Community Matters
A Reader for Writers
Published on 4. March 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
704 pages
978-0-321-08136-0 (ISBN)
Description
Community Matters is a unique rhetoric/reader which features writing instruction that emphasizes process, audience, and purpose, while presenting a wide range of readings that focus on vital community issues.
Community Matters encourages students to think critically about the social, political, and philosophical meanings and importance of community while helping them to build a writer's community within their classroom. Community Matters provides an opportunity for students to work with community leaders, educators, and social critics, encouraging them to respond through writing to local, national, and global community issues. Student writing is connected with the community through thematic inquiry, reflection, and structured writing activities. Writing instruction is exemplified with numerous student and professional models.
Community Matters encourages students to think critically about the social, political, and philosophical meanings and importance of community while helping them to build a writer's community within their classroom. Community Matters provides an opportunity for students to work with community leaders, educators, and social critics, encouraging them to respond through writing to local, national, and global community issues. Student writing is connected with the community through thematic inquiry, reflection, and structured writing activities. Writing instruction is exemplified with numerous student and professional models.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Adult education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 162 mm
Weight
880 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-08136-0 (9780321081360)
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09/2004
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Content
1. READING ACTIVELY.
READING IS A PROCESS.
Pre-Reading Stage.
Skimming.
Study Stage.
Reading Images.
2. WRITING.
PURPOSE.
AUDIENCE.
BUILDING YOUR SELF CONFIDENCE AS A WRITER.
Visualizing your Internal Critic.
WRITING AS A PROCESS.
Prewriting Strategies.
Drafting.
Don't Censor Your Ideas.
Step Back After Your First Draft.
Revising.
Editing for Style.
DEVELOPING YOUR OWN WRITING PROCESS.
WRITING STRATEGIES.
Description.
Narration.
Example.
Definition.
Comparison and Contrast.
Classification.
Cause and Effect.
Annotated Examples.
Argument.
3. RESEARCH WRITING.
GUIDELINES FOR WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER.
Choose a General Subject.
Begin a Research Notebook.
Compile a Working Bibliography.
Research Your Topic Thoroughly.
Field Research: Interviews and Case Histories.
We Research.
Evaluating Your Resources.
Taking Notes on Your Sources.
Paraphrasing.
Summarizing.
Quotations.
Avoid Plagiarism.
Develop a Working Thesis.
Develop an Outline.
Write a First Draft.
Share Your first Draft.
Prepare Your Final Draft.
4. WRITING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY: RESOURCES.
GUIDE TO WORKSHEETS.
Community Mapping.
Critical Thinking About the Community.
Community Writing: Daily Record.
Community Writing: Journal Worksheets.
Community Writing: Collaborative Guidelines.
Community Writing: Site Placement Guidelines.
Community Writing: Site Placement Worksheets.
Community Writing: Evaluation Worksheet.
5. A SENSE OF PLACE.
IMPRESSIONS.
My Grandmother's House, Mary Gordon.
The Monkey Garden, Sandra Cisneros.
Grand Central Terminal, Tony Hiss.
The Way to Rainy Mountain, N. Scott Momaday.
SHARED EXPERIENCES.
The Mending Wall, Robert Frost.
A Moral Place, Tracy Kidder.
The Invisible Riot, Mike Davis.
The Clan of the One Breasted Woman, Terry Tempest Williams.
SHAPING THE COMMUNITY.
The Other Side of the Wires, Kimi Eisele.
The Wisdom that Builds Community, Greg Watson.
The Social and Public Arts Resource Center, William Cleveland.
River of Words, Robert Haas.
6. FAMILY.
REFLECTIONS ON TRADITIONS.
No Name Woman, Maxine Hong Kingston.
A Family Legacy, Marian Wright Edelman.
My Father's Funeral, James Baldwin.
Nani, Alberto Rios.
COMPLEXITIES OF FAMILY LIFE.
I Stand Here Ironing, Tillie Olsen.
The Legacy of Divorce, Judith Wallerstein.
A Parents' Bill of Rights, Sylvia Hewlett and Cornell West.
SHAPING SOLUTIONS.
Soul Sisters, Lis Harris.
Kathmandu, Craig Kielburge.
How to YA/YA in Your Neighborhood, Claudia Barker.
A Vision of The Quilt, Cleve Jones.
7. EDUCATION.
EXPERIENCES AND EXPECTATIONS.
