Author : Regie Routman
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 49,27 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN :
Accompanying DVD includes videos of the author working with student writers.
Author : Ethan Sawyer
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 30,18 MB
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 1492635138
Let the College Essay Guy take the stress out of writing your college admission essay. Packed with brainstorming activities, college personal statement samples and more, this book provides a clear, stress-free roadmap to writing your best admission essay. Writing a college admission essay doesn't have to be stressful. College counselor Ethan Sawyer (aka The College Essay Guy) will show you that there are only four (really, four!) types of college admission essays. And all you have to do to figure out which type is best for you is answer two simple questions: 1. Have you experienced significant challenges in your life? 2. Do you know what you want to be or do in the future? With these questions providing the building blocks for your essay, Sawyer guides you through the rest of the process, from choosing a structure to revising your essay, and answers the big questions that have probably been keeping you up at night: How do I brag in a way that doesn't sound like bragging? and How do I make my essay, like, deep? College Essay Essentials will help you with: The best brainstorming exercises Choosing an essay structure The all-important editing and revisions Exercises and tools to help you get started or get unstuck College admission essay examples Packed with tips, tricks, exercises, and sample essays from real students who got into their dream schools, College Essay Essentials is the only college essay guide to make this complicated process logical, simple, and (dare we say it?) a little bit fun. The perfect companion to The Fiske Guide To Colleges 2020/2021. For high school counselors and college admission coaches, this is an essential book to help walk your students through writing a stellar, authentic college essay.
Author : Linda Spencer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 30,27 MB
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1442227591
Writing Well in the 21st Century: The Five Essentials provides students, career-builders, and professional writers with the basic elements needed for writing in the 21st century. The book fully explains—and links—the five essentials of good writing: punctuation, grammar, fact-checking, style, and voice. Throughout history technology has changed both language and writing. Today in the digital age, language and writing are changing at a phenomenal pace. Students, career-builders, and professional writers need this guide that reviews those changes and connects the essentials for creating good writing in the digital age. Writing Well in the 21st Century: The Five Essentials gives writers the tools needed today. Among other essentials, the book: Resolves comma issues by explaining the Open and Close Punctuation systems. Writers select which system to use in their writing. Clarifies active and passive voice verbs and advocates using strong, specific verbs in writing. Provides guidelines for choosing credible online websites when searching for resources. Examines attributes of essentials that contribute to a writing style and urges a critical review of verbs. Connects elements that combine to create a voice in a written piece. Relevant and succinctly written, Writing Well in the 21st Century: The Five Essentials gives readers the basics they need to know to create well-written documents for school, work and in their professional writing.
Author : Mimi Zeiger
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 21,1 MB
Release : 1999-10-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0071503854
Provides immediate help for anyone preparing a biomedical paper by givin specific advice on organizing the components of the paper, effective writing techniques, writing an effective results sections, documentation issues, sentence structure and much more. The new edition includes new examples from the current literature including many involving molecular biology, expanded exercises at the end of the book, revised explanations on linking key terms, transition clauses, uses of subheads, and emphases. If you plan to do any medical writing, read this book first and get an immediate advantage.
Author : Adam Garfinkle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,34 MB
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 131746253X
Writing well, and persuasively, is not only a discipline that can be learned, it is one deeply rooted in the classical arts of rhetoric and polemic. This book introduces the essential skills, rules, and steps for producing effective political prose appropriate to many contexts, from the editorial, the op-ed, and the polemical essay to others both weighty and seemingly slight.
Author : Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 35,11 MB
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1118428870
Instructive guide to preparing informative and accurate assessment reports for a variety of individuals and settings Assessment reports are central to the diagnostic process and are used to inform parents, clients, and clinicians, among others, about academic problems, personality functioning, neuropsychological strengths and weaknesses, behavioral problems, and the like. Essentials of Assessment Report Writing provides handy, quick-reference information, using the popular Essentials format, for preparing effective assessment reports. This book is designed to help busy mental health professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to write effective psychological assessment reports. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. This practical guide focuses on efficiently and effectively communicating referral and background information, appearance and behavioral observations, test results and interpretation, summary and diagnostic impressions, and treatment recommendations. The authors provide examples of both good and bad case report writing and highlight ethical issues and topics relevant to presenting feedback. Essentials of Assessment Report Writing is the only pocket reference illustrating how to prepare an effective assessment report.
Author : Katherine Bomer
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,15 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780325099729
"Grades K-5" - Front cover and Title page.
Author : M.L. Humphrey
Publisher : M.L. Humphrey
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 2017-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Do you want to be a writer? Would you like to be more organized about your writing, but not sure where to start? Then Excel for Writers is the book for you. It'll walk you through how to use Excel to (1) track your time spent writing and your word count, (2) calculate your potential income with both a trade publishing contract and a short story sale, (3) visually track your short story submission results, (4) use Excel to analyze a multi-viewpoint novel, and (5) much more. If you have a basic understanding of Excel, this guide will show you the ways you can use Excel to support your writing. Each worksheet includes detailed commentary and step-by-step instructions on how to create your own version. (And if you're self-published then check out Excel for Self-Publishers too.)
Author : John Langan
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 13,96 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780077263782
Author : Siegfried Engelmann
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,14 MB
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780076234738
SRA Essentials for Writing is specifically designed to help middle/high school students write with clarity, purpose and care. Systematic, explicit instruction and daily writing assignments ensure that your students focus and structure their thinking, as well as learn strategies for accomplishing specific types of writing tasks. Appropriately scaffolded lessons prepare them to produce work that contains well developed and pertinent ideas, supporting examples, and appropriate detail. Key Features Lessons target the skills, strategies and knowledge students need to be successful on high-stakes tests Outline diagrams set specific product goals to help students focus on particular aspects of their writing Grammar, language use and mechanics are woven throughout to improve the quality of writing Components Teacher Materials include: Presentation Book Teacher's Guide Answer Key Practice Software CD-ROM
