This high beginner to low intermediate writing course teaches the basics of paragraph writing. Writers at Work: The Paragraph is essentially a new edition of the immensely successful Writers At Work: A Guide to Basic Writing. The book is designed for high beginning to low intermediate writing students. It uses personal topics such as A Person Important to You and Holidays to teach the basics of paragraph writing. Students learn techniques for generating ideas and, using a strong inductive approach, discover how to revise and edit their writing.