Structuring Paragraphs: A Guide to Effective Writing

I have used this book for several Freshman comp classes and find it very useful. This book focuses, as the title suggests, on paragraphs: topic sentences, secondary support, coherence and others. The exercises at the end of each section are well conceived, easy to use, and effective. This is not a book for the English 101 honor class. Nor is it for the regular ESL class. It is for people who can write decent sentences but have trouble getting paragraphs in shape.

This is a book I've used in several classes, for students who are returing to college, some after many years of non-academic work. The exercises at the ends of the chapters offer a bridge between the reading and their own writing. I particularly like the chapter on coherence.