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Occurring only in Parts I and II, this section highlights, explains, and provides practice 
with useful words and phrases from the models. Types of vocabulary include word families, 
synonyms, word parts, collocations, and antonyms. Students have the opportunity to review the 
vocabulary later in the chapter and apply it in the chapter’s writing assignment.
Skill-Building Sections: Organization (Parts I and II)
Occurring only in Parts I and II, the organization section focuses on the structure and content 
of paragraphs and essays. In Chapters 1 and 2, students review the parts of a paragraph, unity, 
coherence, transition use, and kinds of logical order. Chapter 3 discusses plagiarism, citing 
sources, use of quotations, summarizing, and paraphrasing. 
Longman Academic Writing Series 4, Fifth Edition, Teacher’s Manual 
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General Teaching Notes
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In Part II (Chapters 4–8), the organization section deals with the specific content and 
organization of the genre presented in each chapter. For example, Chapter 4, which guides 
students from paragraph to essay writing, presents the parts of an essay, essay organization, 
and essay outlines. Chapter 5 covers thesis statements, body paragraphs, and transition signals 
specific to that genre. 
All skill-building sections include carefully sequenced practice activities. Many sections 
also include a Try It Out! activity in which students apply the skills taught in the section to an 
independent writing task. A complete Answer Key for all practice activities is on pages 81–106 of 
this manual.
Skill-Building Sections: Sentence Structure (Part III)
In Chapters 9–14, the section following the introduction presents explanations and practice 
related to the topic of the chapter. For example, Chapter 10 targets parallelism and sentence 
problems such as fragments, run-on sentences, and comma splices. The practice section 
concludes with an essay-length editing activity. A complete Answer Key for all practice activities 
is on pages 81–106 of this manual. 
Practice Activities: Options
 1. 
Level 4 of the Longman Academic Writing Series contains a great deal of explanatory 
text. Try to plan your lessons so that students are spending as much class time as possible 
working rather than reading. Have students read the explanations at home, prior to the 
lesson in which information will be practiced. Begin the next class session with a short 
review of the reading.
 2. 
As much as possible, have students complete practice activities and revision tasks with