In our Own Words Student Book: Student Writers at Work

by Rebecca Mlynarczyk , Steven B. Haber

• ISBN13: 9780521540285
• ISBN10: 0521540283
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-04
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

In Our Own Words takes the unique approach of using student writing as a resource for writing instruction and idea development. This third edition features 15 new readings by student writers, 5 new readings by professional writers, updated writing topics, Internet activities to support the writing process, and contextualized revising and editing activities.

Table of Contents

Introduction
To the Instructor	xiii
To the Student	xviii
Authors' Acknowledgements	xix
PART I STARTING OUT	1	(26)
Thinking of Yourself as a Writer	3	(24)
Forming a Classroom Community	4	(4)
Getting Acquainted	4	(1)
Looking at Similarities and Differences	5	(2)
Silent Conversations	7	(1)
Thinking About Writing	8	(3)
Attitudes Toward Writing	8	(1)
Past Experiences with Writing	9	(2)
Writing Without Worrying	11	(4)
Freewriting	12	(1)
Keeping a Journal	13	(1)
Interactive Writing	14	(1)
Writing Without a Dictionary	15	(1)
Coping with Writing Problems	15	(8)
Choosing a Topic	16	(1)
Adjusting to Different Purposes and Audiences	17	(1)
Dealing with Writer's Block	18	(2)
Doing Well on College Papers	20	(3)
A Note Before You Continue	23	(1)
Goals for This Course: A Beginning Survey	24	(3)
PART II PERSONAL WRITING	27	(98)
Experiences	29	(30)
Readings	30	(14)
Reading 1 Learning How to Cook	30	(2)
Florence Cheung
Reading 2 What Is It Like to Have an Empty Stomach?	32	(2)
Youssef Rami
Reading 3 A Teacher for a Day	34	(2)
Luisa Tiburcio
Reading 4 To Be Alive Again	36	(2)
Jian Feng (Jimmy) Ye
Reading 5 Exodus	38	(3)
Xiao Mei Sun
Reading 6 The Photograph	41	(3)
Sha Sha Chen
Techniques Writers Use	44	(5)
Memory Chain	44	(1)
Task 2.1 Analyze	44	(1)
Task 2.2 Practice	45	(1)
Time Chunks	46	(1)
Task 2.3 Analyze	46	(2)
Task 2.4 Practice	48	(1)
Internet Search	49	(1)
Expanding Your Knowledge Base	49	(1)
Task 2.5 Practice	49	(1)
Essay Assignment	50	(1)
Writing Tips	50	(1)
Writing Your First Draft	51	(1)
Revising Your Essay	51	(3)
What Is Revising?	51	(1)
Peer Response	52	(1)
Oral Peer Response	53	(1)
Writing Your Second Draft	54	(1)
Editing Your Essay	54	(5)
What Is Editing?	54	(1)
What Is Proofreading?	55	(1)
Grammar in Context: Using Verb Tenses Consistently	56	(1)
Task 2.6 Analyze	56	(1)
Task 2.7 Practice	57	(1)
Editing Checklist	58	(1)
People	59	(34)
Readings	60	(13)
Reading 1 My Grandmother	60	(2)
Hikaru Takahashi
Reading 2 My Mother	62	(2)
Eileen Peng
Reading 3 Rosita	64	(2)
Gloria Cortes
Reading 4 My Father	66	(2)
Intissar Haddiya
Reading 5 My Friend Nafiz	68	(2)
Syed R. Saeed
Reading 6 Teacher, It's Nice to Meet You, Too	70	(3)
Ruby Ibanez
Techniques Writers Use	73	(4)
People Watching	73	(1)
Task 3.1 Analyze	73	(1)
Task 3.2 Practice	74	(1)
Making Metaphors	75	(1)
Task 3.3 Analyze	75	(1)
Task 3.4 Practice	76	(1)
Internet Search	77	(1)
Locating Biographical Information	77	(1)
Task 3.5 Practice	77	(1)
Essay Assignment	77	(2)
Writing Tips	78	(1)
Writing Your First Draft	79	(1)
Revising Your Essay	79	(3)
Written Peer Response	79	(3)
Responding to Your Peers	82	(1)
