Acts of Teaching

Inclusive of the scope and authoritative references from earlier editions this edition additionally embraces the digital world and provides practical suggestions for performing the act of teaching.Teachers of writing at all levels will applaud this edition for its new features designed to help teachers to understand and teach to today''s new paradigms in writing. New to this edition are two chapters on cognition and technology respectively; a chapter on early literacy with student samples; and for the first time an online connection that links readers to important articles visuals and resources. Essay writing is explored through discussion of the thesis and its criteria; five organizational patterns for the expository essay; and distinctions among the opinion persuasive and argumentative essay. Several new prewriting strategies are also provided: A Sense Notebook Looking Contouring an expanded explanation of Blueprinting and a discussion of a hierarchical approach to organization.