The Writer's Toolbox

Preface for Teachers. Introduction: Strategies for Active Learning. I. STRATEGIES FOR CLEARER WRITING. 1. Understanding Writing Processes. Getting Help from Others. Understanding Your Own Writing. Procrastination. A Look at Composing Processes. Topics for Writing. 2. Purpose and Audience. A Sense of Purpose. A Sense of Audience. Audience Types The Complexity of Audiences: A Scenario Audience Analysis. 3. Structure and Content. Planning Your Writing. Divide and Conquer. Outline Is Not a Dirty Word. The Obvious Components. Beginnings Middles Ends Appendices. Collecting Material from Sources. Using Libraries and Other Repositories Informal Interviewing. 4. Global Revision. Writing for the Writer versus Revising for the Reader. Global Revision versus Local Revision. Strategies for Reader-Based Revising. Analyze Your Audience, Again Analyze Your Purpose, Again Write a Letter to Your Audience Get Feedback from a Trial Reader Write and Informative or Evaluative Abstract Analyze a Model -Good or Bad Develop Visual Aids for Your Reader. Strategies for Global Revision. Annotate or Gloss Your Text Use Cut and Paste Use Your Word Processors Outline Feature Consider Your Documents Format. 5. Local Revision. Strategies for Local Revision. Use Your Word Processors Tools Use Both Sets of Ears. Using Revision Tools: Style Handbooks and Style Sheets. Facts and Fallacies about Style Handbooks What Is a Style Sheet and Why Do I Need to Use One? Document Presentation: Its Reflection On You. 6. Special Writing Situations. Preparing a Portfolio. What is a Portfolio and Why Might I Need One? Strategies for Preparing a Portfolio Portfolio Review Guidelines. Writing under Pressure. Anticipation: Strategies for Preparing Execution: Strategies for Writing Desperation: Strategies of Last Resort. 7. Collaboration. Rewards, Risks, and Objections. Getting Started. Generating Material. Collecting Material. Revising. II. WRITING STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE READING. 8. Understanding Reading. How Reading Works. The Importance of Context. Elements of Text. Understanding the Reader. Background Knowledge Comprehension Habits and Attitudes. An Addendum: Reading and the New Technologies. 9. Writing and Drawing in the Margins. Annotating. Visual Writing: Shifting Words to Pictures. Model Building Outlining Flowcharting. 10. Creating Journals while Reading. Dialectical Entries. Resume/Curriculum Vitae. Graphic Representations. Genealogies Time Lines/Chronologies. 11. Using Abstracts for Reading. Defining Abstracts. Writing Informative Abstracts. Writing Evaluative Abstracts. III. WRITING STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE LISTENING AND DISCUSSION. 12. Understanding Active Listening. What Listening Is. Essential Types of Listening. Discriminative Listening Evaluative Listening. Less Obvious Featu