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Susan Fawcett, Evergreen 8/e

WHAT’S NEW IN EVERGREEN, EIGHTH EDITION

Overview of Changes in Evergreen

Evergreen with Readings, Eighth Edition, retains these features that have made it the most popular second-level developmental writing text in the country:

Clear, step-by-step lessons Numerous high-interest practices that keep students involved Flexible organization and flow of chapters Engaging activities, assignments, and reading selections Instructor’s Annotated Edition with answers to student exercises Student answer key

In response to instructor and student feedback, the Eighth Edition has been thoroughly revised with these exciting changes:

Dynamic four-color design with 48 full-color illustrations, each one linked to content

New critical viewing assignments based on photographs, ads, paintings, and cartoons

More focus on critical thinking (more third-person writing, collegiate topics, “Thinking and Writing Together” and other group tasks, problem-solving, and visuals to analyze)

More Exploring Online assignments, with web links for more practice, review, or exploration

More coverage of outlining in a new Part D, Chapter 14 New integrated ESL coverage

o ESL tips and general teaching tips in the margins of every chapter of the Instructor’s Annotated Edition

o An ESL manual for Evergreen instructors by Dr. Donald Weasonfortho New ESL appendix with practices in the Student Editiono Additional help and practice on both Evergreen’s Online Study Center and

Online Teaching Center

Nearly 50% engaging new reading selections 65 new or revised high-interest models and practices New Web and computer resources surpassing all competitors:

o New WriteSpace for Evergreen online—hundreds of additional exercises, tailored to every chapter and part of Evergreen

o Expanded and improved Evergreen Test Bank—available online or on CD-Rom

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o 120 new PowerPoint slides to enhance instruction, available onlineo All new Evergreen Instructor Website with creative class ideas, ESL

resources, professional links, links to interactive exercises, and moreo All new Evergreen Student Website with grammar and writing exercises

and links, ESL Corner, career and job-search resources, and more

Chapter by Chapter Changes in Evergreen, Eighth Edition

UNIT 1 GETTING STARTED

Chapter 1: Exploring the Writing Process

Updated! This chapter still provides students with an engaging introduction to the course. It has been updated with a new four-color advertisement for students to analyze and a new Exploring Online feature that is now included in every chapter. Teaching Tips and ESL Tips in the Instructor’s Edition offer course ideas and suggestions.

o New visual, an anti-steroid public service announcement, is the focus of Practice 5, p. 7

o New Exploring Online feature introduces students to sites with additional writing help, Purdue University’s OWL and the Evergreen student website, p. 7. A new website in the Exploring Online on p. 4 emphasizes the importance of writing as a job skill.

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 2: Prewriting to Generate Ideas

Revised and updated! This chapter retains its effective coverage of prewriting methods with plentiful practice exercises. Coverage of freewriting has been streamlined to concentrate on focused freewriting, the most common type. One of the models has been replaced with a new example. The new Exploring Online feature refers students to websites where they can find more information and practice with prewriting techniques. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o Revised, streamlined coverage of freewriting, pp. 8-10o New model for asking questions technique, p. 13o New Exploring Online feature provides websites for more information and

practice with prewriting techniques, p. 17o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

UNIT 2 DISCOVERING THE PARAGRAPH

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Chapter 3: The Process of Writing Paragraphs

Updated! Chapter 3 retains its clear explanations and illustrations for each step of the paragraph-writing process, but it has been updated with many new models and practice items. The new Exploring Online feature refers students to websites where they can find more information and practice with topic sentences and proofreading. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New practice contentPractice 1, new paragraph on cell phone trash, p. 23Practice 2, new paragraphs on iPods and municipal pool, pp. 24-25Practice 4, two new practice items, p. 29Practice 6, new paragraph about digital photography, p. 31Practice 12, new paragraph about poetry slams, p. 39

o New model, paragraph about studying to illustrate revising for support, p. 36o New Exploring Online features

A new Exploring Online on p. 39 provides a poetry slam websiteA new Exploring Online at the end of the chapter offers websites for more

practice with topic sentences and proofreading, p. 44o New visual, a photograph of the winner of the 2006 Intercollegiate Poetry Slam,

p. 39o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 4: Achieving Coherence

