A Community of Writers - Softcover

Elbow, Peter; Belanoff, Patricia; Belanof, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070196931 ISBN 13: 9780070196933

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1995

Synopsis

This text provides a workshop approach to the teaching of composition. It addresses students as writers, challenging them to develop their skills by writing often, by exploring their writing processes, and by sharing their writing with others. The flexible workshops allow an instructor to organize and orient their course individually, and the book integrates readings - both student and professional - throughout. It also contains more than 100 writing assignments.

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From the Publisher

Attention to visual literacy throughout the book.
Step-by-step coverage of drafting'an essential step in the writing process.
Expanded treatment of argumentation with additional professional essays.
Full coverage of computer-based writing and the use of the Internet for research and collaboration.
Expanded coverage of research, including coverage of new technologies, and a section in each workshop with suggestions for research activities.
New mini-workshop on writing under pressure (exams and other in-class essays).
New mini-workshop on composing a web page and other forms of electronic writing.
Written by the author whose name is synonymous with the workshop approach.
Each chapter is organized as a workshop and contains: warm-up activities to help students gain confidence, a main writing assignment, step-by-step guidelines and questions to help students develop and complete the assignment, student and professional examples, as well as full-text readings, and process boxes (brief reflections on myriad aspects of the process of writing.
The in-text Sharing and Responding Guide prepares students to respond constructively to another's work. It explains and illustrates a dozen methods for sharing writing.

About the Author

Peter Elbow is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Before writing A Community of Writers, he wrote two other books about writing: Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process. He is author of a book of essays about learning and teaching: Embracing Contraries. He also wrote Oppositions in Chaucer, as well as numerous essays about writing and teaching. His most recent book, What Is English? explores current issues in the profession of English. He has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Franconia College, Evergreen State College, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook—where for five years he directed the Writing Program. He served for four years on the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association and is now a member of the Executive Committee of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. He has given talks and workshops at many colleges and university. He attended Williams College and Harvard University and has an M.A. from Exeter College, Oxford University, and a Ph.D. from Brandeis University.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070196931
• ISBN 13: 9780070196933
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 592