Active Reading | |
Learning to Be an Active Reader Keeping a Journal Previewing the Reading | |
A First Reading Staying Aware of Conventions | |
A Sample Essay: Bob Greene, Handled with Care Marking the Text Clarifying Meaning | |
Making Inferences and Associations Writing to Understand and Respond | |
The Reading-Writing Connection | |
Writing in Response to Reading Building an Essay | |
Sample Student | |
Essay Resources for Writers on the Internet | |
Responding to a Reading Suggestions for Writing | |
Strategies for Conveying Ideas: Narration and Description | |
Images and Ideas | |
The Point of Narration and Description | |
The Principles of Narration and Description | |
The Pitfalls of Narration and Description | |
What to Look For in Narration and Description | |
A Unique Day William Recktenwald | |
A Guard s First Night on the Job (Combining Strategies) | |
Strategies for making a Point: Example and Illustration | |
Images and Ideas | |
The Point of Example and Illustration | |
The Principles of Example and Illustration | |
The Pitfalls of Example and Illustration | |
What to Look For in Example and Illustration | |
Elizabeth Berg, My Heroes Brent Staples, Just Walk On By : A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space | |
The Working Poor (Combining Strategies) | |
Strategies for Clarifying Meaning: Definition and Explanation | |
Images and Ideas | |
The Point of Definition and Explanation | |
The Principles of Definition and Explanation | |
The Pitfalls of Definition and Explanation | |
What to Look For in Definitions and Explanations Gloria Naylor, Mommy, What Does Nigger Mean? | |
Isaac Asimov, What Is Intelligence, Anyway? (Combining Strategies) | |
Wayson Choy, I m a Banana and Proud of It Lilly Gonzalez, Viva Spanglish! Kerri Mauger (student), Nothing to Be Scared Of | |
Strategies for Sorting Ideas: Classification and Division | |
Images and Ideas | |
The Point of Classification and Division | |
The Principles of Classification and Division | |
The Pitfalls of Classification and Division | |
What to Look For in a Classification Judith Viorst, Friends, Good Friendsand Such Good Friends (Combining Strategies) | |
Franklin Zimring, Confessions of an Ex-Smoker David Elkind, Types of Stress for Young People | |
Juleyka Lantigua, The Latino Show Bobby Lincoln (student), Contemplating Homicide at the Mall | |
Strategies for Examining Two Subjects: Comparison and Contrast | |
Images and Ideas | |
The Point of Comparison and Contrast | |
The Principles of Comparison and Contrast | |
The Pitfalls of Comparison and Contrast | |
What to Look For in Comparison and Contrast | |
Mark Twain, Two Views of the Mississippi Suzanne Britt, Neat People vs. Sloppy People (Combining Strategies) | |
Brendan O Shaughnessy, A Whole New Ballgame Kathy Seal, The Trouble with Talent | |
Are We Born Smart or Do We Get Smart? Lynn Cooper (student), Watching from All Sides | |
Strategies for Explaining How Things Work: Process and Directions | |
Images and Ideas The Point of Writing about Process and Dir<$$$> | |
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