Unit One: Narrative Writing Lesson One Get Started: Lei Yang Learn to Write A. Composition focus: time order B. Grammatical focus: the simple present tense Expressions to Learn: frequency words Lesson Two Get Started: Michael Cherry Learn to Write A. Composition focus: time order B. Grammatical focus: the simple past tense Expressions to Learn: past years Lesson Three Get Started: A Bad Day Learn to Write A. Composition focus: write about a topic B. Grammatical focus: the past continuous tense Expressions to Learn: past dates Lesson Four Get Started: My First Evening Alone Learn to Write A. Composition focus: write about a given topic B. Grammatical focus: the simple past tense special verb forms Expressions to Learn: times in a day Lesson Five Get Started: Going on an Outing Learn to Write A. Composition focus: write about pictures B. Grammatical focus: the future tense Expressions to Learn: future days Lesson Six Get Started: The Tortoise and the Rabbit Learn to Write A. Composition focus: write a story B. Grammatical focus: the past future tense Expressions to Learn: connectors in time order Lesson Seven Get Started: A True Story Learn to Write A. Composition focus: write a story B. Grammatical focus: the past perfect tense Expressions to Learn: connectors of time relations Lesson Eight Students'' Workshop I Handwriting Unit Two: Descriptive Writing Lesson Nine Get Started: My Room Learn to Write A. Composition focus: describe a room B. Grammatical focus: the prepositional phrase Expressions to Learn: positions in a room Lesson Ten Get Started: Table Setting Learn to Write A. Composition focus: describe a diagram B. Grammatical focus: the prepositional phrase Expressions to Learn: positions in a diagram Lesson Eleven Get Started: A Tree Learn to Write A. Composition focus: describe a vertical object B. Grammatical focus: the verb pattern Expressions to Learn: vertical relations Lesson Twelve Get Started: An Egg Learn to Write A. Composition focus: describe an object physically B. Grammatical focus: the link verb Expressions to Learn: physical qualities Lesson Thirteen Get Started: Ellen Is Coming! Learn to Write A. Composition focus: describe a person physically B. Grammatical focus: the modifier Expressions to Learn: physical features lamson Four teen Get Started: Our School Campus Learn to Write A. Composition focus: describe a place B. Grammatical focus: the modifier Expressions to Learn: close locations Lesson Fifteen Get Started: The United States Learn tO Write A. Composihon focus: describe a place B. Grammatical focus: the passive voice Expressions to Learn: distant locations Lesson Sixteen Students'' Workshop II Capitalization Unit Three: Practical Writing Lesson Seventeen Get Started: A Letter of Exchanging News Learn to Write Composition focus: write to exchange news write in the correct form Expressions to Learn: dates and addresses Lesson Eighteen Get Started: A Letter of Invitation Learn to Write Composition focus: write to invite people address an envelope Expressions to Learn: the salutation Lesson Nineteen Get Started: A Letter of Thanks Learn to Write A. Composition focus: write a letter of thanks B. Grammatical focus: the simple sentence Expressions to Learn: the ending Lesson Twenty Get Started: A Letter of Asking a Favor Learn to Write A. Composition focus: write to ask a favor B. Grammatical focus: the simple sentence Expressions to Learn: polite forms Lesson Twenty-One Get Started: Postcards Learn to Write A. Composition focus: write postcards B. Grammatical focus: subject & verb agreement Expressions to Learn: dliptical forms Lesson Twenty-Two Get Started: Greeting Cards Learn to Write A. Composition focus: write greeting cards B. Grammatical focus: subject & verb agreement Expressions to Learn: good wishes Lesson Twenty-Three Students'' Workshop III Punctuation--the Comma Unit Four: Expository Writing Lesson Twenty-Four Get Started: Steel Production in Liaoning Learn to Write A. Composition focus: write the topic sentence B. Grammatical focus: the compound sentence Expressions to Learn: changes in amounts and numbers Lesson Twenty-Five Get Started: Night Markets in Beijing Learn to Write A. Composition focus: support the topic sentence B. Grammatical focus: the compound sentence Expressions to Learn: listing words Lesson Twenty-Si> Get Started: My Mother Learn to Write A. Composition focus: write to explain an idea B. Grammatical focus: the complex sentence Expressions to Learn: listing words Lesson Twenty-Seven Get Started: American Cowboys Learn to Write A. Composition focus: choose concrete supports B. Grammatical focus: the complex sentence Expressions to Learn: signal words Lesson Twenty-Eight Get Started: Politeness Learn to Write A. Composition focus: arrange supports B. Grammatical focus: the complex sentence Expressions to Learn: signal words Lesson Twenty-Nine Get Started: Kennedy and Lincoln Learn to Write A. Composition focus: make a comparison B. Grammatical focus: the parallel sentence Expressions to Learn: comparison phrases Lesson Thirty Get Started: Bus Travel or Air Travel Learn to Write A. Composition focus: make a contrast B. Grammatical focus: the comparative form Expressions to Learn: contrast phrases Vocabulary List