The Art and Science of Business Writing

Chapter 1: The Art and Science of Writing

Chapter 2: The Basic Essay: The Five-Paragraph Essay

Mini Lesson 1: Nouns

Mini Lesson 2: Pronouns

Chapter 3: Introduce Yourself; The Autobiographical Essay

Mini Lesson 3: Verbs

Chapter 4: Getting Ready to Write: Planning the Essay

Mini Lesson 4: Modifiers

Chapter 5: Paint A Picture in Words: The Descriptive Essay

Mini Lesson 5: Direct and Indirect Objects

Chapter 6: Tell How to Do Something; The Instructional Essay

Mini Lesson 6: Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives

Chapter 7: Sell an Idea: The Persuasive Essay

Mini Lesson 7: Prepositional Phrase

Chapter 8: Make a Choice: The Comparison-Contrast Essay

Mini Lesson 8: Participles

Chapter 9: An Interesting Research Paper: The Nursery Rhyme Essay

Mini Lesson 9: Verbals

Chapter 10: Put It All Together: The Research Paper

Appendix I The Assignments

Appendix II Paper Requirements

Appendix III Grammar Definitions

Appendix IV Diagramming Sentences