One to One : Resources for Conference Centered Writing

by Dawe, Charles; Dornan, Ed

• ISBN13: 9780673980687
• ISBN10: 0673980685
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

One to One is specifically designed for instructors who favor a collaborative approach or conference learning with extensive use of portfolios. Each chapter in Part Two looks at a specific writing task, from anecdotes and analogies to associative and argumentative essays. Part Four offers a different journal assignment each week and collaborative writing assignments are provided throughout. This edition also features a collection of 15 stimulating essays.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	xv	(2)
TO THE STUDENT	xvii
PART ONE Getting Started	1	(48)
1 LISTING AND WRITING FOR A READER	2	(6)
Listing	2	(1)
Audience	3	(3)
Writing Task--Listing and Writing for a Reader	6	(2)
2 THE COMPOSING PROCESS	8	(30)
Prewriting	9	(4)
Begin with a List	9	(3)
Focus Your Prewriting	12	(1)
Resist Self-Criticism	12	(1)
Use Simple Language	12	(1)
Remain Objective	13	(1)
Writing Task--Prewriting	13	(1)
Rough Draft	14	(6)
Establish a Purpose	14	(1)
Create a Beginning, Middle, and End	14	(1)
Shape the Sentences	15	(1)
Writing the Rough Draft	16	(1)
Lees Rough Draft	17	(3)
Writing Task--Rough Draft	20	(1)
Editing and Revising	20	(8)
Establish a Point of View	21	(1)
Keep the Verb Tense Consistent	22	(1)
Delete Empty Words	22	(1)
Tighten Sentences	23	(2)
Completing the Revision	25	(1)
Lees Edited and Revised Rough Draft	26	(2)
Writing Task--Editing and Revising	28	(1)
Final Draft	29	(8)
Act as a Reader	29	(1)
Use Transitions	30	(1)
Consider the Tone	30	(1)
Writing the Final Draft	30	(1)
Lee's Edited and Revised Draft with Deletions and Additions	31	(2)
Lee's Final Draft with Handwritten Changes and Comments	33	(4)
Writing Task--Final Draft	37	(1)
3 RESPONDING TO EXPERIENCE	38	(11)
Support Generalizations with Specific Detail	38	(1)
Use Listing or Clustering to Gather Material from Memory	39	(3)
Use a Response to Organize Experience	42	(6)
Writing Task--Responding to Experience	48	(1)
PART TWO Writing Tasks	49	(234)
4 PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE	50	(15)
Using a Topic Sentence	52	(3)
Placing the Topic Sentence	55	(3)
Closing with a Clincher	57	(1)
Developing a Paragraph	58	(1)
Achieving Unity	59	(2)
Maintaining Coherence	61	(1)
Writing Task--Paragraph Structure	62	(3)
5 EXAMPLES	65	(15)
Typical Examples	65	(4)
Specific Examples	69	(7)
Combining Typical and Specific Examples	76	(1)
Writing Task--Examples	77	(3)
6 CATALOGING	80	(7)
Writing Task--Cataloging	85	(2)
7 ANECDOTE	87	(5)
Use an Anecdote to Reveal Character	87	(1)
Use an Anecdote to Make a Point	88	(2)
Writing Task--Anecdote	90	(2)
8 COMPARISON AND CONTRAST	92	(12)
Block Arrangement	94	(2)
Point-by-Point Arrangement	96	(4)
Extended Comparison and Contrast	100	(1)
Writing Task--Comparison and Contrast	101	(3)
9 ANALOGY	104	(7)
Writing Task--Analogy	109	(2)
10 CLASSIFICATION	111	(10)
Establishing Categories for Classification	112	(4)
Arranging a Classification	116	(1)
Grouping and Sorting Classes	117	(2)
Writing Task--Classification	119	(2)
