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List of contents
Part I: WRITING TO COMMUNICATE AND SOLVE PROBLEMS.
1.The Relevance of Writing.
Writing as Communication.
Communication Situations and Goals.
The Basics of Problem Solving.
Brian Lawrence, Video Games as Art?
Becoming a Good Writer.
Leon Botstein, High School, an Institution Whose Time Has Passed: Let Teen-Agers Try Adulthood.
Joining the Conversation.
Academic Writing and Academic Style.
Evaluate Your Learning.
Additional Readings.
2Pac Shakur, ?Unconditional Love? Lyrics.
Charles Bukowski, Fifth Grade Was a Little Better, from Ham on Rye.
2. Planning Essays as Communication.
Understanding Communication Goals.
Communication to Inform.
Communication to Solve Problems.
How to Plan.
Planning Different Kinds of Essays.
Ellen Goodman, When Big Father/Big Mother Spy on the Children.
LL Cool J, Impotent Demon.
Organization.
Naomi Wolf, The Porn Myth.
Jon Kerstetter, Triage.
Gerald W. Lynch and Roberta Blotner, Legalizing Drugs Would Not Lead to a Reduction in Crime.
Evaluate Your Learning.
Additional Readings.
Tibor R. Machan, Humans Ought to Use Nature to Serve Their Own Needs.
3. An Overview of the Writing Process.
A Process of Discovery.
Developing a Revision Process.
Planning and Invention.
The Rough Draft.
Writing the Opening.
Thesis Statements.
Revision and Rewriting.
Editing for a Professional Presentation.
Evaluate Your Learning.
Additional Readings.
William Zinsser, Simplicity, from On Writing Well.
Donald M. Murray, The Maker?s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts.
Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Space.
Chuck Palahniuk, My Life As a Dog.
Part II: WRITING PROJECTS AND ESSAYS.
4. Narrative Essays.
Writing Narratives to Communicate and Solve Problems.
Basic Elements of Narratives.
A Student?s Essay Proposal.
