Patterns and Themes A Basic English Reader (with InfoTrac)

by Rogers, Judy R.; Rogers, Glenn C.; Mincey, Kathryn C.

• ISBN13: 9780155045835
• ISBN10: 0155045830
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-21
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

PATTERNS AND THEMES is a thematic reader, with contemporary, high-interest readings organized thematically around topics that mirror the issue-oriented nature of college-level work. Each reading has suggested writing assignments and is surrounded by unique pedagogical features that focus on key skills such as vocabulary, writing techniques, and critical thinking.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Memories
Salvation
Langston Hughes	3	(5)
Goals
Curt Kruschwitz	8	(3)
The Woman Warrior
Maxine Hong Kingston	11	(4)
My First Hunting Trip
John Bennett	15	(4)
Pranks for the Memory
Dave Barry	19	(8)
Families
Chicken Gizzards
James A. Perkins	27	(4)
My Family's Language
Richard Rodriguez	31	(5)
Becoming Helpless
Colette Dowling	36	(5)
The Great Sisters and Brothers War
Andrew Shanley	41	(5)
Mrs. Razor
James Still	46	(5)
Up the Hill
Ryan Hardesty	51	(8)
School
A Pocketful of Cricket
Rebecca Caudill	59	(9)
Eleven
Sandra Cisneros	68	(4)
On Being Seventeen, Bright, and Unable to Read
David Raymond (student)	72	(5)
From Growing Up (Becoming a Writer)
Russell Baker	77	(4)
Escape from Childhood
John Holt	81	(4)
Excerpts from The Thread That Runs So True
Jesse Stuart	85	(10)
Differences
A Biracial Child's Choice of Friends
Marina Martinez	95	(5)
For My Indian Daughter
Lewis P. Johnson	100	(6)
What Is Intelligence Anyway?
Isaac Asimov	106	(3)
Jim's Promise
Brittany Stacy (student)	109	(8)
Health
Freshman Pay, Mentally and Physically, As They Adjust to Life in College
Thomas Bartlett	117	(5)
Wasted
Mania Hornbacher	122	(6)
What Price Are You Willing to Pay to Drive Drunk?
Amanda Bess (student)	128	(6)
If ER Nurses Crash, Will Patients Follow?
Paul Duke	134	(7)
Sports
Sports Can Build Up Black Women in Society
Cheryl D. Fields	141	(4)
She Got Game
Jere Longman and tan Zack	145	(5)
Has Equality in Sports Gone Too Far?
Mark Clayton	150	(6)
Don't Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports
Narissa Dalla (student)	156	(2)
Obsession Saps the Fun from Sports
Ken Garfield	158	(2)
Let Kids Have Fun
Gabe Helterbrand (student)	160	(9)
Women and Men
Yes, Women and Men Can Be "Just Friends"
Marjorie Franco	169	(4)
Keeping the Light On
Leonard Pitts, Jr.	173	(4)
For Better Boys, Try a Little Tenderness
Kathleen Parker	177	(4)
One Man's Kids
Daniel R. Meier	181
Work
Downturn Goes Easier on College-Educated Workers
Stephanie Armour	189	(3)
Blue-Collar Journal: A College President's Sabbatical
John R. Coleman	192	(5)
Death of an Officer
Gaye Wagner	197	(8)
The Company Man
Ellen Goodman	205	(4)
Working Mothers
Janet Krebs	209	(8)
Heroism
Why Heroes Are Hard to Come By
Sara Terry	217	(4)
Joe DiMaggio: The Silent Superstar
Paul Simon	221	(4)
Real Heroes Need No Fame
Kathleen Parker	225	(3)
Appalachian Heroes
Silas House	228	(5)
Credits	233