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[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Pearson Education (US)], Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have made emThe Longman Writer/em one of the most successful methods-of-development guides for college writing. emThe Longman Writer/em draws on decades of teaching experience to integrate the best of the "product" and "process" approaches to writing. Its particular strengths include an emphasis on the reading-writing connection, a focus on invention and revision, attention to the fact that patterns blend in actual writing, and an abundance of class-tested activities and assignments-more than 350 in all. Product Description Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have made emThe Longman Writer/em one of the most successful methods-of-development guides for college writing. Features + Benefits Step-by-step coverage of the writing process features a separate chapter on every stage from prewriting through drafting, revising, and editing-and offers students opportunities for practice through extensive activities and collaborative exercises. The widely-praised emphasis on purpose, audience, and point of view first appears in the chapter on prewriting and is then reiterated in assignments and commentary throughout the text, helping students to see that writers make decisions based in their writing context. Visual pedagogy designed for how today's students learn highlights key ideas and processes at-a-glance for easy reference and review: o Process Diagrams spotlight each step of the writing process, showing students how each stage of composing contributes to an effective piece of writing (Chs 2-9). o Development Diagrams illustrate each pattern of development, culling the distinctive features of each type of writing out of the narrative in a detailed yet clear summary (Chs 10-18). o New Essay Structure Diagrams outline one professional reading in each method of development chapter to help students recognize how a reading is organized and supported (Chs 10-18). One student sample is shown at a different stage of development in every chapter in Part II so that students can see how ideas develop and drafts change shape-and so they can differentiate between revising and editing. One annotated student paper in each method-of-development chapter in Part III illustrates decisions student writers make for each rhetorical pattern. Subsequent pages of commentary, analysis, and "before and after" versions of student work are widely praised for helping students see how every decision a writer makes contributes to coherent and clear writing. A full suite of apparatus includes comprehensive assignment sets accompanying every reading: o A "Pre-Reading Journal Entry" before each reading and a "Writing Assignment Using a Journal Entry as a Starting Point" after illustrate the reading/ writing connection and the process involved in shaping a piece of writing o "Questions for Close Reading" and "Questions About the Writer's Craft" ensure reading comprehension and rhetorical reading o Writing assignments asking students to write an essay using the same pattern(s) as the selection are followed by writing assignments inviting students to mix the methods of development-ensuring that the "modes" are seen as strategies and not ends in themselves. Writing in three different real-life writing contexts, On Campus, At Home or in the Community, and On the Job," is emphasized in the Assignments with a Specific Purpose, Audience, and Point of View at the end of each pattern chapter to help students recognize real-life applications of the concepts and skills they learn outside of the academic classroom. A wide variety of essays includes classics along with new and previously unanthologized works in order to appeal to varied student interests and stimulate strong writing on range of topics such as gender, education, race, mass culture, family life, mortality, and others. I. THE READING PROCESS 1. Becoming a Strong Reader Stage 1: Get an Overview of the Selection Stage 2: Deepen Your Sense of the Selection Stage 3: Evaluate the Selection A Model Annotated Reading Assessing Visuals in a Reading Assessing an Image: An Example Assessing a Graph: An Example Ellen Goodman, Family Counterculture II. THE WRITING PROCESS 2. Getting Started Through Prewriting Use Prewriting to Get Started Keep a Journal The Pre-Reading Journal Entry Understand the Boundaries of the Assignment Determine Your Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Point of View Discover Your Essay's Limited Subject Generate Raw Material About Your Limited Subject Organize the Raw Material Activities: Getting Started Through Prewriting 3. Identifying a Thesis What Is a Thesis? Finding a Thesis Writing an Effective Thesis Tone and Point of View Implied Pattern of Development Including a Plan of Development 1. Don't Write a Highly Opinionated Statement 2. Don't Make an Announcement 3. Don't Make a Factual Statement 4. Don't Make a Broad Statement Arriving at an Effective Thesis Placing the Thesis in an Essay Activities: Identifying a Thesis 4. Supporting the Thesis with Evidence What Is Evidence? How Do You Find Evidence? How the Patterns of Development Help Generate Evidence Characteristics of Evidence The Evidence Is Relevant and Unified The Evidence Is Specific The Evidence Is Adequate The Evidence Is Dramatic The Evidence Is Accurate The Evidence Is Representative Borrowed Evidence Is Documented Activities: Supporting the Thesis with Evidence 5. Organizing the Evidence Use the Patterns of Development Select an Organizational Approach Chronological Approach Spatial Approach Emphatic Approach Simple-to-Complex Approach Prepare an Outline Activities: Organizing the Evidence 6. Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft How to Move from Outline to First Draft General Suggestions on How to Proceed If You Get Bogged Down A Suggested Sequence for Writing the First Draft 1. Write the Supporting Paragraphs 2. Write Other Paragraphs in the Essay's Body 3. Write the Introduction 4. Write the Conclusion Write the Title Pulling It All Together Sample First Draft Harriet Davids, Challenges for Today's Parents Commentary Activities: Writing the Paragraphs in the First Draft 7. Revising Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development Five Strategies to Make Revision Easier Set Your First Draft Aside for a While Work from Printed Text Read the Draft Aloud View Revision as a Series of Steps Evaluate and Respond to Instructor Feedback Peer Review: An Additional Revision Strategy Evaluate and Respond to Peer Review Revising Overall Meaning and Structure Revising Paragraph Development Sample Student Revision of Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development Activities: Revising Overall Meaning, Structure, and Paragraph Development 8. Revising Sentences and Words Revising Sentences. Make Sentences Consistent with Your Tone Make Sentences Economical Vary Sentence Type Vary Sentence Length Make Sentences Emphatic Revising Words Make Words Consistent with Your Tone Use an Appropriate Level of Diction Avoid Words That Overstate or Understate Select Words with Appropriate Connotations Use Specific Rather Than General Words Use Strong Verbs Delete Unnecessary Adverbs Use Original Figures of Speech Avoid Sexist Language Sample Student Revision of Sentences and Words Activities: Revising Sentences and Words 9. Editing and Proofreading Edit Carefully Use the Appropriate Manuscript Format Proofread Closely Student Essay: From Prewriting Through Proofreading   Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have made The Longman Writer one of the most successful methods-of-development guides for college writing. The Longman Writer draws on decades of teaching experience to integrate the best of the product and process approaches to writing. Its particular strengths include an emphasis on the reading-writing connection, a focus on invention and revision, attention to the fact that patterns blend in actual writing, and an abundance of class-tested activities and assignments-more than 350 in all. black & white tables, figures Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten)<

2010, ISBN: 9780205798377

Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have made The Longman Writer one of the most successful methods-o… More...

Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have made The Longman Writer one of the most successful methods-of-development guides for college writing. The Longman Writer draws on decades of teaching experience to integrate the best of the product and process approaches to writing. Its particular strengths include an emphasis on the reading-writing connection, a focus on invention and revision, attention to the fact that patterns blend in actual writing, and an abundance of class-tested activities and assignments-more than 350 in all. Buch (fremdspr.) Judith Nadell#John Langan#Eliza A. Comodromos Taschenbuch, Pearson Education (US), 01.12.2010, Pearson Education (US), 2010<