Writing Warm Ups: 70 Activities for Prewriting
With this creative teacher resources of activities and photocopiable exercise sheets! Designed to sensitize English learners to the process of writing before their first compositions go down on paper, these 70 activities introduce such writing concepts as audience, pupose , point of view, focus, classification, sequence, cause and effect, and comparison and contrast.Download 1.9 MB
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Words You Should Know But You Must Not SayCHAW BACON. A countryman. A stupid fellow.
CHEAPSIDE. He came at it by way of Cheapside; he gave little or nothing for it, he bought it cheap.
WISEACRE. A foolish conceited fellow. WISEACRE'S HALL. Gresham college.
WIT. He has as much wit as three folks, two fools and a madman.
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Ten Minute Guide to Conducting a Job Interview
-- If you have the responsibility of selecting and evaluating job candidates, this book will give you the tools to carry out an effective interview.-- Based on the philosophy that the best predictor of future success is past performance, the guide teaches you how to analyze a job, review a resume, and plan and maintain control of an interview.
-- The list of sample questions will help you identify the right person for any job opening.
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How to write a Best Selling Self-Help Book
The "must have" book by the acknowledged expert for self-help/how-to business, recovery, sports, health, self-improvement, hobby, crafts, health, and New Age writers. "If you follow only a third of her advice, you'll have a successful book." Jeremy Tarcher, publisher Tarcher-Putnam. Her book shows readers how to identify and avoid the 69 most deadly mistakes a self-help writer can make. Readers will learn to troubleshoot their manuscripts the same way professional self-help/how-to writers do--eliminating potential defects before they ship it off to publishers, editors or agents. Stine describes each of the 69 key mistakes so clearly that even novice writers will be able to recognize them when in their own manuscripts. Then she explains how to avoid or correct the problem.Download 1 Mb
When Bad Grammar Happens to Good People
Are you worried that how you speak or write is holding you back at work? Do you fear you're making frequent conversational errors, but just aren't sure what's correct? Ever stumble when choosing between "who" and "whom," "affect" and "effect," "lay" and "lie"? If so, then When Bad Grammar Happens to Good People should be at the top of your reading list.Download 2.5 MB
Writing from Start to Finish : Six Step Guide
Ideal for writing a short story, essay, review, or report, this guide provides beginning writers with the hands-on direction they need to improve their writing techniques and ability. Using a six-step approach to writing, this resource covers brainstorming ideas, choosing a topic, outlining, drafting, revising, and editing. The tone is casual, the advice is straightforward, and the whole approach makes writing a skill that anyone can learn. Illustrations reinforce the ideas visually and help to break up the text into bite-sized chunks. An example section with worked examples of two kinds of writing—a creative writing piece and an essay—takes readers through the six steps, so they can watch writing develop from a blank page to a finished piece. Ideal for high school students but also appropriate for writers of all ages, this book also includes tips on user-friendly grammar, a table of different types of text, and a quick night-before-the-exam summary.Download 1.4 Mb
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