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Overview"For those of us who teach developmental or introductory college writing, we are currently faced with myriad changes — changes in what we do, who we serve and how we are viewed by others. Now, with less funding and more institutional, state and national pressure, we must restructure our courses and re-envision our students in order to withstand the scrutiny from outside and create a course that provides students with the critical thinking, reading and writing skills and intellectual curiosity they need to be successful students and citizens. Discovering the Student, Discovering the Self: Introduction to College Writing was created from a developmental writing program that was a past recipient of the Conference on Basic Writing's Award for Innovation, and provides faculty and students with the tools to successfully navigate the new face of academia. Discovering the Student, Discovering the Self: Introduction to College Writing is designed for students who show signs of needing additional work on their college-level writing. This textbook focuses on two key tenets — writing as a process, emphasizing revision and reflection, and the inextricable connection between reading and writing. This book ensures that students are engaging in thoughtful college level work. This book is organized chronologically, taking instructors and students throughout the semester, beginning with personal-based essays and concluding with text-based essays. Students will love this book because it offers activities that break down complex tasks into smaller, more manageable ones and prepares them for their college-level courses. They will value that assignments are written to them and readings are relevant to their lives both inside and outside of the classroom. Instructors will love this book because it provides them a ""map"" for the semester and a course where instruction and evaluation are inherently connected. Ultimately, Discovering the Student, Discovering the Self: Introduction to College Writing guides instructors to take their students on a journey to discover themselves, realizing they are part of many communities, including this academic community, and defining themselves as individuals, students, scholars and citizens. Discovering the Student, Discovering the Self: Introduction to College Writing features: Reading selections spark students' intellectual curiosity. Themes include identity (in terms of race, class, culture, place, gender and sexual orientation), education, language and literacy and the voices are both mainstream and marginal. Writing Instruction moves students from personal to academic writing, offering tutorials beginning with detail, description, narration and basic academic essay structure and culminating with activities in critical reading, summary writing and integration of borrowed material resulting in meaningful engagement with texts. Sentence Construction and Grammar Instruction covers the key areas in grammar and sentence structure to help students understand the parts of speech and how each part of a sentence truly works. Helpful lists such as ""Do's and Don'ts"" and exercises allow students to apply what they have read and practiced in class. This section directs students in competent, correct and clear writing. Student Essays/Papers are an effective teaching tool and provide modeling opportunities for the instructor. These essays provide ideas for topics as well as instruction on thesis statements, paragraph construction, use of detail and description, incorporation of text and response to and analysis of others' words and ideas. Model essays also provide students in the classroom with the confidence they need to find their own voices and commit them to paper. Instructor's Resource Guide helps instructors get the most out of Discovering the Student, Discovering the Self, by providing a course syllabus and schedule, detailed assignments, examples and explanations of instructor feedback/evaluation/grading of student papers as well as the theory behind the textbook." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dawn TerrickPublisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S. Imprint: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S. Edition: 7th Revised edition ISBN: 9781792464898ISBN 10: 1792464894 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 30 July 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Spiral bound Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Readings 1. Identity: Essays from Dorothy Allison, Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Anthony Brandt, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Bobbie Ann Mason, Deirdre McCloskey, Tim O'Brien, Amy Tan, E.B. White and Elizabeth Wong 2. Education: Essays from Benjamin Barber, Chester Finn, Leonid Fridman, Barbara Jordan, Daniel McGinn, Michelle Obama and Mike Rose 3. Literacy and Language: Essays from Sherman Alexie, Russell Baker, Frederick Douglass, Gail Godwin, Anne Lamott, Gloria Naylor, Richard Rodriguez and Eudora Welty Chapter 2: Writing Instruction Introduction for Student Writers -Getting Started: Reflecting on Who You Are as a Reader and Writer and Finding Your Own Writing Process -Writing Prompts -Reading, Response and Reflection: Gail Godwin's The Watcher at the Gates -Writing Apprehension Test -The Writing Process Personal-Based Writing -Thesis-Driven, Reader-Based Prose -Writing Prompts to Find a Meaningful Topic -Using a Response Model to Develop Writing in a Meaningful Way -Description and Detail: Reading and Writing Exercise -Narration: Reading and Writing Exercise -Stretching a Paragraph -Academic Essay Structure: Introduction, Thesis Statement and Conclusion -Patterns of Organization: Chronological Order and Before and After -Topic Sentences and Body Paragraphs -Five-Minute Essay Outline -Review the Structure of an Academic Essay: Workshopping a Student Essay -Peer Response Activities Interviewing Techniques and Writing -The Importance of the Interview and Interview Paper -The Interview Process -Writing Effective Interview Questions -Interview Practice: In-class Exercise on Interviewing -Interview Worksheets and Outlines -Review the Interview Essay: Workshopping a Student Essay -Peer Response Sheet for Interview Paper Text-Based Writing -Overview -Responses to Reading: Summary, Analysis and Evaluation -Integrating Sources: Blended Paragraph Exercise -Verbs Used in MLA Introductory/Signal/Attribution Phrases -Quoting Exercises -Academic Essay Structure for Text-Based Essays: Introduction, Thesis Statement and Conclusion for Text-Based Essays -Topic Sentences and Body Paragraphs for Text-Based Essays/Papers/Task Papers -Patterns of Organization: Comparison/Contrast and Point by Point -Practice with Topic Sentences, Body Paragraphs and Patterns for Organization for Text-Based Essays/Papers/Task Papers -Getting Started for a Text-Based Writing Assignment: Joining a Conversation -The Importance of the Literacy Autobiography -Literacy Autobiography-Joining a Conversation -Making Connections with the Text for Your Literacy Autobiography -Five-Minute Essay Outline: Text-Based Essay-Comparison/Contrast -Review the Content and Structure of a Text-Based Essay: Workshopping a Student Essay -Review the Content and Structure of the Literacy Autobiography Essay: Workshopping a Student Essay -Peer Response Activities Chapter 3: Using and Documenting Sources Terms and Definitions MLA Guidelines, Rules and Usage Formatting a Works Cited Page according to MLA Guidelines Practice with Quoting and MLA Documentation Chapter 4: End of Semester Reflection The Challenges and Rewards of the Semester Writing Apprehension Test, Revisited Finding Your Writing Process, Revisited Group Reflection: What Have You Learned This Semester? Chapter 5: Sentence Construction and Grammar Instruction Parts of Speech Prepositions: Instruction and Exercises Punctuation: Instruction and Exercises Sentence Construction: Instruction with Exercises Understanding the Don'ts: Instruction with Exercises Common Errors: Instruction with Exercises Chapter 6: Student Essays Introduction Personal-Based Writing Essays Identity: Significant Person, Place and Event Interview Essays Text-Based Writing Essays Appendix: Writer's Workshop Instructor's Resource GuideReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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