Ready to Write More: From Paragraph to Essay, Second Edition

I used this book to teach writing to high school ESL (English as a Second Language) students. After 10 years of searching, this is the best book I have found to prepare the students for entering mainstream classes where they have to know how to organize their written work well. This textbook contains excellent models to study and analyze before the students begin writing. It teaches students how to write good topic sentences and supporting details, use transitions, and form clear introductory and concluding paragraphs. It also models and teaches different types of writing forms such as classification, cause and effect, comparison/contrast, problem/solution, summaries, personal expression, and college application essays. Finally, it extensively covers the writing process of pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing. Hooray for this book!!!!