TY - BOOK AU - Withrow,Jean AU - Brookes,Gay AU - Cummings,Martha Clark TI - Inspired to Write: Readings and Tasks to Develop Writing Skills SN - 0521537118 (pbk) AV - PE1417 .W5638 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - College readers KW - Report writing KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - English language KW - Rhetoric N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; "Inspired to Write is a readings-based writing-skills book. It is ideal for young adults and high school students who are in a multicultural learning environment and who need to develop their writing skills. The readings are from a wide variety of genres - academic discourse, fiction, newspaper and magazine articles, poetry, personal essays - and are written by authors from a broad spectrum of cultural backgrounds. Writing instruction helps students produce both personal and academic essays. ; Features:; 45 thought-provoking readings that will inspire students to on a variety of high-interest topics ; "Writers' Toolboxes" dispersed throughout the text that encapsulate what writing students need to know to write both personal and academic essays; Revision sections in which students develop selected pieces of their writing and take them through a multi-draft writing process ; A collaborative approach to writing instruction that encourages students to share and discuss their writing" (Book Covers) ; TABLE OF CONTENTS:; To the Instructor; To the Student; Authors' Acknowledgements; Map of the World; UNIT 1: Becoming ; FAMILY ORIGINS; Brothers / ; Bret Lott ; The Brown Hen ; Esmerelda Santiago ; Memory: My Mother / ; Amy Tan ; There Was Rice at Every Meal ; Eric Koji Stowe ; Revision; BETWEEN TWO CULTURES ; Safe ; Cherylene Lee ; I Answer to "Elaine" / ; M. Elaine Mar ; Translating Means Growing Up Fast ; / Misha Kratochvil ; No Comprendo ; / Barbara Mujica ; Revision; HEROES ; Five New Words at a Time / ; Yu-Lan (Mary) Ying ; My Family Hero ; Katarzyna McCarthy ; An Act of Courage ; Ian Frazier ; Revision; IDENTITY ; Believing in the True Self / ; Gloria Steinem ; Becoming a Writer ; Russell Baker ; homage to my hips /; Lucille Clifton ; The Search for Identity / ; Laurence Steinberg & Ann Levine ; Smoking / ; Judith Rich Harris ; Revision; UNIT 2: New Vistas and Ventures ; OPENING NEW DOORS ; The First Day / ; Edward P. Jones ; A Walk to the Jetty / ; Jamaica Kincaid ; On Turning Fifty / ; Judy Scales-Trent ; The Transitions of Life; Carole Wade & Carol Tavris ; Revision; DATING AND MARRIAGE ; Pebbles / ; Iê thi diem thùy ; Kids Talk about Dating across Cultural Lines ; Weddings / ; Fauziya Kissindja & Layli Miller Bashir ; Revision; WORK ; The First Job ; Sandra Cisneros ; Behind the Counter / ; Eric Schlosser ; To be of use / ; Marge Piercy ; The Model Medic; Sarah Freeman ; Revision; EXPLORING EMOTIONS ; Hope Emerges As Key to Success in Life / ; Daniel Goleman ; It's O.K. to Cry: Tears Are Not Just a Bid for Attention / ; Jane Brody ; Going Through the House / ; Claire Braz-Valentine ; Black Steer Canyon / ; Terry Tempest Williams ; Revision; UNIT 3: A Changing World ; HEALTH ; Kids and Chemicals / ; Elizabeth Guillette ; War on Disease / ; Rick Weiss ; No Laughing Matter / ; Sophie Petit-Zerman ; Revision; ENVIRONMENT ; The Mercury's Rising / ; Sharon Begley ; Warming Seas Prompt Tuvalu Evacuation ; Buzzard / ; Bailey White ; The Brave Little Parrot / ; Rafe Martin ; Revision; GENDER ROLES ; Taming Macho Ways / ; Elvia Alvarado ; Women and Work: Around the World, Women Earn Less ; Battling Chauvinism to Do a Man's Job ; First Lullabye / ; Patricia Kirkpatrick ; Revision; INTO THE FUTURE ; Kill Your Television / ; Bill Duesing ; Lectures vs. Laptops / ; Ian Ayres ; Letters ; The 20th Century: What's Worth Saving? / ; Jay Walljasper & Jon Spayde ; Entering the Twenty-First Century / ; Thich Nhat Hanh ; Revision; Peer Feedback Form; Index of Toolboxes; Index of Readings; Index of Authors; Acknowledgments; Art Credits UR - https://www.cambridge.org/ca/cambridgeenglish/catalog/skills/inspired-write ER -