writing
30(22)
What Is a Paragraph?
30(2)
Mechanics: The Title of a Paragraph
32(2)
Parts of a Paragraph: The Topic Sentence
34(3)
Parts of a Paragraph: Supporting Sentences
37(2)
Grammar: Adjective + Noun
39(2)
Grammar: Linking Verb + Adjective
41(2)
Sequence Words and Phrases
43(1)
Grammar: Subject and Object Pronouns
44(3)
Grammar: Possessive Adjectives
47(1)
Parts of a Paragraph: The Concluding Sentence
48(4)
Building Better Vocabulary
52(2)
Building Better Sentences
54(2)
Writing
56(2)
Editing
56(1)
Additional Topics for Writing
57(1)
Test Prep
57(1)
Unit 3 Writing about the Present
58(24)
Elements of Great Writing
60(16)
Using the Simple Present
60(1)
Grammar: The Simple Present Affirmative
61(6)
Grammar: The Simple Present Negative
67(2)
Grammar: Simple and Compound Sentences
69(4)
Grammar: Using A and An or O
73(1)
Grammar: Using The
74(2)
Building Better Vocabulary
76(2)
Building Better Sentences
78(2)
Writing
80(2)
Editing
80(1)
Additional Topics for Writing
81(1)
Test Prep
81(1)
Unit 4 Writing about the Past
82(22)
Elements of Great Writing
84(14)
Using the Simple Past
84(1)
Grammar: The Simple Past Affirmative
85(3)
Grammar: Past Time Words and Phrases
88(1)
Grammar: The Simple Past Negative
89(4)
Grammar: Adverbs of Manner
93(2)
Grammar: Complex Sentences with Time Clauses
95(3)
Building Better Vocabulary
98(2)
Building Better Sentences
100(2)
Writing
102(2)
Editing
102(1)
Additional Topics for Writing
103(1)
Test Prep
103(1)
Unit 5 Writing about the Future
104(24)
Elements of Great Writing
106(16)
Using Be Going to and Will
106(1)
Grammar: Be going to
106(4)
Grammar: Will
110(2)
Grammar: Future Time Expressions
112(1)
Grammar: Complex Sentences about the Future
113(3)
Grammar: if Clauses
116(1)
Grammar: Reason Clauses
117(5)
Building Better Vocabulary
122(2)
Building Better Sentences
124(2)
Writing
126(2)
Editing
127(1)
Additional Topics for Writing
127(1)
Test Prep
127(1)
Unit 6 Sentence Variety
128(20)
Elements of Great Writing
130(12)
The Importance of Sentence Variety
130(1)
Grammar: Adjective Clauses
131(1)
Grammar: Subject Adjective Clauses
132(1)
Grammar: Object Adjective Clauses
133(5)
Grammar: Using Modals to Add Meaning
138(4)
Building Better Vocabulary
142(2)
Building Better Sentences
144(2)
Writing
146(2)
Editing
146(1)
Additional Topics for Writing
147(1)
Test Prep
147(1)
Unit 7 Reader Response
148(16)
Elements of Great Writing
150(8)
Listing
150(2)
Responding to Ideas
152(2)
Grammar: Opinion Verbs + That Clauses
154(4)
Building Better Vocabulary
158(2)
Building Better Sentences
160(2)
Writing
162(2)
Editing
163(1)
Additional Topics for Writing
163(1)
Test Prep
163(1)
Unit 8 Putting It Together
164(14)
Elements of Great Writing
166(7)
Reviewing Paragraph Basics
166(7)
Building Better Vocabulary
173(2)
Building Better Sentences
175(1)
Writing
176(2)
Editing
177(1)
Additional Topics for Writing
177(1)
Test Prep
177(1)
Writer's Handbook 178(24)
Vocabulary Index 202(2)
Index 204(2)
Credits 206
Keith S. Folse, Ph.D., is a retired professor of TESOL at the University of Central Florida. He has taught ESL and EFL in the US, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. His areas of specialization are vocabulary, grammar, and writing, and he is a frequent conference presenter all over the world. Dr. Folse is the author or coauthor of 75 books, including several National Geographic Learning titles such as Great Writing, Grammar for Great Writing, and Blueprints. Elena Vestri Solomon is currently a lecturer in the B. Ed program for future teachers in Abu Dhabi's Emirates College for Advanced Education. She received her MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of South Florida, Tampa, and has lived and worked in Italy, Spain, France, Hungary, Romania, Uzbekistan, and UAE. She has authored/co-authored over a dozen academic textbooks in composition, grammar, and listening/speaking/note-taking. April Muchmore-Vokoun is a faculty member in the English for Academic Purposes Department at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) in Tampa, Florida. She has taught in intensive English, college-level, and worksite study ESL programs. Her current academic interests include reading and writing skills as well as listening-speaking strategies. Additionally, she has had extensive experience in the areas of international student advising and event programming.