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Resources for Writers with Readings: From Paragraph to Essay, 2/e

BASIC APPROACH

(Note: This textbook was published by our college division for use by students at post-secondary institutions whose writing skills are below the level needed to succeed in college English. Please review this text carefully to ensure appropriateness of content for your students.)

Resources for Writers is the first textbook of its kind to fully meet the needs of the developing college writer AND the developmental writing educator.

The integration of comprehensive skill instruction, a wealth of exercises, and a lab manual make Resources for Writers the most complete resource for developmental writing at the paragraph to essay level.

Resources for Writers uses writing process and a modes approach to teach paragraph development. This combination ensures a thorough and highly effective learning experience. The completely modular chapters feature sample writings on cultural literacy themes, exercises, and step-by-step writing prompts. The grammar section also contains exercises designed to assist students in mastering skills. The text's Lab Manual consists of workbook activities for each text chapter that are supplemented by additional, correlated activities in the Online Lab Manual.

FEATURES

• The Four Cs (the mnemonic device—concise, credible, clear, and correct) approach to skills is used consistently to reinforce corresponding skills and lead the student through the writing process steps.
• A built-in Lab Manual supplements each chapter with a two-page, consumable activity in the text Lab Manual. An additional activity that corresponds to and enhances the text activity appears on the Lab Manual Online.
• Clear, highly accessible instruction and the text's contemporary, upbeat language will appeal to today's students. The tone is never condescending or stuffy.
• Cultural literacy theme is carried throughout the chapter in illustrations, sample paragraphs, and exercises. Each chapter is introduced by a short Culture Note on topics ranging from the lighthearted (doughnuts as an American snack) to the serious (the causes of the Civil War), and across the academic spectrum (Greek mythology, prominent scientists, Freud, Shakespeare).
• Engaging sample paragraphs focus on the cultural literacy themes, engaging students with interesting information and modeling academic writing.
• A highly visual design offers more than 75 color photos and 30 diagrams to elucidate cultural themes and pedagogical concepts and invite students to respond in writing.
• Peer evaluation and self-analysis emphasis play a large role in the texts as students are encouraged to monitor their own progress through goal sheets and to work cooperatively with their peers using a peer editing worksheet.
• Stimulating readings (18) cover themes of interest to contemporary students-ethics, poverty, grades, habits, and so on. Each reading is accompanied by exercises that help readers digest the material and respond in writing.

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