The Keys to the CATW

Aim of the CATW
Purpose of the Guidebook

Chapter One
Drafting a Summary
Overview
The Reading Passage
Determining the Main Idea
Summary Writing
Practice Summarizing
Error Analysis
Answer Key for Chapter One

Chapter Two
Organizing Your Essay
Determining Key Ideas for Discussion
Selecting One Key Idea for Discussion
Practice Turning Key Ideas into Thesis Statements and Questions
Drafting the Introduction
Error Analyses of Introduction Paragraphs
Writing Effective Topic Sentences
Composing Topic Sentences
Varying Vocabulary
Practice Creating Topic Sentences
Error Analyses of Topic Sentences
Outlining the Essay
Writing the Essay
Body Paragraph Development
Techniques Used to Develop Body Paragraphs
Transition Words
Practice Using Transition Words
Practice Identifying the Type of Supporting Details Used
Practice Writing Supporting Details
Error Analysis of Supporting Details
The Conclusion Paragraph
The Entire Essay
Error Analysis of Conclusion Paragraph
Your Turn to Practice Writing a CATW Essay
Selecting One Key Idea for Discussion
Creating a Thesis Question
Stating your Thesis and Writing a Summary
Using the Thesis Question to Brainstorm Ideas for the Body Paragraphs
Writing Topic Sentences
Writing Your Essay
Answer Key for Chapter Two

Chapter Three
Passage One:
Disruptions: Life’s Too Short for So Much E-Mail
Passage Two
Cell Phones and Driving
Passage Three
Study: Facebook Users Are Friendlier
Passage Four
Advantages of Community Colleges
Passage Five
An E-Book Fan, Missing the Smell of Paper and Glue
Passage Six
College Students Behaving Badly
Passage Seven
Texting While Walking
Passage Eight
Is College for Everyone?
Passage Nine
No Junk Food in Schools!
Passage Ten
Spoiled Children
Passage Eleven
College Athletes and Academics
Passage Twelve
Spoiled Brats
Passage Thirteen
What You’ve Never Had, You NeverMiss: Canadian Couple who Won $11.2m in the Lottery Gives It ALL away to Charity
Passage Fourteen
Why Must I Take these Courses?
Passage Fifteen
Hearing Loss among Young People
Passage Sixteen
Is Multitasking Productive?
Passage Seventeen
Moving Often Impacts Children
Passage Eighteen
How to Study Effectively
Passage Nineteen
Going on a Diet? Start Paying in Cash
Passage Twenty
Achieving a Healthful Digital Diet

Chapter Four
Language Use on the CATW
Independent Clauses
Conjunctive Adverbs and the Semi-Colon
Using Conjunctive Adverbs to Convey the Correct Meaning
Error Analysis
Dependent Adverbial Clauses
Practice Exercise
Verb Tenses
Present Tense
Non-count Nouns and the Present Tense
Gerunds and the Present Tense
Indefinite Pronouns and the Present Tense
Practice Exercise
Practice in Context
The Present Progressive Tense
Practice Exercise
The Past Tense
Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense
Frequent Errors in the Use of Irregular Past Tense Verbs
Error Analysis
Vocabulary
Answer Key for Chapter Four

Appendix A: Irregular Verbs
Reference