Why Writing Matters

Author : Nicholas Delbanco
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780300252774

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Why Writing Matters by Nicholas Delbanco Pdf

Drawing lessons from writers of all ages and writing across genres, a distinguished teacher and writer reveals the enduring importance of writing for our time In this new contribution to Yale University Press’s Why X Matters series, a distinguished writer and scholar tackles central questions of the discipline of writing. Drawing on his own experience with mentors such as John Updike, John Gardner, and James Baldwin, and in turn having taught such rising stars as Jesmyn Ward, Delbanco looks in particular at questions of influence and the contradictory, simultaneous impulses toward imitation and originality. Part memoir, part literary history, and part analysis, this unique text will resonate with students, writers, writing teachers, and bibliophiles.

Author : William Van Cleave
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 0979865182

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Writing Matters by William Van Cleave Pdf

Author : Awena Carter,Theresa M. Lillis,Sue Parkin
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027218070

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Why Writing Matters by Awena Carter,Theresa M. Lillis,Sue Parkin Pdf

This book brings together the work of scholars from around the world – UK, Pakistan, US, South Africa, Hungary, Korea, Mexico – to illustrate and celebrate the many ways in which Roz Ivanic has advanced the academic study of writing. Focusing on writing in different formal contexts of education, from primary through to further and higher education in a range of national contexts, the twenty one original contributions in the book critically engage with theoretical and empirical issues raised in Ivanic's influential body of work. In their exploration of writers' struggles with the demands of dominant literacy the authors significantly extend understandings of writing practices in formal institutions. Organized around three themes central to Ivanic's work – creativity and identity; pedagogy; and research methodologies – the twelve chapters and nine personal and scholarly reflections reveal the powerful ways in which Ivanic's work has influenced thinking in the field of writing and continues to open up avenues for future questioning and research.

Author : National Writing Project,Carl Nagin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118429679

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Because Writing Matters by National Writing Project,Carl Nagin Pdf

This updated edition of the best-selling book Because Writing Matters reflects the most recent research and reports on the need for teaching writing, and it includes new sections on writing and English language learners, technology, and the writing process.

Author : Rebecca Moore Howard
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0077477464

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Writing Matters, tabbed (comb-bound) by Rebecca Moore Howard Pdf

Writing Matters Tabbed Make it your own! Writing Matters Tabbed unites research, reasoning, documentation, grammar, and style into a cohesive whole, helping students see the conventions of writing as a network of responsibilities writers have . . . . . . to other writers. Writing Matters Tabbed clarifies the responsibility writers have to one another, whether they are collaborating in online peer review or drawing on digital and print sources in a research project, to represent the ideas of other writers fairly and accurately, to give credit to those from whom they have borrowed words or ideas, and to consider and address alternative viewpoints. . . . to the audience. Writing Matters Tabbed stresses the importance of using conventions appropriate to the audience, to write clearly, and to provide readers with the information and interpretation they need to make sense of a topic. . . . to the topic. Writing Matters Tabbed emphasizes the writer’s responsibility to explore a topic thoroughly and creatively, to assess sources carefully, and to provide reliable information at a depth that does the topic justice. . . . to themselves. Writing Matters Tabbed encourages writers to take their writing seriously and to approach writing tasks as an opportunity to learn about a topic and to expand their scope as writers. Students are more likely to write well when they think of themselves as writers rather than as error makers. By explaining rules in the context of responsibility, Writing Matters Tabbed addresses composition students respectfully as mature and capable fellow participants in the research and writing process.

Author : National Writing Project,Danielle Nicole DeVoss,Elyse Eidman-Aadahl,Troy Hicks
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470892237

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Because Digital Writing Matters by National Writing Project,Danielle Nicole DeVoss,Elyse Eidman-Aadahl,Troy Hicks Pdf

How to apply digital writing skills effectively in the classroom, from the prestigious National Writing Project As many teachers know, students may be adept at text messaging and communicating online but do not know how to craft a basic essay. In the classroom, students are increasingly required to create web-based or multi-media productions that also include writing. Since writing in and for the online realm often defies standard writing conventions, this book defines digital writing and examines how best to integrate new technologies into writing instruction. Shows how to integrate new technologies into classroom lessons Addresses the proliferation of writing in the digital age Offers a guide for improving students' online writing skills The book is an important manual for understanding this new frontier of writing for teachers, school leaders, university faculty, and teacher educators.

Author : Irene Berti,Katharina Bolle,Fanny Opdenhoff,Fabian Stroth
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783110533361

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Writing Matters by Irene Berti,Katharina Bolle,Fanny Opdenhoff,Fabian Stroth Pdf

This edited volume includes a compilation of new approaches to the investigation of inscriptions from different cultural contexts. Innovative research questions about "material text cultures" are examined with reference to Classical Athens, late ancient and Byzantine churches and urban spaces, Hellenistic and Roman cities, and medieval buildings.