11 DEFINITION	121	(9)
Brief Definitions	121	(1)
Extended Definitions	122	(1)
Extended Personal and Objective Examples	123	(4)
Using a Variety of Methods	127	(1)
Writing Task--Definition	128	(2)
12 CAUSE AND EFFECT	130	(8)
Causal Chains	131	(2)
Discussing Causes	133	(2)
Discussing Effects	135	(1)
Writing Task--Cause and Effect	136	(2)
13 DESCRIPTION	138	(6)
Use Description to Dramatize Experience	139	(2)
Use Description to Dramatize the Abstract	141	(1)
Use Description in Reports	142	(1)
Writing Task--Description	143	(1)
14 DEDUCTIVE ESSAY	144	(42)
Getting Started	154	(2)
Selecting a Subject	154	(1)
Narrowing the Subject	155	(1)
Prewriting	155	(1)
Planning the Essay	156	(3)
Phrasing a Central Point	156	(1)
Deciding on Purpose and Audience	157	(1)
Making a Preliminary Plan	158	(1)
Writing the First Draft	159	(7)
Introduction	160	(2)
Discussion	162	(2)
Conclusions	164	(1)
Titles	165	(1)
Revising the First Draft	166	(1)
Student Essay for Further Study	167	(5)
An Extended Professional Essay for Further Study	172	(11)
One Last Thought	183	(1)
Writing Task--Deductive Essay	183	(3)
15 INDUCTIVE ESSAY	186	(14)
A Professional Inductively Arranged Essay for Further Study	195	(4)
Writing Task--Inductive Essay	199	(1)
16 ASSOCIATIONAL ESSAY	200	(9)
Writing Task--Associational Essay	207	(2)
17 DIRECTIVE PROCESS ANALYSIS	209	(4)
Writing Task--Directive Process Analysis	212	(1)
18 INFORMATIVE PROCESS ANALYSIS	213	(4)
Writing Task--Informative Process Analysis	216	(1)
19 ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY	217	(10)
Assertions and Evidence	218	(1)
Arrangement	219	(5)
Examples	220	(1)
Anecdote	220	(1)
Comparison and Contrast	221	(1)
Analogy	222	(1)
Cause and Effect	222	(1)
Definition	223	(1)
Process Analysis	224	(1)
Writing Task--Argumentative Essay	224	(3)
20 REPORT	227	(4)
Writing Task--Report	230	(1)
21 RESEARCH ESSAY	231	(31)
Expressing Your Own Ideas	231	(1)
Steps in Writing a Research Essay: An Overview	232	(4)
Step 1: Select a Suitable Topic	233	(1)
Step 2: Investigate Available Sources	234	(1)
Step 3: Take Notes	234	(1)
Step 4: Organize Your Material	235	(1)
Step 5: Write the Essay	235	(1)
Step 6: Revise, Edit, and Proofread	236	(1)
Resources for Research	236	(3)
Encyclopedias	237	(1)
Indexes	237	(1)
Books	238	(1)
Periodicals	238	(1)
Interviews	238	(1)
Other Sources	239	(1)
Citing Sources in the Text	239	(1)
The Parts of a Research Essay	240	(3)
Title	240	(1)
Outline	241	(1)
Text	242	(1)
Works Cited Page	242	(1)
Citation Forms Recommended by the Modern Language Association	243	(5)
A Sample Research Paper	248	(11)
A Narrative of Irene Islas's Research Paper	259	(2)
Selection of a Topic	259	(1)
Investigating Sources	259	(1)
Writing the Essay	260	(1)
Writing Task--Research Essay	261	(1)
22 ADDITIONAL WRITING TASKS	262	(21)
Starting with a Title	262	(2)
Writing Task--Starting with a Title	263	(1)
Writing from Research	264	(3)
Writing Task--Kitsch	264	(1)
Writing Task--Violent Sports	265	(1)
Writing Task--Threatened Earth	265	(1)
Writing Task--Malls	266	(1)
Writing Task--Stories	266	(1)
Charting Your Current Life	267	(1)
Writing Task--Charting Your Current Life	267	(1)
Exploring Your Dreams	267	(1)
