For Writing courses.
Digging In provides developmental composition students with enjoyable, accessible poems, short stories and essays to help them develop their reading and writing skills. The text features Before Reading prompts to start students thinking about the topics and To Understand and To Write questions which follow the selections, as well as lists of Ideas for Writing that address the general theme of the chapter.
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This book was written with the belief that teaching developmental composition with literature offers exciting possibilities for both students and instructors. Featuring poetry and short stories in addition to essays, DIGGING IN will engage your students like no other text. An introductory chapter on reading literature and a glossary following the last chapter give students all the resources they need to be successful.
Most of the readings are contemporary, and the topics cover a broad extent of human experience. The chapters―Family History. GrowingUp/Growing Old, Learning and Teaching, The Emotional Side, Work and Dreams, and Issues/Positions―offer instructors an opportunity to teach within a theme.
For each of the over 60 selections, the author has included:
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