Product Description: In this collection of essays, contributors investigate the various connections between Willa Cather’s fiction and her aesthetic beliefs and practices. Including multiple perspectives and critical approaches—derived from the Aesthetic Movement, the visual arts, modernism, and the relationship between art and religion—this collection will increase our understanding of Cather’s aesthetic and lead to a better comprehension of her work and her life...read more

A short-essay thematic reader, Interactions accommodates both higher-level developmental writing and basic-level composition courses through a diverse set of readings. These selections, written by authors of different ethnic and social backgrounds, lead students from a consideration of the self to how the self interacts with other people and situations.Paired readings appear in each unit—often juxtaposing conflicting viewpoints—to engage students' critical-thinking skills and continue prompting them to find their own voice. By drawing parallels between their lives and the readings, students can clearly understand the reading-writing connection. Students collaborate on Exploring Ideas Together assignments based on topics from the readings, and complete Writing Essays exercises individually in response to the readings. Each unit features at least one student essay to provide realistic models of good writing.

Strategies for College Writing offers full coverage of the basics of writing essays, paragraphs, and sentences with a focus on preparing students for academic writing and reading assignments. The book starts with detailed attention to the writing process at a pace that is comfortable for the developmental student. It emphasizes the importance of the controlling idea, the process of gathering information from both personal experience and other sources, the structure of an essay, and the way in which ideas are arranged and connected. In Part Two, students learn how to use models for each of the patterns of development. The sentence/grammar material is self-contained in Part Three for flexible use by students studying independently or by teachers who might want to focus on a particular topic. Students learn how to construct different types of sentences and how to use appropriate punctuation. Ample exercise material reinforces the instruction. Part Four, Critical Reading Strategies, focuses on the process of reading and relates it to the process of writing and provides students with effective strategies for summarizing, note-taking, and annotating reading material.

Product Description: A short-essay thematic reader, Interactions accommodates both higher-level developmental writing and basic-level composition courses through a diverse set of readings. These selections, written by authors of different ethnic and social backgrounds, lead students from a consideration of the self to how the self interacts with other people and situations...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)