English Composition II

ISBN-13: 9781792490637 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021

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Preface vii

Introduction: Paragraphs, Essays, and Activities
Writing Prompts: Writing Paragraphs and Essays

• Writing Paragraphs
• Writing Essays

Outdoor Activities: Experiences as Prewriting

• Practice Activity—Courageous Initiation

Modes of Communication
Description and the Descriptive Mode

• Outdoor Activity—Creating an Outdoor Space
• Writing Prompt—Sensory Description of an Outdoor Space

Narration and the Narrative Mode

• Outdoor Activity—Walking the Path
• Writing Prompt—Reliving the Walk: Narration and Storytelling

Exposition and the Expository Mode

• Outdoor Activity—Knowing Flora
• Writing Prompt—Explaining Plant Properties

Argumentation and the Argumentative Mode

• Outdoor Activity—Stacking Stones, Balancing Rocks, or Building Cairns
• Writing Prompt—Issues, Reasons, and Evidence: Building Cairns

Rhetorical Appeals
Intended Audience

• Outdoor Activity—Knowing Fauna
• Writing Prompt—Symbolism of Fauna
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Pathos

• Activity—Mapping “Home”
• Writing Prompt—“Mapping” Home

Logos

• Outdoor Activity—Creating Rhythm
• Writing Prompt—Teaching Rhythm

Ethos

• Outdoor Activity—Planning and Planting
• Writing Prompt—Fertile Foundations

The Writing Process
Prewriting and Divergent Thinking

• Outdoor Activity—Scavenger Hunt
• Writing Prompt—Narrative Writing: Preconceived Ideas
• Writing Prompt—Prewriting a Long-Term Topic

Organization and Critical Thinking

• Outdoor Activity—Sketching a Favorite Tree
• Writing Prompt—Sketching an Outline
• Writing Prompt—Outlining a Long-Term Topic

Research and Source Content

• Outdoor Activity—Wondering and Asking
• Writing Prompt—Building an Annotated Bibliography
• Writing Prompt—Annotated Bibliography for a Long-Term Topic

Drafting and Evidence

• Activity—Grounding
• Writing Prompt—Argumentative Writing: Position on Grounding
• Writing Prompt—Drafting a Long-Term Topic
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Revision

• Activity—Having a Field Day
• Writing Prompt—Narrative Writing: Outcomes
• Writing Prompt—Revising a Long-Term Topic

Publication and Formatting

• Activity—Completion Ceremony
• Writing Prompt—Requirements and Guidelines
• Writing Prompt—Formatting and Publishing a Long-Term Topic

Final Thoughts
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Author