Mosaics

Preface. Assumptions. How this Book Works. Unique Features. I. THE WRITING PROCESS. Getting Started. Generating Ideas. Journal. Reading. List. Freewrite. Brainstorming. Clustering. Questioning. Planning. What size will your essay be? What content do you want to focus on? What is your purpose? Who is your audience? What perspective will you take? Developing. Organizing. Outlining. Drafting. Revising. Editing. II. RECALLING. Learning Outcomes. Learning from Published Writers. Before you Read. "The Big, Short Party" by Bill Bunn. Questions for Critical Thinking. Learning from Your Peers. Tommy's Writing Assignment: Recalling. Generating Ideas, Planning, and Developing. Organizing. Drafting. Tommy's Essay: First Draft. Revising. Collaborative Work. Editing. Collaborative Work. Tommy's Revised Essay: "The Ice Chamber." Collaborative Work. Writing your own Recalling Essay. What have you discovered? Your Writing Topic. Focus on Essays: Recognizing Essays. Checklist for Recognizing Essays. Basic Features. Title. Introduction and Thesis. Body Paragraphs. Conclusions. Focus on Paragraphs: Recognizing and Developing Paragraphs. Checklist for Recognizing Paragraphs. Basic Features of the Paragraph. Types of Paragraphs: Introductory, Body, and Concluding Paragraphs. Topic Sentences. Supporting Sentences. Focus on Sentences: Recognizing and Developing Sentences. Checklist for Recognizing and Developing Sentences. Recognizing Sentences. How to Find a Subject. How to Find a Predicate. Understanding Sentence Fragments. Understanding the Period. III. OBSERVING. Learning Outcomes. Learning from Published Writers. Before you Read. "Magpies" by Amy Tan. Questions For Critical Thinking. Learning from Your Peers. Sitara's writing assignment: Observing. Generating Ideas. Planning and Developing. Organizing and Drafting. Sitara's Essay: First Draft. Revising. Collaborative Work. Editing. Collaborative Work. Sitara's Revised Essay: "Crowds". Collaborative Work. Practice Outlining. Writing your own Observing Essay. What have you discovered? Your Writing Topic Focus on Essays: Writing Thesis Statements and Introductions. Checklist for Writing Thesis Statements and Introductions. Finding Your Focus. Introducing your Topic. Focus on Paragraphs: Recognizing and Developing Paragraphs. Checklist for Composing Topic Sentences. Clear Topic Sentences. Focused Topic Sentences. Specific Topic Sentences. Focus on Sentences: Nouns, Pronouns, and Modifiers. Checklist for Identifying and Using Nouns, Pronouns, and Modifiers. Clues for Identifying Nouns. Modifiers. Comparative Adjective Forms. Adverb Forms. Pronouns. IV. EXPLAINING. Learning Outcomes. Learning from Published Writers. Before you Read. "Aurora" by Candace Savage. Questions For Critical Thinking. Learning from Your Peers. Eden's writing assignment: Observing. Generating Ideas. Planning. Developing. Organizing. Drafting. Eden's Essay: First Draft. Revising. Collaborative Work. Editing. Collaborative Work. Eden's Revised Essay: "Quilts." Collaborative Work. Practice Outlining. Writing your own Explaining Essay. What have you discovered? Your Writing Topic. Focus on Essays: Developing an Essay. Checklist for Developing an Essay. Definition. Description. Examples. Classification. Cause-Effect. Comparison-Contrast. Analysis. Focus on Paragraphs: Writing Focused Paragraphs. Checklist for Writing Focused Paragraphs. Focus. Unity. Focus on Sentences: Understanding and Identifying Verbs. Checklist for Understanding and Identifying Verbs. What Verbs Do. Types of Verbs. How to Identify Verbs. How to Identify Verb Phrases. How to Identify Verb Forms. V. INVESTIGATING. Learning Outcomes. Learning from Published Writers. Before you Read. "Illiterate Like Me" by Dan Zollmann. Questions For Critical Thinking. Learning from Your Peers. Anto's writing assignment: Investigating. Generating Ideas. Planning. Developing. Organizing. Drafting. Anto's Essay: First Draft. Revising. Collaborative Work. Editing. Collaborative Work. Anto's Revised Essay: "An Accidental Career." Collaborative Work. Practice Outlining. Writing your own Investigating Essay. What Have You discovered? Your Writing Topic. Focus on Essays: Organizing Essays. Checklist for Organizing Paragraphs and Essays. General to Particular. Particular to General. Time Order. Space Order. Movement Between Extremes. Focus on Paragraphs: Developing Paragraphs. Checklist for Developing Paragraphs. Kinds of Paragraphs. Supporting Detail. Focus on Sentences: Recognizing and Developing Clauses, Interjections, and Phrases. Checklist for Recognizing and Developing Clauses, Interjections, and Phrases. Clauses. Interjections. Phrases. VI. RESEARCHING. Learning