Jensen's Format Writing

Jensen's Format Writing

<p><em>"This is probably the most comprehensive tool for teaching expository writing at the lowest price."</em> - Cathy Duffy, national reviewer</p> <p><em>Jensen's Format Writing</em> is concerned with developing expository writing skills for high school students. This type of writing exposes, puts forth, explains, reveals, or exhibits in detail about something. It has a purpose to inform, clarify, and perhaps even to persuade. Such writing may simply describe, or it may give a series of reasons. In any case, there is a fundamental point that is made. How that point is made may often determine whether the piece is accepted or rejected.</p> <p>Students completing this course will learn valuable skills.</p> <ul> <li>the secret of cutting your work in half when it comes to writing a paper.</li> <li>how to order your presentation for its most powerful effect on the reader.</li> <li>a technique for getting the essence of what you read down on paper for future reference.</li> <li>how to stack up your ideas so that they flow together in a natural fashion.</li> <li>how to move ideas from sentence to sentence by following a simple rule.</li> <li>all about what and how to document your sources when doing research and writing.</li> </ul>