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Reading and Writing from Literature by John E. Schwiebert (2000, Trade Paperback

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ISBN
9780618039623

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Cengage Learning
ISBN-10
0618039627
ISBN-13
9780618039623
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1914830

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
Reading and Writing from Literature
Number of Pages
1130 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Rhetoric
Publication Year
2000
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections
Type
Textbook
Author
John E. Schwiebert
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
00-103026
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Part I and Part II are dynamite, wonderful aides for helping students focus on texts and then write about them., This is one college text book Iwill notbe selling back., Reading and Writing from Literature was the text we used in my Freshman writing class. It was an excellent book that encourages personal writing of all types and how you can draw your own original writing from literature. In addition, the reading selections were very good as well. I liked it so much I bought my mom a copy for her to use for her Senior AP English class., I felt the notebooks generated the most innovative and interesting writing the students produced...
Grade From
Sixth Grade
Grade To
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
808/.0427
Table Of Content
I. A Conversation Model of Writing and Reading1. Why Don't You Let It Out Then?Three WritersA Conversation Model of Writing and ReadingActivities for WritingReadings: Tillie Olsen, excerpt from Yonnondio: From the Thirties; Cynthia Ozick, Existing Things2. Making New Texts from Old: IntertextualityA Four-Step Process for Writing from ReadingApplying the Four-Step ProcessReading: Peter Sharpe, Waiting for the Idiot to Go AwaySome Implications of IntertextualityActivities for WritingReadings: Ellen Goodman, Live-in Myths; Barbara Crooker, Patty's Charcoal Drive-in3. Building a Reading Notebook: Ten Ideas for Writing from ReadingFamous Writers at WorkUsing Reading as a Springboard for WritingTen Ideas for Writing in a Reading NotebookReview List of the Ten Ideas for WritingActivities for WritingReadings: Elizabeth Bowen, The Demon Lover; Edward Field, A Journey; N. Scott Momaday, The Indian Dog4. Writing and Reading for Life and a LifetimeWalt Whitman and the Notebook PyramidCollectingOrganizing What You CollectRereadingRevisingActivities for WritingII. Writing Essays About Literature5. Ways of Planning: Thinking and Writing RecursivelyPutting Essays About Literature into ContextCultivating Recursive Habits of ThinkingWorking Toward Your Essay Before It Has Been AssignedSharing and Learning in a Small GroupTechniques for Note Taking in Small GroupsFinding a Topic: Rereading (and Writing from) the Writing You Have Already DoneTurning Your Favorite Interest into a Workable TopicDeveloping a "Working ThesisPlanning Your Essay: Quick-WritingPlanning Your Essay: Listening and SequencingGetting Feedback from a Peer or a Small GroupChecklist of Activities for Planning an Essay About Literature6. Ways of Drafting: Building a Barn in a TornadoBeginning with Limited ExpectationsTwo Ways of DraftingStarting from Scratch: Writing a "Throwaway" or "Rehearsal" DraftCutting and PastingFrom Throwaway Draft to Rough DraftChecklist of Activities for Drafting7. Ways of Revising: Caring and Not CaringPutting Revision into ContextTalk to Your Draft from the Point of View of a Hypothetical CriticGlobal and Local RevisionsA Short Checklist of Questions for Global RevisionPostdraft OutliningHaving Other People Outline Your DraftGetting Writer-Initiated FeedbackDeveloping Your Essay with Illustrative Quotations and ExamplesLocal Revision: Copyediting Your Text"Lightning" Revision: Reading Your Writing Aloud to a Peer or a Small GroupChecklist of Activities for Revising8. Documenting Research EssaysA Sample Research EssayWhen You Need to Cite or Acknowledge a SourceHow to Paraphrase or SummarizeParenthetical References; MLA Documentation StylePreparing Your List of Works CitedIII. Creating A Writing Portfolio9. Making the Works: 12 Strategies for Revising1. Start Over: Consult Chapter 32. Start Over: Rewrite Using a Topic/Form Grid3. "Talk" to Your Draft4. Do a Postdraft Outline5. Have Other People Outline Your Draft6. Ask Yourself Other Questions Appropriate to the Draft7. Get Writer-Initiated Feedback8. "Lightning" Revision: Read Your Writing Aloud to a Peer or a Small Group9. Revise Your Text for Style10. Break the Revision Task into Small Steps11. Take Advantage of Small Bits of Time12. Try Various Miscellaneous Revision StrategiesChecklist of Strategies for RevisingActivities for Writing10. Assembling Your Final PortfolioWriting an Introduction to Your PortfolioChoosing and Interpreting Your Sample AnnotationsPreparing a Selection of Your Favorite Shorter NotesSteps for Choosing and Revising a Favorite Longer "Creative" TextLocal Revising: Copyediting Your TextPreparing a Preface to Your Longer "Creative" Selection(s)Preparing a Process Memorandum to Accompany Complete Process Work for One or More of Your Final SelectionsIV. An Introduction to the Major Genres11. Short StoriesPoint of ViewCharactersDialoguePlotTheme and Setting12. PoetryMajor Types of Po
Edition Description
Student edition
Synopsis
Emphasizing intertextuality, this anthology offers an exceptional amount of writing support. Fifteen chapters of guidance on writing about literature include information on keeping a reading notebook, researching and documenting essays, creating a writing portfolio, and planning, drafting, and revising essays. Students learn to create reading notebooks and transform notebook entries into actual papers. An accompanying web site extends the book's emphasis on intertextuality.
LC Classification Number
PE1479.C7S39 2001

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