Engaging Writing: Paragraphs and Essays, by Mary Fitzpatrick, provides students with essential skills and practice in writing for academic success. Opening with a motivating reading, each chapter provides thematically linked models and exercises. The text guides students step-by-step through the writing process, illustrating appropriate organizational patterns for each rhetorical mode. Themes such as memory, cultural identity, and teamwork prepare high-intermediate to advanced students to make the transition to mainstream classes.

 

Features
 

• Thought-provoking readings stimulate discussion and provide clear direction for writing.

• Prewriting samples equip students with strategies to organize and develop their ideas.

• Guided activities help students gain fluency and accuracy in their writing.

• Review and Recycle boxes show students how to look critically at their writing as they revise.

• Appendices include a review of grammar and mechanics with exercises and a guide to citation and summarizing.