English Skills with Readings: Examining Paragraphs , a rhetoric/reader/handbook, builds a solid foundation for paragraph writing by breaking down the process into 4 direct, prescriptive steps: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. Presenting good writing as a learnable skill and an attainable goal offers students encouragement. Founded on the premise that mastery of the paragraph should precede the extension of essential writing skills into a longer essay, the text begins with basic principles of composition using paragraph models. After developing the students'' ability to support ideas within a variety of paragraph forms, the book extends paragraph writing to essay writing. INCLUDED WITH THIS TEXT - Connect Grammar is an online grammar and writing tool for Canadian students. Connect Grammar uses practice and assessment to offer robust grammar support, resources for paragraph and essay development, and support for conducting research. Connect Grammar is designed to help students identify areas of grammatical weakness and improve their skills through comprehensive and reliable instruction and practice. Composition skills support is also provided to ensure students are successful throughout the writing process.