Transitions: From Reading to Writing - Softcover

Clouse, Barbara Fine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007240521X ISBN 13: 9780072405217

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 2001

Synopsis

This title offers over sixty thematically-arranged short prose pieces introduced by extensive reading and writing coverage. "Transitions" helps students identify successful strategies and incorporate them into their own writing.

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From the Publisher:

Twenty-six new essays, including some longer, more academic essays, and lively topical pieces
A new chapter on essay structure that includes an annotated student essay
A new chapter, "The Power of Language," with essays by Malcolm X, Neil Postman, Amy Tan, and Deborah Tannen
ESL tips after each essay, giving additional explanations and guidance for your students whose first language is not English
Unfamiliar vocabulary covered before each reading, rather than a glossary at the end of the book
One journal, one collaborative, and one cross-curricular or "real world" assignment after each reading
Discussion questions now divided into "Understanding Content" (to check comprehension), "Understanding Structure and Technique" (to highlight rhetorical issues), and "Exploring Ideas" (to help students hone their critical thinking skills)
Sixty-one lively essays provide a variety of writing styles and subjects. An alternate rhetorical table of contents is also provided
Introductory chapters discuss active reading, logical essay structure, writing in response to reading, and developing an effective writing process. Annotated professional and student essays are included in each chapter
Wide variety of discussion questions and writing tasks can be readily geared to a range of needs and abilities, providing tremendous flexibility for an instructor. Chapters 5 through 13 open with provocative quotes, or "Springboards," which serve as points of departure for journal entries, paragraph or essay writing, and group and class discussion
Innovative post-reading "Workshops" point out a notable rhetorical feature, a stylistic concern, or an instructive aspect of grammar or usage in the essay under discussion. Workshops are designed to teach "incidentally" by calling attention to a feature in a professional work that might be useful for students in their own writing. An activity is provided afterwards to reinforce the point made in the workshop
Each chapter concludes with two sets of assignments'"Connecting the Readings" and "Connecting the Themes"'that call upon students to see the "big picture" and respond to several of the essays treated in the chapter
26 new essays
New chapter on essay structure that includes an annotated student essay
New chapter, The Power of Language
ESL tips
61 brief, accessible essays
Excellent introductory chapters on active reading, writing in response to reading, and developing an effective writing process
Innovative, post-reading "Workshops" that point out a notable rhetorical feature, a stylistic concern, or an instructive aspect of grammar or usage in the essay under discussion
2 sets of end-of-chapter writing assignments

About the Author:

Barbara Fine Clouse is a frequent conference presenter and seasoned writing instructor who has taught all levels of college composition, first at Youngstown State University in northeastern Ohio and then at Slippery Rock University in western Pennsylvania. In addition to this new edition of THE STUDENT WRITER: Editor and Critic, Barbara has written a number of composition texts for McGraw-Hill, including WRITING: FROM INNER TO OUTER WORLD, PATTERNS FOR A PURPOSE: A Rhetorical Reader, JUMPSTART! A Workbook for Writers WORKING IT OUT: A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers, a short prose reader for developmental students, which is avialable on Primis, McGraw's electronic database. Barbara's publications also include the fourth edition of PROGRESSIONS for Allyn & Bacon.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 007240521X
• ISBN 13: 9780072405217
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 576