An innovative, successful approach to teaching writing. Writing About Writing builds on what students already know about writing and enables them to transfer what they learn. By asking students to investigate their own questions about writing and to reflect on their processes, the text helps students develop writing practices that they can use in any context.
Carefully selected readings that make writing relevant. Selections from both scholarly and popular sources by the likes of
Sondra Perl, James Paul Gee,
Junot Díaz and
Sherman Alexie invite students directly into ongoing conversations about how writing works and why it matters.
Support for students and instructors on the writing about writing method. Because working with scholarly texts can be challenging, clear explanations and scaffolded activities throughout the chapters show students how to move from reading to research—and at the same time provide guidance for instructors.
- The book's introduction
provides an accessible framework for working with academic texts.- Chapter introductions and headnotes
frame key concepts in everyday terms.- Questions before and after selections
establish a context for reading and help students reflect on their experience as writers and apply ideas from their reading. - Detailed end-of-chapter writing assignments
guide students through the process of researching and developing their own projects.