Inspired to Write : Readings and Tasks to Develop Writing Skills /
Jean Withrow, Gay Brookes, and Martha Clark Cummings.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- xiii, 226 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Cambridge Academic Writing .
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 / The Brown Hen / Memory: My Mother / There Was Rice at Every Meal / Bret Lott Esmerelda Santiago Amy Tan Eric Koji Stowe Revision BETWEEN TWO CULTURES Safe / I Answer to "Elaine" / Translating Means Growing Up Fast No Comprendo Cherylene Lee M. Elaine Mar / Misha Kratochvil / Barbara Mujica Revision HEROES Five New Words at a Time / My Family Hero / An Act of Courage / Yu-Lan (Mary) Ying Katarzyna McCarthy Ian Frazier Revision IDENTITY Believing in the True Self / Becoming a Writer / homage to my hips / The Search for Identity / Smoking / Gloria Steinem Russell Baker Lucille Clifton Laurence Steinberg & Ann Levine Judith Rich Harris Revision UNIT 2: New Vistas and Ventures OPENING NEW DOORS The First Day / A Walk to the Jetty / On Turning Fifty / The Transitions of Life / Edward P. Jones Jamaica Kincaid Judy Scales-Trent Carole Wade & Carol Tavris Revision DATING AND MARRIAGE Pebbles / Kids Talk about Dating across Cultural Lines / Weddings / Iê thi diem thùy Fauziya Kissindja & Layli Miller Bashir Revision WORK The First Job / Behind the Counter / To be of use / The Model Medic / Sandra Cisneros Eric Schlosser Marge Piercy Sarah Freeman Revision EXPLORING EMOTIONS Hope Emerges As Key to Success in Life / It's O.K. to Cry: Tears Are Not Just a Bid for Attention / Going Through the House / Black Steer Canyon / Daniel Goleman Jane Brody Claire Braz-Valentine Terry Tempest Williams Revision UNIT 3: A Changing World HEALTH Kids and Chemicals / War on Disease / No Laughing Matter / Elizabeth Guillette Rick Weiss Sophie Petit-Zerman Revision ENVIRONMENT The Mercury's Rising / Warming Seas Prompt Tuvalu Evacuation / Buzzard / The Brave Little Parrot / Sharon Begley Bailey White Rafe Martin Revision GENDER ROLES Taming Macho Ways / Women and Work: Around the World, Women Earn Less / Battling Chauvinism to Do a Man's Job / First Lullabye / Elvia Alvarado Patricia Kirkpatrick Revision INTO THE FUTURE Kill Your Television / Lectures vs. Laptops / Letters The 20th Century: What's Worth Saving? / Entering the Twenty-First Century / Bill Duesing Ian Ayres Jay Walljasper & Jon Spayde Thich Nhat Hanh Revision Peer Feedback Form Index of Toolboxes Index of Readings Index of Authors Acknowledgments Art Credits
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College readers. Report writing--Problems, exercises, etc. English language--Rhetoric--Problems, exercises, etc.