Writing Your Second Draft	82	(1)
Editing Your Essay	82	(6)
Grammar in Context: Understanding Sentence Boundaries	82	(3)
Task 3.6 Analyze	85	(1)
Task 3.7 Practice	85	(2)
Editing Checklist	87	(1)
Practice Peer Response Form: Writing About People	88	(2)
Peer Response Form: Writing About People	90	(3)
Places	93	(32)
Readings	94	(13)
Reading 1 The Tree of My Secrets	94	(2)
Amalfi Richard
Reading 2 The Home of My Childhood	96	(2)
Volkan Cinozgumus
Reading 3 The Coldest Winter of Beijing	98	(2)
Jian Wei
Reading 4 Community Culture	100	(3)
Tatyana Sokolovskaya
Reading 5 A Village from the Past	103	(2)
Zhanna Kayumova
Reading 6 New Horizon of Beauty	105	(2)
Sumiko Masaki
Techniques Writers Use	107	(3)
Appealing to All the Senses	107	(1)
Task 4.1 Analyze	107	(1)
Task 4.2 Practice	108	(1)
Using Memories from the Past	108	(1)
Task 4.3 Analyze	108	(1)
Task 4.4 Practice	109	(1)
Internet Search	110	(1)
Finding Your Hometown on the World Wide Web	110	(1)
Task 4.5 Practice	110	(1)
Essay Assignment	111	(1)
Writing Tips	111	(1)
Writing Your First Draft	112	(1)
Revising Your Essay	112	(3)
Giving More Helpful Peer Response	112	(3)
Responding to Your Peers	115	(1)
Writing Your Second Draft	115	(1)
Editing Your Essay	115	(4)
Grammar in Context: Using the Plural Form of Nouns	115	(1)
Task 4.6 Analyze	116	(1)
Task 4.7 Practice	117	(1)
Editing Checklist	118	(1)
A Note Before You Continue	119	(1)
Peer Response Form: Writing About Places	120	(2)
Assessing Your Progress: A Midterm Survey	122	(3)
PART III MORE FORMAL WRITING	125	(132)
Oral History: Writing Based on Interviews	127	(40)
Readings	128	(18)
Reading 1 A Reward from Buddha	128	(3)
Zhong Chen
Reading 2 Unfinished Interview	131	(3)
Tatyana Dyachenko
Reading 3 My First Interview	134	(3)
Larisa Zubataya
Reading 4 Interview with Andrei	137	(2)
Young Ja Lee
Reading 5 One of Us	139	(3)
Ahmet Erdogan
Reading 6 An Immigrant's First Day on the Job	142	(4)
Saravanan Rangaswamy
Techniques Writers Use	146	(5)
Interviewing	146	(1)
Task 5.1 Analyze	146	(2)
Task 5.2 Practice	148	(1)
Formulating a Thesis Statement	148	(1)
Task 5.3 Analyze	149	(1)
Task 5.4 Practice	150	(1)
Clustering	150	(1)
Task 5.5 Analyze	151	(1)
Task 5.6 Practice	151	(1)
Internet Search	151	(2)
Option 1 Locating Background Information for a Life-History Interview	152	(1)
Option 2 Locating Background Information for a Topical Interview	152	(1)
Essay Assignment	153	(4)
Option 1 Life-History Interview	153	(1)
Option 2 Topical Interview	153	(1)
Generating Ideas	154	(1)
Organizing Ideas	155	(1)
Working Toward a Thesis Statement	155	(1)
Writing Tips	156	(1)
Writing Your First Draft	157	(1)
Revising Your Essay	157	(1)
Responding to Your Peers	157	(1)
Making a Plan for Revising	157	(1)
Writing Your Second Draft	158	(1)
Editing Your Essay	158	(4)
Grammar in Context: Using Direct and Indirect Quotations	158	(1)
Task 5.7 Analyze	159	(1)
Task 5.8 Practice	160	(1)
Editing Checklist	161	(1)
Peer Response Form: Writing Based on Interviews	162	(3)
Writer's Plan for Revising: Writing Based on Interviews	165	(2)
Families in Transition: Writing Based on Reading	167	(40)
Readings	168	(18)
Reading 1 Traditional vs. Modern Family	168	(2)
Wan L. Lam
Reading 2 The Family in Society	170	(1)
Isabella Kong
