Writing for Real
A Handbook for Writing in Community Service
Published on 11. October 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-321-08911-3 (ISBN)
Description
Writing for Real is a practical, process-oriented guide for students engaged in service-learning projects that involve research and writing. This text compares and contrasts the kinds of assignments, research, and writing students encounter in academic contexts with those they find in community-based contexts. Concrete strategies help students work 1) to understand the fundamental similarities and differences between writing in schools and writing in the community; 2) apply academic research and writing skills to the purposes inherent in community-based writing; and 3) discover how community-based projects can inform, enrich, and extend their academic knowledge, research, and writing skills. Writing for Real encourages and supports the work of students and teachers as they undertake community based-writing. This book is for students in writing-intensive classes with a service-learning component and for students who will write about their service learning.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 162 mm
Weight
483 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-08911-3 (9780321089113)
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Content
Every chapter concludes with "Ideas for Academic Writing Topics," and "Reflective Questions for Journal Writing and Class Discussions." I. FOUNDATIONS: CONCEPTUALIZING SERVICE-LEARNING. 1. Why Community-Based Writing? A Bit of History: Service-Learning and a Democratic Education. Service-Learning Partnerships. Community and Communication: Linking Service-Learning and Writing. Kinds of Writing in Service-Learning. 2. Writing in College and Writing in the Community. What Is Academic Writing? What Is Community-Based Writing? 3. Collaborations. Collaborations in the Academic Community. Collaborations in a Service-Learning Context. Collaborations in the "Contact Zone." II. GROUND WORK: UNDERSTANDING YOUR SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECT. 4. Understanding "Service". The Power Equation in "Service." Noblesse Oblige. Outsider or Insider? Giving Back. 5. Making Connections. Understanding the Course Context. Assessing Your Interests, Values, and Limitations. Locating Potential Placements and Projects. Finding a Good Match. There Will Still Be Surprises out There. 6. Negotiating Community-Based Assignments. Why Meeting at Your Agency Is So Important. Arranging the Initial Meeting. Preparing for Your Meeting. Agreeing on a Project. Considering Time Management from the Very Beginning. 7. Work Styles and Writing Assignments in the Community. Work Styles in Community Writing: Independence and Collaboration. Discourse Communities. Writing Purposes, Genres, and Assignments in the Community. 8. Academic Writing in a Service-Learning Context. The Challenges of Academic Writing. Academic Assignments in the Disciplines. Rhetorical Purpose and Community-Based Writing. III. CONSTRUCTION ZONES: FULFILLING YOUR SERVICE-LEARNING ASSIGNMENT. 9. Researching. Researching with Attention to Audience and Purpose. Library Research. Internet Sources. Research in the Community. Knowledge Is Power. 10. Mapping, Organizing, and Drafting. Community-Based Academic Projects. Practical Writing Projects. 11. Formatting. Audience and Purpose: the Foundation of Formatting Decisions. Formatting Elements of Practical Documents. Seven Steps in Practical Document Design. 12. Documenting. Documenting Academic Writing. Documentation Styles and Conventions in the Disciplines. Documenting Practical Documents. 13. Revising and Editing. General Strategies for Revising and Editing. Revising and Editing Strategies for Community Writing. 14. Standing Back: Assessing the Finished Work. Appendix.