Writing Task--Exploring Your Dreams	268	(1)
Responding to Quotations	268	(2)
Extended Quotations	270	(9)
Writing Task--May Sarton	271	(1)
Writing Task--e. e. cummings	272	(1)
Writing Task--Jeffers, Dostoyevski, Montaigne	273	(1)
Writing Task--Mark Kram	273	(1)
Writing Task--John Holt	274	(1)
Writing Task--Alison Lurie	275	(1)
Writing Task--Joseph L. Braga and Laurie D. Braga	276	(1)
Writing Task--Carl Sagan	277	(1)
Writing Task--Sharon Curtin	277	(1)
Writing Task--Morton Hunt	278	(1)
Writing Task--Ecclesiastes	279	(1)
Brief Quotations	279	(4)
Writing Task--Brief Quotations	282	(1)
PART THREE Readings For Writers	283	(96)
23 WRITING ABOUT WRITTEN WORKS	284	(10)
Write an Introduction That Represents the Work	284	(2)
Write a Discussion That Develops the Central Point	286	(1)
Write a Conclusion That Revisits the Central Point and Discussion	287	(1)
A Student Essay for Examination	287	(5)
Writing Task--Writing About Written Works	292	(2)
24 A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS	294	(85)
Geoffrey Cowley "Why a Disaster Brings Out the Best in People" "When Dr. James Betts crawled into the smoking ruins of Oakland's collapsed Nimitz Freeway, he had no grounds for assuming he would come out alive."	296	(3)
Writing Tasks--Geoffrey Cowley	299	(1)
David James Duncan "Toxins in the Mother Tongue" "By no stretch of the imagination or Bible could that language be considered `obscene'."	300	(11)
Writing Tasks--David James Duncan	311	(1)
Gretel Ehrlich from Match to the Heart "I have been struck by lightning and I am alive."	311	(6)
Writing Tasks--Gretel Ehrlich	317	(1)
C. Eugene Emery, Jr. "Shameless Talk Shows" "No one seriously attempted to correct their inaccurate rendering of historical events, or challenge their reliance on pseudo-biology during their diatribes against Jews and other unrelated minority groups."	318	(5)
Writing Tasks--C. Eugene Emery, Jr.	323	(1)
Ellen Goodman "Becoming Desensitized to Hate Words" "The NRA attacked federal agents as `jackbooted government thugs' who wear `Nazi bucket helmets and black storm trooper uniforms.'"	324	(2)
Writing Tasks--Ellen Goodman	326	(1)
Cynthia Heimel "If I Were a Black Man" "Would it be a kick to inspire fear just by my own presence?"	326	(2)
Writing Tasks--Cynthia Heimel	328	(1)
Neil Howe and William Strauss "The New Generation Gap: Thirteeners" "Ads target them as beasts of pleasure and pain who have trouble understanding words longer than one syllable, sentences longer than three words."	329	(4)
Writing Tasks--Neil Howe and William Strauss	333	(1)
Pico Iyer "The Eloquent Sounds of Silence" "Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands."	334	(2)
Writing Tasks--Pico Iyer	336	(1)
Andrew Klaven "In Praise of Gore" "But enough about me, let's talk about death. Cruel death, sexy death, exciting death; death that is, on the page and on the screen."	336	(8)
Writing Tasks--Andrew Klaven	344	(1)
Peter K. Kramer "A Rescue Without Cheers" "Last summer, I was granted a privilege rarely vouchsafed a psychiatrist: I felt a human being return to life under my hands."	345	(2)
Writing Tasks--Peter K. Kramer	347	(1)
