For developmental writing courses at the paragraph to essay level.
This comprehensive text/workbook focuses on the paragraph and introduces the essay by taking students step-by-step through the writing process―generating ideas, planning and focusing, drafting and revising, and polishing and proofreading. User-friendly for both students and instructors, it is filled with diverse exercises―many collaborative―that actively involve students in learning to write. Content includes self-contained chapters on patterns of paragraph development, a section on writing essays, a chapter on reading critically and writing from reading. The text also features timely reading selections and a separate, self-contained grammar section.
Prentice Hall's new online developmental writing course offers you all the advantages of a custom-build program without the hassle of writing it from scratch. This course supports and augments the ALONG THESE LINES series by John Sheridan Biays and Carol Wershoven. In this course, you have a complete array of writing concepts and exercises at your fingertips―to use just as it is presented or to be customized to fit your specific course syllabus.
Compatible with WebCT™ Blackboard, and eCollege platforms, ALONG THESE LINES Online includes the following features:
- Audio-enabled Chapter Overviews
- Chapter Objectives
- Lecture Notes
- Writing Workshops
- Computer-graded quizzes
- Essay questions
- E-mail accounts for each student and instructor
Course management includes the following features:
- A Wizard program that provides help in the initial stages of course development
- Easy-to-use interface to allow customization of layout, color schemes, and default settings to change content for individual pages
- Automatic grading of online tests with scores kept in a customized class grade-book
- Ability to track the total and average time spent on each topic by each student