Twenty original, classroom-tested assignments: This innovative collection of college writing assignments explores the practical applications of each lesson. Drawing upon current best practices, each chapter includes a discussion of the rationale behind the assignment, along with supplemental elements such as guidelines for evaluation, prewriting exercises and tips for avoiding common pitfalls. The assignments are designed for a range of courses, from first-year composition to upper-division writing in various disciplines.
Twenty original, classroom-tested assignments: This innovative collection of college writing assignments explores the practical applications of each lesson. Drawing upon current best practices, each chapter includes a discussion of the rationale behind the assignment, along with supplemental elements such as guidelines for evaluation, prewriting exercises and tips for avoiding common pitfalls. The assignments are designed for a range of courses, from first-year composition to upper-division writing in various disciplines.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Melissa Bender is a lecturer in the University Writing Program and the assistant director of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program at the University of California, Davis. Her interests include professional writing, visual rhetoric, composition and international education. A former president of the Margaret Atwood Society, Karma Waltonen is a senior lecturer in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Davis, where she won the Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching Award in 2015.
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Table of Contents Introduction The Rhetoric of Everyday Objects: An Assignment Sequence (Melissa Bender) Writing and Designing Informational Booklets for International Exchange Students (M. Ann Brady) Framing the Personal Narrative: Composition and Documentary Film (Jodie Childers) Blogging Advanced Composition (Elisa Cogbill-Seiders, Ed Nagelhout and Denise Tillery) Proposal Writing in Technical Communications (Barbara J. D'Angelo) Past Meets Present: Exploring the University Archives to Compose and Connect (Christine Denecker) Writing the Brain: A Multimodal Assignment Sequence (Jason W. Ellis) Making Financial Contracts User-Friendly: Conducting Research, Redesigning Documents and Proposing Changes in the Workplace (Sara K. Gunning) Geobiographies: A Place-Based Assignment Sequence (Jim Henry) The Discipline Resource Guide Website (Dalyn Luedtke) Global Urban Centers: A Rhetorical Analysis of Street Art (Gerald Maki) The Academic Discourse Project (Gracemarie Mike) Political Cartoons and Multimodal Composition: The Visual Argument Assignment (Erin Dee Moore) Researching and Writing a History of Composition-Rhetoric (Lori Ostergaard) Critical Analysis of a Wikipedia Entry (Gwendolynne Reid) "In the Year": Using Website Design for ePortfolios (Katherine Robbins) Workplace Document Analysis and Evaluation (Melissa Vosen Callens) The Partner Project: Advanced Argument (Karma Waltonen) Captain Discourse and Other Heroes: Learning about Writing Research through Comic Books (Courtney L. Werner and Nicole I. Caswell) Critical Analysis of Student Ethnography (Abby Wilkerson) About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Introduction The Rhetoric of Everyday Objects: An Assignment Sequence (Melissa Bender) Writing and Designing Informational Booklets for International Exchange Students (M. Ann Brady) Framing the Personal Narrative: Composition and Documentary Film (Jodie Childers) Blogging Advanced Composition (Elisa Cogbill-Seiders, Ed Nagelhout and Denise Tillery) Proposal Writing in Technical Communications (Barbara J. D'Angelo) Past Meets Present: Exploring the University Archives to Compose and Connect (Christine Denecker) Writing the Brain: A Multimodal Assignment Sequence (Jason W. Ellis) Making Financial Contracts User-Friendly: Conducting Research, Redesigning Documents and Proposing Changes in the Workplace (Sara K. Gunning) Geobiographies: A Place-Based Assignment Sequence (Jim Henry) The Discipline Resource Guide Website (Dalyn Luedtke) Global Urban Centers: A Rhetorical Analysis of Street Art (Gerald Maki) The Academic Discourse Project (Gracemarie Mike) Political Cartoons and Multimodal Composition: The Visual Argument Assignment (Erin Dee Moore) Researching and Writing a History of Composition-Rhetoric (Lori Ostergaard) Critical Analysis of a Wikipedia Entry (Gwendolynne Reid) "In the Year": Using Website Design for ePortfolios (Katherine Robbins) Workplace Document Analysis and Evaluation (Melissa Vosen Callens) The Partner Project: Advanced Argument (Karma Waltonen) Captain Discourse and Other Heroes: Learning about Writing Research through Comic Books (Courtney L. Werner and Nicole I. Caswell) Critical Analysis of Student Ethnography (Abby Wilkerson) About the Contributors Index
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