The Best American Essays

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The college version of The Best American Essays, Fourth Edition, is acollection of essays for first-year composition courses, loosely arrangedby broad aims of discourse, including narrative, informative, andargumentative essays. In addition to its rhetorical organization, thereader also offers flexibility for instructors who prefer a thematic oralphabetical organization. The editor introduces students to various typesof essays, followed by commentary from well-known writers on such subjectsas "Essayists Must Tell the Truth" and "Essays Are Not ScientificDocuments." The 36 essays are presented in this volume with streamlinedapparatus, including brief general and biographical introductions for eachessay, followed by three straightforward questions for reflection. Thishandy, slim volume of literary-quality essays has become a classic forcollege writing courses.

The editor has selected these essays from the popular annually updatedHoughton Mifflin Best American Essays trade series based on theirappropriateness for college writing programs. The essays are organized bycategory—personal, informative, and persuasive—to reflect the typesof writing most often taught in introductory and even advanced composition courses.

New! One-third new readings include recent essays by Gary Wills, David Halberstam, Ashraf Rushdy, Edwidge Danticat, Danielle Ofri, Rebecca McClanahan, and Anne Fadiman.
New! The general introduction, "Encountering the Essay," examines the essayas a genre and provides context for student writers.
New! The "Essayists on the Essay" section features well-known writers sharingtheir perspectives on writing and reading essays. The section contains acollection of commentaries from the guest-editors of the trade series,including Annie Dillard, Joseph Epstein, Elizabeth Hardwick, andJustin Kaplan.
New! Each selection is preceded by a biographical headnote and followed by abrief set of questions for class discussion or writing.
New! An end-of-book section entitled "Alternative Arrangements" provides flexibleoptions for constructing a course syllabus in three additional ways:organized by rhetorical modes, literary and journalistic techniques,and contemporary issues.

Learning by Heart: Teachings To Free The Creative Spirit

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Learning By Heart
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Learning by Heart: Teachings To Free The Creative Spirit
Corita Kent , and Jan Steward
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ASIN: 0553344455
Release Date: 1992-07-01

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A beautiful guidebook.......2006-06-27

I bought this book because I am an Gen-X art teacher who saw it in the library of an older teacher. It was hard to find, but I devoured the entire book when it arrived. It's beutiful and insightful, and an inspiration to art teachers and artists everywhere. Corita Kent has touched many of us in the education community, and she guides teachers to foster the bravery to chart into the waters of creativity. I wish I had had the priveledge to work with Corita Kent. Buy this book and cherish it.

Learning By Heart.......2001-10-20

During my doctoral work in Leadership Studies, my literature review on Creativity that led me to Kent/Steward's coloful and wise book. Corita Kent was a woman way ahead of her times, and Jan Steward did the world a favor by collaborating with this amazing artist to share with the world her engaging and charismatic teaching methodology.

This book is a must for all teachers of art, women's studies professors, and anyone interested in creativity, multiculturalism, and leadership. Why don't they republish this treasure so that new readers can access it for a reasonable price? It is worth the $..., but unfair to the humanities!

A Joyful Romp in Creativity.......2001-10-05

Rarely have I met a book that invites me to join in such a luscious romp in creativity. Since this book found its way to me 10 years ago, I keep it close at hand and revisit its pages with the same pleasure as visiting a dear friend. The writing style and images are inviting, informative and inspiring.

This is a valuable tool abundant with ideas for the artist as well as the educator who dreams of a rejuvenation in their teaching and learning. I wish to see this book in print once again, to continue to inspire the joy found in true creativity.

As Education Director for a large arts organization, I desperately need 30 copies to pass on to our teaching artists to ignite the fires we all kindle deeply inside. And then of course, I'll need a spare to takes its place alongside my own rather tattered and loved - Learning by Heart.

Creative gold.......2000-12-16

Since I bought this book about eight years ago, I've loaned it to many who have been loath to return it to me. I continue to hope that it will be republished. I think it deserves a revival. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in exploring their own creativity or enabling others creativity. This is a resource that should be availble for a long time. Please let me know as soon as it becomes available again.

Learning by Heart in the College Classroom.......2000-07-11

I am using Learning by Heart as a resource with my graduate students in a course called "Research and Teaching in the Humanities". The book has fabulous activities, thoughts, and ideas for encouraging the creative process. I would have used it as the textbook, had it been available! Please encourage the publisher to reissue this wonderful, insightful book!

Visions across the Americas: Short Essays for Composition

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Visions across the Americas: Short Essays for Composition
J. Sterling Warner , and Judith Hilliard
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ASIN: 141301626X

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VISIONS ACROSS THE AMERICAS presents 70 cross-cultural essays on diverse topics such as: Language and Culture; the Family; Americans and Immigrants; Education and Intelligence; Lifestyles; Racism, Sexism, and Ageism; American Society, Prejudices and Stereotypes; and Technology, Cyberspace, and the Cosmos. Each chapter provides students with a blueprint for a specific essay type, with pre- and post-reading questions and activities that reinforce an understanding of the rhetorical modes, and encourage them to think and write clearly and critically.