Jonathan Rauch "In Defense of Prejudice" "An enlightened and efficient intellectual regime lets a million prejudices bloom, including many that you or I may regard as hateful or grotesque."	347	(10)
Writing Tasks--Jonathan Rauch	357	(1)
Bruce Shapiro "Anatomy of an Assault" "On the evening of August 7, 1994, I was among seven people stabbed and seriously wounded in a coffee bar a few blocks from my house...."	358	(6)
Writing Tasks--Bruce Shapiro	364	(1)
George Simpson "The War Room at Bellevue" "Bellevue. The name conjures up images of an indoor war zone: the wounded and bleeding lining the halls, screaming for help while harried doctors in blood-soaked smocks rush from stretcher to stretcher fighting a losing battle against exhaustion and the crushing number of injured."	365	(5)
Writing Tasks--George Simpson	370	(1)
Brent Staples "Black Men and Public Space" "My first victim was a woman--white, well dressed, probably in her late twenties."	370	(3)
Writing Tasks--Brent Staples	373	(1)
Sallie Tisdale "Sins of the Flesh" "There was never a meal without meat: every afternoon the house filled with the scents of frying oil and roasting flesh."	373	(4)
Writing Tasks--Sallie Tisdale	377	(2)
PART FOUR Daily Writing	379	(54)
25 KEEPING A JOURNAL	380	(6)
Creative People and Journals	381	(1)
Journal Styles	382	(2)
Where to Keep Daily Writing	384	(1)
Guidelines for Practice	385	(1)
26 FIRST WEEK: FREE WRITING	386	(4)
Writing Task--First Week: Free Writing	388	(2)
27 SECOND WEEK: CURRENT LIFE	390	(8)
Writing Task--Second Week: Current Life	393	(5)
28 THIRD WEEK: PAST LIFE	398	(6)
Writing Task--Third Week: Past Life	399	(5)
29 FOURTH WEEK: DAILY ACTIVITIES	404	(3)
Writing Task--Fourth Week: Daily Activities	406	(1)
30 FIFTH WEEK: DREAMS AND FANTASIES	407	(3)
Writing Task--Fifth Week: Dreams and Fantasies	409	(1)
31 SIXTH WEEK: PORTRAITS AND RELATIONSHIPS	410	(5)
Writing Task--Sixth Week: Portraits and Relationships	414	(1)
32 SEVENTH WEEK: SOCIAL ISSUES	415	(4)
Writing Task--Seventh Week: Socials Issues	418	(1)
33 EIGHTH WEEK: SELF-REFLECTION	419	(3)
Writing Task--Eighth Week: Self-Reflection	421	(1)
34 CONTINUING WORK	422	(11)
Logs	423	(3)
Extended Portraits, Imaginary Conversations, Unsent Letters	426	(2)
Drawings and Photographs	428	(2)
Off Days	430	(3)
GLOSSARY OF USAGE	433	(10)
APPENDICES	443	(38)
A Point of View	443	(9)
Impersonal Point of View	443	(1)
Common Experience	444	(2)
Personal Point of View	446	(1)
We	447	(1)
You	447	(1)
Shifts in Point of View	448	(4)
B Tone	452	(7)
Tone in Spoken English	453	(1)
Tone in Written English	453	(6)
C Coherence	459	(9)
Transitional Devices	461	(7)
D Introductions	468	(6)
Use Facts and Statistics	469	(1)
Offer a Definition	470	(1)
Use a Dramatic Narrative	471	(1)
Use Reversal	471	(1)
Oppose a Commonly Held Opinion	472	(2)
E Conclusions	474	(4)
Offer a Brief Summary	474	(1)
Draw an Inference	475	(1)
Use an Anecdote	475	(1)
Link the Subject to the Reader	476	(1)
Use a Quotation	476	(1)
A Concluding Note on Conclusions	477	(1)
F Manuscript Format	478	(3)
Materials	478	(1)
Margins	478	(1)
Indentations	479	(1)
Paging	479	(1)
Title	479	(1)
Identification	479	(2)
CREDITS	481	(2)
INDEX	483