SECTION ONE: COMPOSING: THE BASICS -- Chapter 1: Writing about a Person -- Looking at Content and Organization -- The Main Idea -- The Body -- The Conclusion -- Practicing What You Have Learned -- Your Turn to Write -- Step 1: Preparing to Write -- Step 2: Planning and Organizing -- Step 3: Writing the First Draft -- Step 4: Revising -- Step 5: Proofreading and Editing -- Step 6: Writing the Final Draft -- Step 7: Following Up and Evaluating Progress -- Ideas for Writing -- Chapter 2: Narrating a Personal Experience -- What's Your Opinion? -- Looking at Content and Organization -- The Main Idea -- The Body -- The Conclusion -- Language Tips -- Past Time -- Direct Quotations -- Practicing What You Have Learned -- Your Turn to Write -- Step 1: Preparing to Write -- Step 2: Planning and Organizing -- Step 3: Writing the First Draft -- Step 4: Revising -- Step 5: Proofreading and Editing -- Step 6: Writing the Final Draft -- Step 7: Following Up and Evaluating Progress -- Ideas for Writing -- Chapter 3: Providing Examples -- Looking at Content and Organization -- The Main Idea -- The Body -- The Conclusion -- Language Tips -- Signals -- Practicing What You Have Learned -- Your Turn to Write -- Step 1: Preparing To Write -- Step 2: Planning and Organizing -- Step 3: Writing the First Draft -- Step 4: Revising -- Step 5: Proofreading and Editing -- Step 6: Writing the Final Draft -- Step 7: Following Up and Evaluating Progress -- Ideas for Writing -- Chapter 4: Supplying Reasons -- Looking at Content and Organization -- Looking at Content and Organization -- The Main Idea -- The Body -- The Conclusion -- Language Tips -- Signals -- Practicing What You Have Learned -- Your Turn to Write -- Step 1: Preparing to Write -- Step 2: Planning and Organizing -- Step 3: Writing the First Draft -- Step 4: Revising -- Step 5: Proofreading and Editing -- Step 6: Writing the Final Draft -- Step 7: Following Up and Evaluating Progress -- Ideas for Writing -- Chapter 5: Explaining with Parallel Points -- Looking at Content and Organization -- The Main Idea -- the Body -- The Conclusion -- Language Tips -- Signals -- Practicing What You Have Learned -- Your Turn to Write -- Step 1: Preparing to Write -- Step 2: Planning and Organizing -- Step 3: Writing the First Draft -- Ste p4: Revising -- Step 5: Proofreading and Editing -- Step 6: Writing the Final Draft -- Ste p7: Following Up and Evalauting Progress -- Ideas for Writing -- SECTION TWO: COMPSING: RESPONDING TO OUTSIDE SOURCES -- Chapter 6: Proverbs and Quotations -- Looking at Content and Organization -- The Main Idea -- The Body -- The Conclusion -- Your Turn to Write -- Step 1: Preparing to Write -- Ste p2: Planning and Organizing -- Step 3: Writing the First Draft -- Step 4: Revising -- Step 5: Proofreading and Editing -- Step 6: Writing the Final Draft -- Ste p7: Following Up and Evaluating Progress -- Ideas for Writing -- Chapter 7: Wiring a Summary -- Looking at Content and Organization -- The Main Idea -- The Summary -- Your Turn to Write -- Step1: Preparing to Write -- Step 2: Planning and Organizing -- Step 3: Writing the First Draft -- Step 4: Revising -- Step 5: Proofreading and Editing -- Step 6: Writing the Final Draft -- Step 7: Following Up and Evaluating Progress -- Chapter 8: Articles from Magazines and Newspapers -- Looking at Content and Organization -- The Main Idea -- The Body -- The Conclusion -- Your Turn to Write -- Step 1: Preparing to Write -- Step 2: Planning and Organizing -- Step 3: Writing the First Draft -- Step 4: Revising -- Step 5: Proofreading and Editing -- Step 6: Writing the Final Draft -- Step 7: Following Up and Evaluating Progress -- Ideas for Writing -- Chapter 9: Selections from Literature -- Looking at Content and Organization -- The Main Idea -- The Body -- The Conclusion -- Your Turn to Write -- Step 1: Preparing to Write -- Step 2: Planning and Organizing -- Step 3: Writing the First Draft -- Step 4: Revising -- Step 5: Proofreading and Editing -- Step 6: Writing the Final Draft -- Step 7: Following Up and Evaluating Progress -- Ideas for Writing -- SECTION THREE: SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL FOR REFINING SKILLS -- Part 1: Distinguishing General and Specific Ideas -- Part 2: Narrowing a Topic -- Part 3: Writing Titles -- Part 4: Focusing on Main Ideas -- Part 5: Practicing Support -- Part 6: Practicing Conclusions -- Part 7: Deciding on Paragraph

Strauch, A. O. (1998). Bridges to academic writing. Cambridge University Press.