As part of the Penguin Academic Series, Steps for College Writers offers a compact, trade-format size and streamlined narrative to make this book both easy to handle and easy to read. Its brevity and low cost allows instructors to easily supplement the basic text with other books.

Teaches students the basics of composing solid paragraphs and essays in preparation for freshman composition. Paragraph-to-Essay level; Penguin Academic = concise and affordable; Three phases of college writing?finding one’s own writing process, writing essays based on one’s own experience and perceptions, and writing essays involving texts and research; Graduated approach with grammar and writing: “Basic,” “Intermediate,” Challenge”; Heavy emphasis on grammar, proofreading, and peer review; Student and professional models are incorporated throughout text.