Author : David Chrisinger
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781421442334

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Public Policy Writing That Matters by David Chrisinger Pdf

A thoroughly updated and expanded guide to honing your public policy writing skills—and making a significant impact on the world. Winner of the George Orwell Award by the National Council of Teachers of English Professionals across a variety of disciplines need to write about public policy in a manner that inspires action and genuine change. You may have amazing ideas about how to improve the world, but if you aren't able to communicate these ideas well, they simply won't become a reality. In Public Policy Writing That Matters, communications expert David Chrisinger, who directs the Harris Writing Program at the University of Chicago and worked in the US Government Accountability Office for a decade, argues that public policy writing is most persuasive when it tells clear, concrete stories about people doing things. Combining helpful hints and cautionary tales with writing exercises and excerpts from sample policy analysis, Chrisinger teaches readers to craft concise, story-driven pieces that exceed the stylistic requirements and limitations of traditional policy writing. Aimed at helping students and professionals overcome their default impulses to merely "explain," this book reveals proven tips—tested in the real world and in the classroom—for writing sophisticated policy analysis that is also easy to understand. For anyone interested in planning, organizing, developing, writing, and revising accessible public policy, Chrisinger offers a step-by-step guide that covers everything from the most effective use of data visualization to the best ways to write a sentence, from the ideal moment for adding a compelling anecdote to advice on using facts to strengthen an argument. This second edition addresses the current political climate and touches on policy changes that have occurred since the book was originally published. A vital tool for any policy writer or analyst, Public Policy Writing That Matters is a book for everyone passionate about using writing to effect real and lasting change.

Author : Peter G. Beidler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : College readers
ISBN : 1603811745

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Writing Matters by Peter G. Beidler Pdf

Writing Matters lays out simply and clearly the art and craft of writing. It is used as a textbook in college writing classes all around the country and has taught students the art of clear writing for decades.

Author : Angela B. Peery
Publisher : Advanced Learning Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 1933196793

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Writing Matters in Every Classroom by Angela B. Peery Pdf

This book shows how teachers, can orchestrate increased nonfiction writing in every classrooms and, by so doing, raise student achievement in all subject areas. Here you'll find strategies to help you use more nonfiction writing with students, no matter the subject.

Author : Mark Edmundson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781632863065

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Why Write? by Mark Edmundson Pdf

From one of America's great professors, author of Why Teach? and Why Read?--an inspiring exploration of the importance of writing well, for creators, educators, students, and anyone who writes. Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their lives might be changed by what they're reading? Why write, when the world wants to be informed, not enlightened; to be entertained, not inspired? Writing is backbreaking, mindbreaking, lonely work. So why? Because writing, as celebrated professor Mark Edmundson explains, is one of the greatest human goods. Real writing can do what critic R. P. Blackmur said it could: add to the stock of available reality. Writing teaches us to think; it can bring our minds to birth. And once we're at home with words, there are few more pleasurable human activities than writing. Because this is something he believes everyone ought to know, Edmundson offers us Why Write?, essential reading--both practical and inspiring--for anyone who yearns to be a writer, anyone who simply needs to know how to get an idea across, and anyone in between--in short, everyone.

Author : Joli Jensen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226461700

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Write No Matter What by Joli Jensen Pdf

Writing in academe. Letting go of the dream ; Demystifying academic writing ; Craftsman attitude -- Using tools that work. Three taming techniques ; Securing time ; Securing space ; Securing energy -- Challenging writing myths. Draining the drama ; Demons in for tea ; The magnum opus myth ; The impostor syndrome ; The cleared-deck fantasy ; The hostile reader fear ; Compared with X ; The perfect first sentence ; One more source -- Maintaining momentum. Follow the lilt ; Beginnings and endings ; Finding the lost trail ; Effective feedback ; Handling revisions and rejections ; Working with stalls ; Relinquishing toxic projects ; Back-burner projects ; Breaks, summers, and sabbaticals -- Building writing support. Overcoming isolation ; Creating faculty writing groups ; Building campus writing support.

Author : Glenys Acorn
Publisher : Sarnia, Ont. : S.E.E.K. Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social case work reporting
ISBN : OCLC:53038078

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Writing Matters : an Introduction to Record Keeping and Report Writing for Front-line Workers by Glenys Acorn Pdf

Author : Whitney French
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0889778779

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Black Writers Matter by Whitney French Pdf

"Black Writers? African, Bluesy, Classical, Disrespectful, Erudite, Fiery, Groovy, Haunting, Inspiring, Jazzy, Knowing, Liberating, Militant, Nervy, Optimistic, Pugnacious, Quixotic, Rambunctious, Seductive, Truculent, Urgent, Vivacious, Wicked, X-ray sharp, Yearning, Zesty. And so, they matter!" --George Elliott Clarke An anthology of African-Canadian writing, Black Writers Matter offers a cross-section of established writers and newcomers to the literary world who tackle contemporary and pressing issues with beautiful, sometimes raw, prose. As editor Whitney French says in her introduction, Black Writers Matter "injects new meaning into the word diversity [and] harbours a sacredness and an everydayness that offers Black people dignity. " An "invitation to read, share, and tell stories of Black narratives that are close to the bone," this collection feels particular to the Black Canadian experience.

Author : Harold Evans
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780316432306

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Do I Make Myself Clear? by Harold Evans Pdf

A wise and entertaining guide to writing English the proper way by one of the greatest newspaper editors of our time. Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters to the complex thought processes of Henry Kissinger. He's even been knighted for his services to journalism. In Do I Make Myself Clear?, he brings his indispensable insight to us all in his definite guide to writing well. The right words are oxygen to our ideas, but the digital era, with all of its TTYL, LMK, and WTF, has been cutting off that oxygen flow. The compulsion to be precise has vanished from our culture, and in writing of every kind we see a trend towards more -- more speed and more information but far less clarity. Evans provides practical examples of how editing and rewriting can make for better communication, even in the digital age. Do I Make Myself Clear? is an essential text, and one that will provide every writer an editor at his shoulder.