Updated! Within the proven structure of this chapter, a number of model paragraphs and practice items have been revised or replaced with fresh, contemporary content. Two new visuals and two new Exploring Online features have been added. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New and revised practice contentPractice 2, new item about security measures for the Declaration of Independence,

p. 50Practice 5, new paragraph about Navajo surgeon Lori Arviso Alvord, p. 58New writing assignment on p. 51Practice 6, revised paragraph about Christopher Reeve, p. 59Practice 9, an all-new Thinking and Writing Together collaborative activity that

focuses on birth order and personalityPractice 10, new paragraph about phishing, p. 66

o New or revised model paragraphsLayers of the rainforest, p. 49Surrealist artist Salvador Dali, p. 52Amber Alert, p. 55Capoeira master Edna Lima, p. 55Zoos (revised to focus on pandas), p. 61

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o New Exploring Online featuresA new Exploring Online accompanies the paragraph about Salvador Dali, p. 52 A new Exploring Online offers more information and practice with coherence,

p. 67o Two new visuals, a public service announcement featuring Lori Arviso Alvord on

p. 59 (with a critical thinking question) and a photograph of a panda cub on p. 62o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

UNIT 3 DEVELOPING THE PARAGRAPH

Chapter 5: Illustration

Updated! A few of the models and practices in this chapter have been refreshed with new and revised content. A new visual and Exploring Online feature have been added. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o Revised model, paragraph about athletes who work hard, p. 72o New and revised content in Practice 2: two new items about inventions by

women and NASCAR safety measures, pp. 75-76, and a revision of the item about natural remedies, p. 77

o New visual, a photograph of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. wearing HANS safety device, p. 76

o A new Exploring Online feature lists websites with more information about developing ideas with illustration, p. 80

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 6: Narration

Updated! Chapter 6 includes several fresh new models and practice items, including a new Thinking and Writing Together collaborative activity that focuses on analyzing a new photograph of an intriguing painting. A new Exploring Online feature lists websites with more instruction and sample narratives. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New model, paragraph about how television journalist Diane Sawyer chose her career, p. 84

o New practice content Practice 2, three brand new items about singer Alicia Keys, Civil War

soldiers, and the myth of Icarus, pp. 84-86Practice 4, an all-new Thinking and Writing Together collaborative activity that

focuses on analyzing a painting, p. 88o New visual, a photograph of the painting “Icarus,” p. 86

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o A new Exploring Online feature lists websites with more information about narratives, p. 90

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 7: Description

Updated! This chapter now includes a new photograph of the King Tut mummy, as well as a new Exploring Online feature that lists websites with more on descriptive writing. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New visual, a photograph of the King Tut mummy, p. 93o A new Exploring Online feature lists websites with more information about

descriptive writing, p. 99o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 8: Process

Updated! This chapter retains its effective coverage of process paragraphs but now includes a new Exploring Online feature that directs students to additional written and visual examples of process. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o A new Exploring Online feature lists websites with more information and examples of process, p. 110

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 9: Definition

Updated! A new photograph of tango dancers adds visual interest, and a new Exploring Online feature provides a list of websites with additional examples of definition. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New visual, a photograph of tango dancers, p. 113o A new Exploring Online feature lists websites with more examples of

definitions, p. 122o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 10: Comparison and Contrast

Updated! Chapter 10 has been freshened with new practice content and a new photograph. A new Exploring Online feature lists websites with more examples and tools

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for writing comparison and contrast paragraphs. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New practice content Practice 2, new paragraph about the size of American restaurant portions, p. 129Practice 7, a new passage about magazines vs. journals, p. 136New topics for writing, p. 134

o New visual, a photograph of popcorn to accompany Practice 2, p. 130o A new Exploring Online feature lists websites with more information about

comparison and contrast, p. 138o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 11: Classification

Chapter 11 still provides excellent coverage of classification, with clear instruction and excellent practice activities. New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout the chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English.

Chapter 12: Cause and Effect

Updated! In Chapter 12, a new Thinking and Writing Together collaborative activity asks students to consider the reasons why newspapers are losing readers. A new photograph of Latina entrepreneur Christy Haubegger adds visual appeal, and a new Exploring Online feature offers websites with more information about writing cause and effect paragraphs. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New content in Practice 5, a new Thinking and Writing Together collaborative activity on the reasons why newspapers are losing readers, p. 155

o New visual, a photograph of Christy Haubegger to accompany Practice 5, p. 151o A new Exploring Online feature lists websites with more information about

cause and effect, p. 157o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 13: Persuasion