Ordinary Resurrections, Jonathon Kozol.
The First Day, Edward Jones.
Postcards from the Edge, Jane Tompkins.
School Daze, Douglas Franz and Catherine Collins.
CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES.
Will Standards Save Public Education?, Deborah Meier.
The Digital Divide, David Bolt and Ray Crawford.
Multiple Intelligences, Howard Gardner.
A Different Mirror, Ronald Takaki.
LEARNING THROUGH COLLABORATION.
The Community Child, Tobi Jacobi.
Jazz Gives teens New Footing, Janice Ross.
Tales from the Bright Side, David L. Kirp.
Cross Cultural Service Learning, Tim Stanton.
8. CULTURE.
MYTHS AND SYMBOLS.
The Olympic Games, Pico Iyer.
A Glimpse of the Void, Judith Williamson.
Playing the Race Card, Henry A. Giroux.
Evita, Mark Bego.
Skeleton Woman in Seattle, Paul Hawken.
ISSUES OF IDENTITY.
Viet-Kieu, Andrew Pham.
Virtual Tibet, Orville Schell.
We Are What We Eat, Donna R. Gabaccia.
Khan Men of Agra, Pamela Michael.
COMMUNITY EXPRESSIONS.
Culture Of, By and For the People, Richard Kurin.
Write This Down, Jacqueline Tobin.
"Coming Home to Manilatown": Resurrecting the International Hotel, Estella Habala.
The Great Jazz Day, Charles Graham and Dan Morgenstern.
9. WORK.
EXPERIENCE AND REFLECTION.
Shooting An Elephant, George Orwell.
On The Streetcars, Maya Angelou.
Writing Matters, Julia Alvarez.
Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits, Martin Espada.
ANALYSIS AND CHANGE.
BoBo Capitalism, David Brooks.
The Legacy of Sexism, Frances K. Conley.
Programmers, Ellen Ullman.
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
Deciding Your Own Destiny, Shirley Bryce-Heath and Laura Smyth.
Youth Industry, Teresa Moore.
Joint Venture Silicon Valley, Joel Hanson.
Bread Salt and Heart, The International Rescue Committee.
10. SPIRITUALITY.
IN DAILY LIFE.
London, Gretel Ehrlich.
The Heartland, V.S. Naipaul.
Spirituality: Divine Love, Bell Hooks.
Reason for Hope., Jane Goodall.
RITUALS.
The Nine Patch and the Faceless Dolls, Sue Bender.
Chicken Soup, Elizabeth Ehrlich.
The New Testament, James McBride.
Paula, Isabel Allende.
INSPIRATIONS.
When the Shift Was Over, Philip Levine.
Belonging, Naomi Remen.
Total Eclipse, Annie Dillard.
One Thousand Paper Cranes, Takayuki Ishii.
READING IS A PROCESS.
Pre-Reading Stage.
Skimming.
Study Stage.
Reading Images.
2. WRITING.
PURPOSE.
AUDIENCE.
BUILDING YOUR SELF CONFIDENCE AS A WRITER.
Visualizing your Internal Critic.
WRITING AS A PROCESS.
Prewriting Strategies.
Drafting.
Don't Censor Your Ideas.
Step Back After Your First Draft.
Revising.
Editing for Style.
DEVELOPING YOUR OWN WRITING PROCESS.
WRITING STRATEGIES.
Description.
Narration.
Example.
Definition.
Comparison and Contrast.
Classification.
Cause and Effect.
Annotated Examples.
Argument.
3. RESEARCH WRITING.
GUIDELINES FOR WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER.
Choose a General Subject.
Begin a Research Notebook.
Compile a Working Bibliography.
Research Your Topic Thoroughly.
Field Research: Interviews and Case Histories.
We Research.
Evaluating Your Resources.
Taking Notes on Your Sources.
Paraphrasing.
Summarizing.
Quotations.
Avoid Plagiarism.
Develop a Working Thesis.
Develop an Outline.
Write a First Draft.
Share Your first Draft.
Prepare Your Final Draft.
4. WRITING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY: RESOURCES.
GUIDE TO WORKSHEETS.
Community Mapping.
Critical Thinking About the Community.
Community Writing: Daily Record.
Community Writing: Journal Worksheets.
Community Writing: Collaborative Guidelines.
Community Writing: Site Placement Guidelines.
Community Writing: Site Placement Worksheets.
