Wordsmith

The <strong>Wordsmith</strong> series is the valuepriced option that students will appreciatewhile mastering key writing and grammar skills. Pam Arlov wrote a t... » 

The Wordsmith series is the valuepriced option that students will appreciatewhile mastering key writing and grammar skills. Pam Arlov wrote a textbookseries that counters many of the objections students had about textbooks suchas Students find textbooks dry and tedious. Arlov includes thoughtprovokingchapter openers plenty of visuals and a conversational engaging writingstyle that students really respond to. Students find textbooks irrelevant totheir lives. Arlovs coverage of the rhetorical modes is realistic and modelsreallife writing. She includes Real Writing examples in the modes chaptersto make Wordsmith relevant to students lives. Students become frustrated ifthe entire text is not used in class. Wordsmith is 100 pages briefer thansimilar texts on the market and an affordable option. This more conciseapproach also does not overwhelm students with too much information. Wordsmithprovides students with just the right balance of instruction and practice. «