Ready to Write 1


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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 1


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"Previously published as: Get Ready to Write, A First Composition Text, 2nd ed."




Get Ready to Write


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Set your students on the right course with the second edition of "Get Ready to Write," by Karen Blanchard and Christine Root. With its student-centered approach, this edition teaches beginning students the basic composition skills required for good writing and helps them to become confident and independent writers. Features Model paragraphs that illustrate organizing elements such as topic sentences, supporting details, and signal words Guided practice in writing sentences and paragraphs "New" Real Life Writing tasks provide relevant writing contexts Editing exercises that help students develop accuracy "New Appendices: " the English alphabet, penmanship, punctuation rules, and irregular verbs. The "Ready to Write" series also includes "Ready to Write" and "Ready to Write More."




Ready to Write More


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Good writing is a network of skills that can be taught, practiced, and mastered. These books present paragraph development and composition skills in clear, teachable steps. Each book offers students dependable strategies as well as opportunities to bring their own ideas and talent to the writing process. Important features of the series: Presents important organizational principles of good academic writing, including topic sentences, maintaining unity and coherence, making and supporting a point, providing clear transitions, and writing clear introductory and concluding paragraphs. Shows students how to apply these organizational principles to major rhetorical forms: classification, cause and effect, comparison and contrast, problem and solution, writing a summary, personal expression, and essays for college applications. Offers extensive practice in every step of the writing process, including prewriting, drafting, revision, and editing. Provides individual practice on additional topics in "On Your Own" sections. Offers effective error correction and editing practice in "You Be the Editor" sections. "Ready to Write More: " Are your students ready to move beyond single-paragraph assignments? From the building blocks of good prose to writing for specific purposes, "Ready to Write More" gives readers the confidence and skills needed for longer and more complex assignments. New to this edition is an updated presentation of the writing process, new peer-editing worksheets, web-based exercises, and expanded guided practice.




Getting Ready to Write


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Ready to Write 2


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Previously published as: Ready to Write, A First Composition Text, 3rd ed., 2002.




Ready to Learn: First Grade Write and Wipe Workbook


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This reusable write-and-wipe workbook in the Ready to Learn series helps first-graders (ages 5 to 7) develop their reading, writing, and math skills. The Ready to Learn: First Grade Write and Wipe Workbook helps kids ages 5 to 7 build the foundation to keep up and thrive in first grade. Reading, writing, and math are the topics covered in this reusable book that allows kids to complete activities as often as they like—students can simply use the included erasable marker, wipe the page clean, and do it all over again. Repeating the reading comprehension, writing exercises, and math skills in Ready to Learn: First Grade Write and Wipe Workbook is a great way to get ready for first grade, get some extra practice during the school year, or prepare for the move to second grade. Hones first-grade reading, writing, and math skills. Write-and-wipe format allows for skill reinforcement. Includes write-and-wipe marker. Pages wipe clean for repeated use. Meets Common Core State Standards. 60 full-color and illustrated pages. Get to know the Ready to Learn series! Developed for kids entering pre-kindergarten all the way through third grade, Silver Dolphin’s Ready to Learn series of educational and engaging workbooks, workpads, write & wipe formats, and flash cards will put young learners on the path to success. Focusing on three key subjects—reading, writing, and math—each grade level is vetted by experts in early education to adhere to the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Foundational, buildable skills are introduced, developed, and reinforced with colorful illustrations and familiar learning formats that will encourage learning confidence as kids benefit from extra educational opportunities outside the classroom.




Ready to Write 2


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Previously published as: Ready to Write, A First Composition Text, 3rd ed., 2002.




Get Ready to Write


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Beginning Level Good writing is a network of skills that can be taught, practiced, and mastered. The Longman Writing Skills series present paragraph development and composition skills in clear, teachable steps. Each book offers students dependable strategies as well as opportunities to bring their own ideas and talent to the writing process. Get Ready to Write introduces students to the fundamentals of effective writing. Students will progress from writing sentences to guided paragraphs, learn to apply organizational principles to the writing process, and at the end of the course, assemble their personal pieces into an autobiography. Other books in the series: Ready to Write (High-Beginning/Low-Intermediate Level) and Ready to Write More (Intermediate/High-Intermediate Level).




Ready to Write 3


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The latest edition of Ready to Write marks 30 years of this easy-to-teach, user-friendly three book series. With a fresh four-color design and a variety of new activities, this classroom favorite provides guided writing instruction, dependable strategies, and many opportunities for students to hone the composition skills they need to be successful in personal and academic settings. New to This Edition Updated examples and model paragraphs illustrate organizing elements such 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 (emails, journals, letters) to academic (essays, lab reports, analyzing data, college applications) writing. 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. Mapped to the Global Scale of English.