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List of contents
Part I: READING AND WRITING.
1. Ways to Read.
Anita Merina - Literacy: A Family Affair.
2. Ways to Write.
Melanie Svoboda - The Eight Beatitudes of Writing.
3. Types of Reading and Writing.
Sharon Curcio - Finding Modern Ways to Teach Today''s Youth.
4. More Types of Reading and Writing.
Malcolm X and Alex Haley - Saved.
Part II: READING SELECTIONS AND WRITING TOPICS.
Breaking the Law.
Luis J. Rodriguez - La Vida Loca (The Crazy Life): Two Generations of Gang Members.
Robert K. Ressler and Tom Shachtman - from Childhoods of Violence.
Thomas Powers - Look Back in Anger.
Barbara Dority - The Columbine Tragedy: Countering the Hysteria.
The Media - Television and Music.
Charles Gordon - Taking the Fun out of Watching Television.
Paul Brownfield - Where''s the Pitch?
Veronica Chambers - Salt-N-Pepa Have a New CD and Newfound Faith.
Denise Noe - Parallel Worlds: The Surprising Similarities (and Differences) of Country-and-Western and Rap.
Exercise and Health / Issues in Learning.
Warner W. K. Hoeger and Sharon Hoeger - from Introduction to Lifetime Physical Fitness and Wellness.
Jan Sheehan - Can You Be Fit and Fat?
Lynn Rosellini - How Far Should You Go to Stay Fit?
Patricia Anderson-Parrado - Burning Calories May Be Easier Than You Think.
Issues in Learning.
Elaine Woo - Teaching That Goes Beyond IQ.
Marilyn Sue Chapman and Martha Hoppe - Japan Firsthand.
Mike Rose - from Possible Lives.
Jonathan Kozol - from Ordinary Resurrections.
Part III: A WRITER''S HANDBOOK.
Grammar and Usage: Explanations and Practices.
Writing Conventions: Explanations and Practices.
Glossary of Grammar and Usage Terms.
Summary
READING TO WRITE, a brief rhetoric, thematic reader and handbook, is based on the assumption that reading interesting and challenging selections is the most productive way to embrace the writing process.
