本教材分为七大部分：第一部分为“英语写作基本规范”，讲解英语写作在标题格式、标点符号、大小写等方面的基本规范。第二部分为“阅读与写作”，讲解英语读写关系和读后写作的各种任务类型，是笔者“写作导向英语阅读教学”研究在写作教学中的实践。第三部分为“写什么”，讲解作文内容的构思。第四和第五部分为“怎么写”，讲解作文写作时联句成段、组段成篇的具体操作。第六部分为“选词造句”，讲解词、句类型及功能。第七部分为“作文修改”，讲解如何修改初稿作文。

Part One Manuscript Form
Ⅰ．Arrangement
Ⅱ．Capitalization
Ⅲ．Word Division
Ⅳ．Punctuation
1．The Comma
2．The Period
3．The Semicolon
4．The Colon

Part Two Reading and Writing
Ⅰ．The Relationship BetweeReading and Writing
Ⅱ．Writing After Reading
1．The Summary
2．The Book Report
3．Creative Writing After Reading

Part Three What We Write
Ⅰ．Why We Write
1．Benefits of Writing Activities
2．Functions of Specific Writings
Ⅱ．Who We Are & Who We Write For
Ⅲ．What We Write
1．Reader-Oriented Writing
2．Types of Writing

Part Four How We Write： The CompositioOrganization
Ⅰ．The Outline
1．Brainstorming
2．Working Out the Outline
Ⅱ．Three MaiParts
1．The Beginning Part
2．The Body Part
3．The Concluding Part
Ⅲ．The CompositioOrganization
1．Narration
2．Description
3．Exposition
4．Argumentation
Ⅳ．Principles of Good Composition
1．Unified
2．Well-Organized
3．Proportioned
4．Justified

Part Five How We Write： The Paragraph Development
Ⅰ．Paragraphs iEssays
1．Paragraphs That Signal a New Idea
2．Paragraphs That Expand aOld Idea
3．Paragraphs That Functioas a Transition
4．Paragraphs That Conclude aIdea
Ⅱ．Paragraphs BetweeThemselves
1．Transitional Words and Phrases
2．Repetition
3．Transitional Questions
4．Bridging Sentences
5．A Combinatioof Varied Paragraph Transition
Ⅲ．Paragraphs WithiThemselves
1．The Topic Sentence
2．The Supporting Sentences
3．The Concluding Sentence
Ⅳ．Characteristics of Effective Paragraphs
1．Unified
2．Coherent
3．Well-organized
4．Complete

Part Six How We Polish Our Writing： Choice of Sentences and Words
Ⅰ．Choice of Sentences
1．Complete Sentences
2．Types of Sentences
3．Effective Sentences
Ⅱ．Choice of Words
1．Classificatioof Words
2．The Word Meaning
3．Idioms
4．Figures of Speech

Part Seve How We Revise Our Writing
Ⅰ．Self-Cheek
1．Content
2．Organization
3．Sentences
4．Diction
Ⅱ．Mistakes iMechanics
Ⅲ．Peer Review
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