Reading 3 Traditional Family and Modern Society in Africa	171	(3)
Papa Aly Ndaw
Reading 4 Bean Paste vs. Miniskirts: Generation Gap Grows	174	(3)
Nicholas D. Kristof
Reading 5 A Response to ``Bean Paste vs. Miniskirts''	177	(2)
Liana Salman
Reading 6 Gay Parents Find More Acceptance	179	(4)
Carlyle Murphy
Reading 7 The Problem of Gay Parenting	183	(1)
Pui Man Wong
Reading 8 A Positive View of Gay Parenting	184	(2)
Alana Vayntraub
Techniques Writers Use	186	(6)
Summarizing Information from Written Sources	186	(1)
Task 6.1 Analyze	186	(1)
Task 6.2 Practice	187	(1)
Paraphrasing Information from Written Sources	188	(2)
Task 6.3 Analyze	190	(1)
Task 6.4 Practice	191	(1)
Outlining	191	(1)
Task 6.5 Analyze	192	(1)
Task 6.6 Practice	192	(1)
Internet Search	192	(2)
Option 1 Changing Family Structures	193	(1)
Option 2 Gay Parents	193	(1)
Essay Assignment	194	(4)
Option 1 Changing Family Structures	194	(1)
Option 2 Gay Parents	194	(1)
Generating Ideas	195	(1)
Organizing Ideas	196	(1)
Working Toward a Thesis Statement	196	(1)
Writing Tips	197	(1)
Writing Your First Draft	197	(1)
Revising Your Essay	198	(1)
Benefiting from Teacher Comments	198	(1)
Responding to Your Peers	198	(1)
Writing Your Second Draft	199	(1)
Editing Your Essay	199	(3)
Grammar in Context: Using Modal Auxiliaries	199	(1)
Task 6.7 Analyze	199	(1)
Task 6.8 Practice	200	(1)
Editing Checklist	201	(1)
Peer Response Form: Writing Based on Reading	202	(3)
Writer's Plan for Revising: Writing Based on Reading	205	(2)
Issues of Identity: Writing Based on Research	207	(50)
Readings	208	(23)
Reading 1 An American Success Story	208	(2)
Samuel Nakasian
Reading 2 Response to ``An American Success Story''	210	(2)
Jowita Drazkowski
Reading 3 America 2050: Immigration and the Hourglass	212	(5)
Alejandro Portes
Reading 4 Identity	217	(3)
Shanan Marie Lynch
Reading 5 The Color of Love	220	(5)
Maria P. P. Root
Reading 6 Color or Real Love?	225	(3)
Yanqin Lan
Reading 7 Interracial Marriages	228	(3)
Igor Faynzil Bert
Techniques Writers Use	231	(8)
Supporting Ideas with Evidence	231	(1)
Task 7.1 Analyze	232	(1)
Task 7.2 Practice	232	(1)
Paraphrasing and Quoting to Add Support	232	(1)
Task 7.3 Analyze	233	(1)
Task 7.4 Practice	233	(1)
Giving Credit to Sources	234	(4)
Task 7.5 Analyze	238	(1)
Task 7.6 Practice	238	(1)
Internet Search	239	(1)
Option 1 Immigrants and Identity	239	(1)
Option 2 Interracial Marriage	239	(1)
Essay Assignment	240	(5)
Option 1 Immigrants and Identity	240	(1)
Option 2 Interracial Marriage	241	(1)
Generating Ideas	241	(2)
Organizing Ideas	243	(1)
Working Toward a Thesis Statement	244	(1)
Writing Tips	245	(1)
Writing Your First Draft	245	(1)
Revising Your Essay	245	(1)
When Does Revising End? A Word on Meeting Deadlines	245	(1)
Responding to Your Peers	246	(1)
Writing Your Second Draft	246	(1)
Editing Your Essay	246	(3)
Grammar in Context: Using the Active and Passive Voice of Verbs	246	(1)
Task 7.7 Analyze	247	(1)
Task 7.8 Practice	248	(1)
Editing Checklist	248	(1)
A Note As You Complete the Course	249	(1)
Parting Words from the Authors	249	(1)
Peer Response Form: Writing Based on Research	250	(3)
Writer's Plan for Revising: Writing Based on Research	253	(1)
Assessing Your Progress: A Closing Survey	254	(3)
Answer Key	257	(7)
Index	264	(4)
Credits	268