The Brief Prose Reader: Essays for Thinking, Reading, and Writing

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The Brief Prose Reader: Essays for Thinking, Reading, and Writing
Kim Flachmann , Michael Flachmann , Kathryn Benander , and Cheryl Smith
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ASIN: 0130494976

Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition (8th Edition)

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ENGLISH COMP CLASSES-WHAT ARE U GONNA DO?
short takes
a fine freshman composition text that costs too much

Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition (8th Edition)
Elizabeth Penfield
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ASIN: 0321207793

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This lively collection of fifty-six short, readable essays by both student and professional writers provides useful models of the rhetorical modes. Features 26 new essays on diverse subjects such as technology and the Internet, the events of September 11 and terrorism, college athletics, and medical research

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ENGLISH COMP CLASSES-WHAT ARE U GONNA DO?.......2004-03-02

I HAVE USED PROBABLY 30 DIFFERENT FRESHMEN COMP. CLASSES AND DEVELOPMENTAL WRITING. UNTIL I DISCOVERED THIS BOOK ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO, MY CLASSES ARE MUCH MORE LIVELY, AND QUIET STUDENTS SYDDENLY SPEAK OUT ABOUT SECTIONS OF THE TEXT THAT THEY DON'T AGREE WITH.

GREAT DIVERSE SECTIONS TO COVER IN CLASSROOM TALKS.

IF INTERESTED, I CAN SEND COLLEGE ENGLISH TEACHERS MY COURSE SYLLABI USING "SHORT TAKES."

short takes.......2000-05-04

As a student using this book as a text in class I find it most helpful and interesting. Not only does it vary in topic, but it also gives you insight on new methods of interesting writing. Antoher plus is the length of each story with makes for easy reading. It really does live up to its name short takes.

a fine freshman composition text that costs too much.......1998-11-11

It is sad that this book--and the comprable "Short Prose Reader" from McGraw-Hill--are seriously compromised by the greed of a publisher that prices a book in its 8th edition that could be marketed profitably for less than ten dollars and prices it out of the range of poor students.

Making Sense: Essays on Art, Science and Culture

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Making Sense: Essays on Art, Science and Culture
Bob Coleman
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Great Essays: An Introduction to Writing Essays

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Great Essays: An Introduction to Writing Essays
Keith S. Folse , April Muchmore-Vokoun , and Elena Vestri Solomon
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ASIN: 0618271910

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The third level of a three-book series, Great Essays introduces students to the process of writing and teaches them to use logic for creating, organizing, and supporting their ideas. Students become familiar with process, development, and revision through relevant practice, while learning reading and writing skills and grammar and language usage. Twenty-five sample essays provide a range of rhetorical styles, examples of essay organization and cohesion, as well as a starting point for comprehension questions and discussion.

Each model essay includes brief pre- and post-reading questions that focus on features such as structure and rhetorical patterns. Sentence-level work helps students understand different lengths and types of construction and gives them practice combining shorter sentences into longer, cohesive ones. In addition, Language Focus sections help students learn to make accurate word choices and use writing devices such as transitional words and modals. At the end of every unit, students practice rhetorical modes with Original Writing assignments on a variety of topics.

Writer's Notes present brief strategies that help students write effectively.
Analyzing an Essay takes students through a series of questions that help them fully understand the different elements of an essay.
Completing an Outline sections offer practice exercises to help develop organizational and supporting detail skills.
Completing a Sample Essay asks students to finish an essay using their own ideas.
Peer Editing Sheets use specific questions to guide students through their classmates' work and teach them how to constructively comment and offer suggestions for improvement.
Web activity icons indicate additional exercises on the Internet that are directly related to information students are learning in the text and provide reinforcement of the concepts presented.

Literary Nonfiction: Learning by Example

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Literary Nonfiction: Learning by Example

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0195138449

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Literary Nonfiction: Learning by Example examines the principles and techniques of the genre by taking a close, analytical look at outstanding contemporary essays by fifteen highly accomplished writers. Featuring examples of memoir, profile, literary journalism, medical reporting, and travel writing, it includes selections by Madeleine Blais, Tim Cahill, James Conaway, Joan Didion, David Finkel, Jon Franklin, Tom Hallman, Jr., Walt Harrington, Tracy Kidder, Jane Kramer, John McPhee, Michael Paterniti, Mike Sager, Susan Sheehan, and Tom Wolfe. Each selection is carefully annotated to show students what makes it a good piece of writing and what technical and stylistic devices the author uses for effect. In addition to extensive analyses by editor Patsy Sims, the writers comment on their own work, emphasizing how important the skill of careful, critical reading is to learning how to write well. Each essay is preceded by an introduction that presents a specific aspect of the literary nonfiction writing craft, the writer's biographical information, and an explanation of how the selection was put together. Ideal for courses in creative writing and literary journalism, Literary Nonfiction: Learning by Example is also a helpful guide for all aspiring creative nonfiction writers.

Essay Writing for High School Students: A Step-by-Step Guide, Second Edition (Essay Writing for High School Students)

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Essay Writing for High School Students: A Step-by-Step Guide, Second Edition (Essay Writing for High School Students)
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Essay Writing for High School Students: A Step-by Step-Guide (Essay Writing for High School Students)

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Essay Writing for High School Students: A Step-by Step-Guide (Essay Writing for High School Students)
Newsweek Education Program , and Kaplan
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Essay Writing for High School Students: A Step-by-Step Guide is an indispensable guide to help students' words leap off the page. Tailored specifically to high school students, it includes:

* Details on how to write a winning essay, whether for the college application or for a standardized test such as the SAT or ACT

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