Updated! This chapter retains its effective coverage of persuasion but now includes a new Exploring Online feature that offers websites with more information about persuasive writing. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o A new Exploring Online feature lists websites with more information and practice with persuasion, p. 173

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

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UNIT 4 WRITING THE ESSAY

Chapter 14: The Process of Writing an Essay

Revised! To help students better understand a challenging part of the writing process, the section on organizing and outlining has been expanded with more explanation and examples. Chapter 14 has also been freshened with the addition of new models, a new photograph, and new and revised practice content. The Exploring Online feature has been revised with new links to information about writing a thesis statement, revising, and proofreading. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o Expanded coverage of organizing and outlining, pp. 187-192o New models

New model about ways to reduce stress for organizing/outlining, p. 188New model about hydrogen fuel cell cars for ordering paragraphs, p. 193

o New and revised content in Practice 8: a new item about becoming a U.S. citizen and a revision of the item about job markets, p. 194

o New visual, a photograph of a student car designer’s hydrogen car model, p. 193 o A revised Exploring Online feature provides new websites with more

information about writing essays, p. 206o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 15: Types of Essays

Updated! Chapter 15 includes a fresh new model and two new visuals, one of which is the basis of a new group activity. A new Exploring Online feature offers links to sample student papers and tips on writing essays. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New model, an illustration essay about new state-of-the-art libraries, p. 208o New visual, a photograph of the Seattle Central Library, p. 208o New content in Practice 9, a group activity now based on a cartoon about global

warming, p. 230o A new Exploring Online feature lists websites where students can find sample

student papers and tip about writing essays, p. 231o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 16: The Introduction, the Conclusion, and the Title

Updated! Chapter 16 now includes two new models and a new Exploring Online feature that directs students to online information about writing effective introductions and conclusions. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New models

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New model of an introduction that begins with an illustration, p. 233New model of a conclusion that ends with a question, p. 236

o A new Exploring Online feature provides websites with more information about strong introductions and conclusions, p. 239

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 17: Summarizing, Quoting, and Avoiding Plagiarism

Updated! This chapter retains its clear and thorough coverage of summarizing and quoting outside sources. Practice 4 has been freshened with a new paragraph about TV commercials, and a brand new Exploring Online feature lists websites with more on how to avoid plagiarism. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New content in Practice 4, a paragraph about the TV commercial blitz, p. 248o A new Exploring Online feature lists websites with more information about

avoiding plagiarism by summarizing and quoting correctly, p. 250o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 18: Strengthening an Essay with Research

Updated! Chapter 18 has been freshened with updated models and practice content. A new Exploring Online feature lists websites with more information about writing research papers and using outside sources. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o Updated modelsUpdated model of a paragraph with facts from outside sources, p. 252Updated bar graph on p. 252Updated models of works cited entries, p. 259

o Updated content in Practice 6, p. 261o New visual, a photograph of the Federal Trade Commission’s website, p. 257o A new Exploring Online feature provides websites with more information about

writing research papers and using outside sources, p. 263o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 19: Writing Under Pressure: The Essay Examination

Updated! Chapter 11 still provides excellent instruction on taking essay exams, but a new Exploring Online feature now directs students to sites with more advice about test-taking. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o A new Exploring Online feature provides websites with more advice for test-takers, p. 273

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o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

UNIT 5 IMPROVING YOUR WRITING

Chapter 20: Revising for Consistency and Parallelism

Updated! This chapter has been updated with new practice content, a new visual, and a new Exploring Online feature that lists websites for more practice with consistency and parallelism. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New content in Practice 4, a paragraph about the creation of Mary Shelley’s famous novel Frankenstein, p. 280

o New visual, a photograph of Van Gogh’s Starry Night to accompany Practice 13, p. 292

o A new Exploring Online feature provides websites offering additional practice with consistency and parallelism, p. 293

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 21: Revising for Sentence Variety

Updated! Chapter 21 includes a fresh new model and a new Exploring Online feature offering links to more practice with combining sentences and avoiding dangling modifiers. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New model, a paragraph about chili peppers to illustrate a mix of long and short sentences , p. 295

o A new Exploring Online feature lists websites where students can go for more practice with combining sentences and avoiding dangling modifiers, p. 321

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 22: Revising for Language Awareness

