The Write Stuff : Thinking Through Essays /
Marcie Sims, Wendy Chan, and Prita Sethuram.
- Canadian ed.
- Toronto : Pearson Canada, 2012.
- xxx, 703 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
"Applying critical thinking to every step of the writing process! The Write Stuff: Thinking Through Paragraphs is an all-in-one writing text that provides all of the basic information students need to develop their paragraph and short essay skills. Coverage of paragraph writing is complemented by sections devoted to writing from sources, referencing and documentation, and sentence construction as well as a grammar, style, and mechanics handbook. One of the key features of The Write Stuff is its emphasis on building the critical thinking skills students need to analyze information and express their ideas clearly and logically in writing. Chapter One introduces seven critical thinking tools which are then applied to each stage of the writing process as both marginal icons and boxed pedagogical features. Further critical thinking practice is provided for every topic in the form of chapter opening photos and questions, reading reflection and analysis questions, and critical thinking journal prompts." (Publisher's Website) BRIEF CONTENTS To the Instructor Preface to the Student Part I CRITICAL THINKING 1. Critical Thinking in Reading and Writing Reading: Gender Gap in Cyber Space / Deborah Tannen Reading: Guns, Sex, and Education / Jamie O'Meara 2. Critical Thinking and Reading Techniques Reading: As Icecaps Melt, Russia Races for Arctic's Resources / Fred Weir Part II WRITING EXPOSITORY PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYS 3. Writing Expository Paragraphs 4. Essays: Building Blocks 5. Essays: Process 6. Essays: Order, Unity, and Coherence Part III WRITING AND CRITICAL THINKING IN THE MODES 7. Narration Reading: Only Daughter / Sandra Cisneros 8. Description Reading: Where Nothing Says Everything / Suzanne Berne 9. Process Reading: Decomposting Bodies / James Glave 10. Classification Reading: Friends, Good Friends - and Such Good Friends / Judith Viorst 11. Definition Reading: Discrimination Is a Virtue / Robert Keith Miller 12. Example and Illustration Reading: Hooked on Plastic / Anish Majumdar 13. Cause and Effect Reading: Bad Girls / Shari Graydon 14. Comparison and Contrast Reading: American Space, Chinese Place / Yi-Fu Tuan 15. Argument and Persuasion Reading: Developing a National Voice / Janice Gross Stein 16. Time In-Class Essays and Essay Exams Part IV USING SOURCES WITH INTEGRITY 17. Paraphrase, Summary, and Analysis 18. Finding, Evaluating, and Using Sources 19. Documentation: Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Style 20. Documentation: Using American Psychological Association (APA) Style Part V READINGS FOR THINKING AND WRITING 21. Reading Selections and Critical Thinking Tasks Literacy Is Not Enough If Content Is Mental Junk Food / Patsy Aldana and Rick Wilks Depression Can Strike Anyone / Diane Francis Making Cell Phones in the Class a Community Builder / Alan Bloom "Just Walk On By': A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space / Brent Staples Prison Studies / Malcolm X Should We Need a Licence to Be a Parent? / Janice Turner Supersize Me / Greg Critser Eating Alone in Restaurants / Bruce Jay Friedman Why Make Patients Go Curbside for a Smoke? / Rosie DiManno The Lottery / Shirley Jackson A Hanging / George Orwell I Wonder: Was It Me or Was It My Sari? / Shoba Narayan The Blue Boy / Gary Stephen Ross I Think Therefore IM / Jennifer Lee CSI: The Snow and Ice Version / Andrew Chung Shared Experiences Make a Country / Daphne Bramham Part VI SENTENCE CONSTRUCTIONS AND COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS 22. Sentence Parts 23. Sentence Variety 24. Correcting Major Sentence Errors Part VIII HANDBOOK OF GRAMMAR, MECHANICS, AND STYLE 25. Commas, Semicolons, and Colons 26. Other Punctuation 27. Common Shift and Construction Errors 28. Spelling and Mechanics 29. Tone, Style, Word Choice, and Usage 30. Vocabulary in Context 31. Typing and Word Processing Tips Appendix: Grammar Practice for Non-native Speakers Credits Index
9780205029525 (Student Book)
2010046653
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher). Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Higher). College readers. Academic writing--Study and teaching (Higher).