Community Writing: Evaluation Worksheet.
5. A SENSE OF PLACE.
IMPRESSIONS.
My Grandmother's House, Mary Gordon.
The Monkey Garden, Sandra Cisneros.
Grand Central Terminal, Tony Hiss.
The Way to Rainy Mountain, N. Scott Momaday.
SHARED EXPERIENCES.
The Mending Wall, Robert Frost.
A Moral Place, Tracy Kidder.
The Invisible Riot, Mike Davis.
The Clan of the One Breasted Woman, Terry Tempest Williams.
SHAPING THE COMMUNITY.
The Other Side of the Wires, Kimi Eisele.
The Wisdom that Builds Community, Greg Watson.
The Social and Public Arts Resource Center, William Cleveland.
River of Words, Robert Haas.
6. FAMILY.
REFLECTIONS ON TRADITIONS.
No Name Woman, Maxine Hong Kingston.
A Family Legacy, Marian Wright Edelman.
My Father's Funeral, James Baldwin.
Nani, Alberto Rios.
COMPLEXITIES OF FAMILY LIFE.
I Stand Here Ironing, Tillie Olsen.
The Legacy of Divorce, Judith Wallerstein.
A Parents' Bill of Rights, Sylvia Hewlett and Cornell West.
SHAPING SOLUTIONS.
Soul Sisters, Lis Harris.
Kathmandu, Craig Kielburge.
How to YA/YA in Your Neighborhood, Claudia Barker.
A Vision of The Quilt, Cleve Jones.
7. EDUCATION.
EXPERIENCES AND EXPECTATIONS.
Ordinary Resurrections, Jonathon Kozol.
The First Day, Edward Jones.
Postcards from the Edge, Jane Tompkins.
School Daze, Douglas Franz and Catherine Collins.
CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES.
Will Standards Save Public Education?, Deborah Meier.
The Digital Divide, David Bolt and Ray Crawford.
Multiple Intelligences, Howard Gardner.
A Different Mirror, Ronald Takaki.
LEARNING THROUGH COLLABORATION.
The Community Child, Tobi Jacobi.
Jazz Gives teens New Footing, Janice Ross.
Tales from the Bright Side, David L. Kirp.
Cross Cultural Service Learning, Tim Stanton.
8. CULTURE.
MYTHS AND SYMBOLS.
The Olympic Games, Pico Iyer.
A Glimpse of the Void, Judith Williamson.
Playing the Race Card, Henry A. Giroux.
Evita, Mark Bego.
Skeleton Woman in Seattle, Paul Hawken.
ISSUES OF IDENTITY.
Viet-Kieu, Andrew Pham.
Virtual Tibet, Orville Schell.
We Are What We Eat, Donna R. Gabaccia.
Khan Men of Agra, Pamela Michael.
COMMUNITY EXPRESSIONS.
Culture Of, By and For the People, Richard Kurin.
Write This Down, Jacqueline Tobin.
"Coming Home to Manilatown": Resurrecting the International Hotel, Estella Habala.
The Great Jazz Day, Charles Graham and Dan Morgenstern.
9. WORK.
EXPERIENCE AND REFLECTION.
Shooting An Elephant, George Orwell.
On The Streetcars, Maya Angelou.
Writing Matters, Julia Alvarez.
Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits, Martin Espada.
ANALYSIS AND CHANGE.
BoBo Capitalism, David Brooks.
The Legacy of Sexism, Frances K. Conley.
Programmers, Ellen Ullman.
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
Deciding Your Own Destiny, Shirley Bryce-Heath and Laura Smyth.
Youth Industry, Teresa Moore.
Joint Venture Silicon Valley, Joel Hanson.
Bread Salt and Heart, The International Rescue Committee.
10. SPIRITUALITY.
IN DAILY LIFE.
London, Gretel Ehrlich.
The Heartland, V.S. Naipaul.
Spirituality: Divine Love, Bell Hooks.
Reason for Hope., Jane Goodall.
RITUALS.
The Nine Patch and the Faceless Dolls, Sue Bender.
Chicken Soup, Elizabeth Ehrlich.
The New Testament, James McBride.
Paula, Isabel Allende.
INSPIRATIONS.
When the Shift Was Over, Philip Levine.
Belonging, Naomi Remen.
Total Eclipse, Annie Dillard.
One Thousand Paper Cranes, Takayuki Ishii.