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Excellence in Written Expression

  for Secondary Students

    by Peter Howard

 

Excellence in Written Expression for Secondary Students contains 84 challenging exercises providing systematic practice covering all the basic aspects of preparing a piece of writing:

o       vocabulary

o       punctuation

o       essential grammar

o       sentence structure

o       writing succinctly

o       proofreading

 There are also exercises dealing with specific types of writing which students need to use, for example:

o       job applications

o       descriptions

o       precise writing

o       essays

 The exercises can be used at home for extra practice, consolidation and further challenge, or for individual and group work in the classroom.

 

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Excellence in Written Expression Contents

1 Using other words besides 'big' and 'small'

2 Varying sentence beginnings

3 Using words to describe feelings

4 Choosing the more effective word 1

5 Using commas

6 A job application

7 Developing an opening paragraph

8 Using better words than 'go'

9 Proofreading a sample essay

10 Using a variety of colour words

11 Correcting faulty sentences

12 Using capital letters

13 Choosing the more effective word  2

14 Using colour words

15 Using words to link sentences

16 Choosing the more effective word 3

17 Check your apostrophes

18 Check your hyphens

19 Using a single word 

20 Using other words besides 'said'

21 Words easily confused 

22 Using the correct tense

23 Choosing the more effective word  4

24 Identifying euphemisms

25 Using better adjectives

26 Describing a person

27 Paragraphing 

28 Using other words besides 'nice'

29 Using better verbs

30 Understanding terminology used in writing ...

31 Using terminology

32 Making sentences parallel

33 Shades of meaning 1

34 Using prepositions 1

35 Making your writing concise 1

36 Paragraphing 2

37 Singulars and plurals

38 Using the word 'also'

39 Understanding register 1

40 Avoiding the word 'thing'

41 Positioning the word 'only'

 42 Varying sentence beginnings 2

43 Writing concisely

44 Developing an opening paragraph 2

45 Checking verb tenses

46 Paragraphing 3

47 Punctuating dialogue

48 Varying sentence beginnings 3

49 Joining with a preposition and a pronoun

50 Correcting faulty sentences 2

51 Avoiding omissions in sentences

52 Using words to link sentences

53 Using active rather than passive voice

54 Words easily confused 2

55 Paragraphing 4

56 Using better adjectives 2

57 Using prepositions 2

58 Using better verbs 2

59 Shades of meaning 2

60 Making your writing concise 2

61 Paragraphing 5

62 Proofreading a sample essay 2

63 Developing an open paragraph 3

64 Varying sentence beginnings 4

65 Adjective or adverb?

66 Using a single word 2

67 Correcting faulty sentences 3

68 Proofreading a sample essay 3

69 Precis writing 1

70 Using a single word 3

71 Correcting misplaced or dangling phrases ...

72 Words easily confused 3

73 Paragraphing 6

74 Using better adjectives 3 

75 Correcting misplaced phrases or clauses

76 Precis writing 2

77 Using better verbs 3

78 Paragraphing 7

79 Shades of meaning 3

80 Making your writing concise 3

81 Words frequently misspelt 1

82 Understanding register 2

83 Paragraphing 8

84 Words frequently misspelt 2