Updated! Chapter 22 has been freshened with new a model and practice content. A new Exploring Online feature lists websites offering more practice in revising for language awareness. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New practice contentPractice 3, a new passage on Machu Picchu, p. 326Practice 7, a new passage on help with marriage proposals, p. 333

o New model, Rick’s Bragg’s description of Alabama as an illustration of exact, fresh language, p. 336

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o A new Exploring Online feature provides websites with more practice in choosing exact language, eliminating wordiness, and developing vocabulary, p. 337

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 23: Putting Your Revision Skills to Work

Updated! Chapter 23 still retains its excellent examples of the revision process, but a new Exploring Online feature now directs students to sites with more guidance for revising and proofreading. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o A new Exploring Online feature directs students to online resources with more revision and proofreading advice, p. 343

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

UNIT 5 WRITER’S WORKSHOP

Updated! This Writer’s Workshop is now based on a thought-provoking new student essay, “Behind the Face of Beauty,” p. 344

UNIT 6 REVIEWING THE BASICS

Chapter 24: The Simple Sentence

Updated! This chapter has been updated with new practice content, a new visual, and new websites in the Exploring Online feature. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New content in Practice 4, a passage about champion snowboarder Hannah Teter, p. 352

o New visual, a photograph of Hannah Teter to accompany Practice 4, p. 352o A new Exploring Online feature provides new websites for more practice with

subjects, verbs, and prepositions, p. 353o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 25: Coordination and Subordination

Updated! Chapter 25 has been updated with exciting new practice content, two new visuals, and more Exploring Online websites for additional practice with coordination and subordination. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

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o New practice content Practice 1, new paragraph about the invention of potato chips, p. 355Practice 9, a brand new editing exercise with a passage about the chronograph

watch, p. 364Practice 11, a new paragraph about African-American entrepreneur Robert

Johnson, plus a revision of the Cleopatra passage, pp. 368-369o New visuals

Photograph of Venezuelan boys playing brass instruments, p. 359Photograph of sphinx in Cleopatra’s sunken palace, p. 369

o New websites in the Exploring Online feature for more practice with coordination and subordination, p. 370

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 26: Avoiding Sentence Errors

Updated! This chapter has been freshened with contemporary new and revised practice content, a new visual, and new websites in the Exploring Online feature. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New and revised practice content Practice 1, a new passage about identity theft, p. 372Practice 8, a new paragraph about the Stuck at Prom contest, p. 383Practice 9, a revision of the essay about Scrabble, p. 385

o New visual, a photograph of a winning couple dressed in duct tape outfits, p. 384

o New websites in the Exploring Online feature for more practice with correcting run-ons, comma splices, and sentence fragments, p. 387

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 27: Present Tense (Agreement)

Updated! This chapter has been updated with new practice content and new websites in the Exploring Online feature. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New content in Practice 1, a passage about Dr. Trinkhaus’s social research, p. 389

o New websites in the Exploring Online feature offer more practice with subject-verb agreement, p. 498

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 28: Past Tense

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Updated! Chapter 28 has been updated with new and revised practice content, two new visuals, and new websites in the Exploring Online feature. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New and revised practice content Practice 1, a new passage about Everglades champion Marjory Stoneman

Douglas, p. 399Practice 2, a new essay about Hispanics in Hollywood, p. 402Practice 3, updated passage about Oprah Winfrey, p. 405Practice 6, new essay entitled “Video Game Nation,” p. 407

o New visualsPhotograph of an egret in the Everglades to accompany Practice 1, p. 400Photograph of actress Salma Hayek to accompany Practice 2, p. 404

o New websites in the Exploring Online feature for more practice with regular and irregular verbs, p. 409

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 29: The Past Participle

Updated! This chapter has been updated with new and revised practice content, a new visual, and new websites in the Exploring Online feature. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New and revised practice content Practice 1, a new passage about custom motorcycle designer Arlen Ness, p. 411Practice 3, revision of the passage about soccer, p. 416

o New visual, a photograph of Arlen Ness to accompany Practice 4, p. 412o Exploring Online feature with new websites for more practice with past

participles, p. 423o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 30: Nouns

Updated! Chapter 30 has been updated with a new visual and new websites in the Exploring Online feature. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New visual, a photograph of runway models to accompany Practice 4, p. 429o Updated Exploring Online feature with new websites for practice with nouns

and plurals, p. 430o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 31: Pronouns

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Updated! This chapter has been updated with new Exploring Online websites that offer more practice with pronouns. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New websites in the Exploring Online feature for more practice with pronouns, p. 444

