Real Stories

Real Stories is a writing and reading text that works. The method Toni Ortner discusses is classroom-tested and designed to meet the needs of multi-cultural high school students. It contains three sections: "e;The Process of Writing"e; covers the basic building blocks of writing. "e;Time Savers for Grammar and Punctuation"e; includes types of sentences, how to find and eliminate runs-ons, comma splices and fragments, comma use, nouns, capitalization, direct quotes, verb tenses, and irregular verbs, practice exercises, an answer key, and tests. "e;The Reader"e; contains students' personal stories for analysis and discussion. Real Stories helps students use words to empower and enrich their lives.