Outcomes. Learning from Published Writers. Before you Read. "MotherHOOD" by Beth Everest. Questions For Critical Thinking. Learning from Your Peers. Alexa's writing assignment: Quoting and Restating. Information From a Professional Essay. Quoting Directly. Paraphrasing. Summarizing. Collaborative Work. Practice Outlining. Writing your own Researching Essay. What Have You Discovered? Your Writing Topic. Focus on Essays: Writing Coherent Essay. Checklist for Writing Coherent Essays. Pronoun Reference. Transitions. Repetition. Parallelism. Focus on Paragraphs: Including Other People's Words and Ideas in Your Essay. Checklist for Including Other People's Words and Ideas. How to Quote Other People's Words. How to Paraphrase Other People's Words. How to Summarize Other People's Words. Focus on Sentences: Building Compound Sentences. Checklist for Building Compound Sentences. What is a Compound Sentence?. The FANBOYS Technique. The Semi-colon Technique. The Colon Technique. VII. ANALYZING. Learning Outcomes. Learning from Published Writers. Before you Read. "An Essay for My Father" by Richard Harrison. Questions For Critical Thinking. Learning from Your Peers. Chris's writing assignment: Analyzing. Generating Ideas. Planning. Developing. Organizing. Drafting. Chris's Essay: First Draft. Revising. Collaborative Work. Editing. Collaborative Work. Chris's Revised Essay: "Definition: Cold." Collaborative Work. Practice Outlining. Writing your own Analyzing Essay. What Have You discovered?. Your Writing Topic. Focus on Essays: Varying Levels of Generality. Introducing General Topics for Essays. Supporting your Thesis with the Body Paragraphs. Checking Paragraphs. Checking Conclusions. Focus on Paragraphs: Writing Unified Paragraphs. Checklist for Writing Unified Paragraphs. Unifying Devices. Focus on Sentences: Building Complex Sentences. Checklist for Building Complex Sentences. What is a Complex Sentence? Subordination. VIII. PERSUADING. Learning Outcomes. Learning from Published Writers. Before you Read. "The Neglected Heart" by Thomas Lickona. Questions For Critical Thinking. Learning from Your Peers. Melinda's writing assignment: Persuading. Generating Ideas. Planning. Developing. Organizing. Drafting. Melinda's Essay: First Draft. Revising. Collaborative Work. Editing. Collaborative Work. Melinda's Revised Essay: "Dear School Board Members". Collaborative Work. Practice Outlining. Writing your own Persuading Essay. What Have You discovered? Your Writing Topic. Focus on Essays: Writing Effective Essays. Checklist for Writing Effective Essays. Focus. Unity. Logical Organization. Focus on Paragraphs: Documenting Your Sources. Checklist for Documenting Your Sources. How to Document A Source within Your Essay. How to Do an In-text Citation. How to Build a "Works Cited" Page. Focus on Sentences: Building Dramatic Sentences. Checklist for Building Dramatic Sentences. Include a Piece of Conversation. Write Three Short, Staccato Sentences. Compare Your Idea to Something Else the Reader Understands. Choose Words that Begin With the Same Letter. Open Two or Three Sentences with the Same Word or Phrase. Begin a Sentence with the Words that Ended the Previous Sentence. Use the Same Word to Start and End a Sentence. Reverse the Order of the Words in the First Half of the Sentence to Finish the Sentence. Use More Conjunctions than Normal with a List. End Two Sentences or Clauses with a Rhyme. Use a Rhetorical Question. Use Strong Verbs. IX. PROBLEM SOLVING. Learning Outcomes. Learning from Published Writers. Before you Read. "My Friend George" by Kelly Kaur. Questions For Critical Thinking. Learning from Your Peers. Azure's writing assignment: Problem Solving. Generating Ideas. Planning. Developing. Organizing. Drafting. Azure's Essay: First Draft. Revising. Collaborative Work. Editing. Collaborative Work. Azure's Revised Essay: "Time Management for College Students." Collaborative Work. Practice Outlining. Writing your own Persuading Essay. What Have You discovered? Your Writing Topic. Focus on Essays: Writing Conclusions. Checklist for Writing Conclusions. Basic Requirements. Adding a Memorable Finish. Focus on Paragraphs: Writing Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs. Checklist for Writing Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs. Introductory Paragraphs. Concluding Paragraphs. Focus on Sentences: Writing Successful Sentences. Checklist for Writing Successful Sentences. Pronoun Reference. Modifier Problems. Parallelism. Unnecessary Shifts. Sentence Variety. Afterword: You and Your Writing Process. Understanding the Writing Process. Writing is Recursive. "Words" by William Zinsser.