The right author. Nancy Sommers has taught composition and has run composition programs — and now teaches future teachers of writing. Three years of field research have taken her across the country to find out how composition programs are changing and how handbooks can best support the writers and teachers within those programs. Several key new features, among them “Revising with Comments” and “Making the Most of Your Handbook,” are direct results of Nancy's research and travel.
The right content. The seventh edition responds to the demands of academic writing — the writing expected in composition and in other writing-intensive courses.
Support for writing and revising
- New “Revising with Comments” feature with advice on applying feedback when revising a draft
- Stepped-out approach to writing and revising thesis statements
- New coverage of portfolio-keeping and reflective writing
- Support for working with sources
- New case study that steps out one student's approach to a research assignment
- New coverage of synthesis with an annotated model
- More advice for distinguishing scholarly and popular sources
Support for editing
- New examples in grammar and punctuation illustrate errors commonly found in source-based writing
The right navigation features. Quick reference has always been the signature feature of A Writer's Reference, and it remains so. Writers will be able to find what they need and use what they find with both new and trusted reference aids.
- New plain-language tags at the tops of the pages help students quickly spot the help they're looking for
- New “Making the Most” boxes direct students to related content elsewhere in the handbook
- Thoroughly revised index includes plain-language terms as well as traditional handbook terms
The right focus for your course. With several versions to choose from, including custom options, you can match the handbook's content to your course.
The right teaching support. A new collection of instructor resources, Teaching with Hacker Handbooks, offers classroom-tested strategies, lesson plans, discussions, and models for both seasoned and novice teachers of writing. The new Instructor's Edition will include a new tabbed section with advice on teaching with A Writer's Reference.
More digital choices start at the A Writer's Reference companion site, hackerhandbooks.com/writersref. In one convenient place, you'll find free and open content — from sample portfolios and activities to reliable research links — as well as our innovative premium media. Do more and pay less with the e-book that includes multimodal readings. Explore Re:Writing Plus, our collection of premium media, such as VideoCentral, with over 50 brief videos about writing. But if you want it all, along with assignment and assessment tools, check out CompClass for A Writer's Reference, at yourcompclass.com.