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 32: Prepositions

Updated! This chapter has been updated with new and revised practice content, a new visual, and new websites in the Exploring Online feature. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New and revised practice content Practice 1, revised passage about baseball players from the Dominican Republic,

p. 446Practice 2, updated passage on annual American Freshman survey, p. 450Practice 3, a brand new essay about African-American brain surgeon Ben Carson,

p. 4451o New visual, a photograph of Dr. Ben Carson to accompany Practice 3, p. 451o Exploring Online feature with new websites for more practice with prepositions,

p. 453o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 33: Adjectives and Adverbs

Updated! Chapter 33 now includes new practice content and new websites in the Exploring Online feature. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New content in Practice 3, a paragraph about Wikipedia, p. 458o New websites in the Exploring Online feature offer more practice with

adjectives and adverbs, p. 462o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 34: The Apostrophe

Updated! This chapter has been updated with new practice content and a new visual. New websites in the Exploring Online feature provide opportunities for more practice with apostrophes. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

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o New content in Practice 1, a passage about the theft of Edvard Munch’s famous painting “The Scream,” p. 464

o New visual, a photograph “The Scream” to accompany Practice 1, p. 464o A new Exploring Online feature provides new websites for more practice with

apostrophes, p. 469o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 35: The Comma

Updated! Chapter 35 has been freshened with interesting new practice content, a new visual, and a new Exploring Online website. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New practice content Practice 5, a new passage about unusual American town names, p. 4876Practice 7, a new essay about animation company Pixar, p. 478

o New visual, a photograph of a scene from Pixar’s film Finding Nemo, p. 479o A new Exploring Online feature that directs students to the Pixar website for

more information about the process of making computer-animated films, p. 480o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to

enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 36: Mechanics

Updated! This chapter has been updated with new Exploring Online websites that offer more practice with punctuation and capitalization. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New websites in the Exploring Online feature for more practice with punctuation and capitalization, p. 489

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 37: Putting Your Proofreading Skills to Work

Updated! This chapter has been updated with new practice content, two new visuals, and new websites in the Exploring Online feature, which offers tips and practice with proofreading and revising. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New content in Practice 6, a passage about careers in forensics, p. 495o New visuals

Photograph of the oldest person to climb Mount Everest to accompany Practice 1, p. 491

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Photograph of a scene from the popular television show CSI to accompany Practice 6, p. 496

o A new Exploring Online feature with new websites that provide tips about proofreading and revising, as well as more practice, p. 499

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

UNIT 7 STRENGTHENING YOUR SPELLING

Chapter 38: Spelling

Updated! This chapter has been updated with new Exploring Online websites that offer additional spelling quizzes. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New websites in the Exploring Online feature for more practice with spelling, p. 515

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

Chapter 39: Look-Alikes/Sound-Alikes

Updated! This chapter has been updated with new Exploring Online websites that offer additional practice with look-alikes and sound-alikes. Teaching and ESL Tips are now provided in the Instructor’s Edition.

o New websites in the Exploring Online feature for more practice with look-alikes/sound-alikes, p. 529

o New Teaching Tips and ESL Tips throughout chapter offer suggestions to enhance the course or help non-native students of English

UNIT 7 WRITER’S WORKSHOP

Updated! This Writer’s Workshop has been revised to focus on a new student essay, “Rain,” p. 530

READING SELECTIONS

Revised, with 50% new readings and five four-color visual images! In response to instructor and student feedback, half the readings (including headnotes, discussion and writing questions, and writing assignments) have been replaced with more varied, contemporary selections—many with new visuals.

o New readings

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“100 Miles Per Hour, Upside Down and Sideways” by Rick Bragg, p. 536“When Greed Gives Way to Giving” by Ana Veciana-Suarez, p. 545“Dear Dads: Save Your Sons” by Christopher N. Bacorn, p. 552“Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee, p. 555“Forever Young” by Firoozeh Dumas, p. 558“Four Types of Courage” by Karen Castellucci Cox, p. 564“Freedom’s Just Another Word” by Anna Quindlen, p. 577

o New visualsPhotograph of author Sandra Cisneros with critical thinking questionNew Yorker cartoon about fad diets, p. 539Public service announcement by the National Fatherhood Initiative with critical-thinking questions, p. 555Photograph of “Stop Snitchin” T-shirts, which promote non-cooperation with the

police, with critical-thinking questions, p. 573