Writing, Reading, and College Success: A First-Year Composition Course for All Learners

by Athena Kashyap & Erika Dyquisto

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The goal for this textbook was to revise and adapt the open educational resource (OER) textbook, Writing for Success so that the revision met the current needs of California Community College students. We succeeded in meeting our goal by adding additional scaffolding for developmental and ESL learners to help them with reading, writing, and college success skills; materials for learning in multiple modalities; teacher resources; and expanded materials about the reading and writing process.

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Publisher
City College of San Francisco
Subjects
Humanities
Licence
CC BY-SA, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. About the Authors
  6. Licensing
  7. About the Book
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Preface
  10. Instructor Guide: How to Use This Textbook
  11. Student Guide: How to Use This Textbook
  12. 1: Writing and College Success
  13. 1.1: Writing in an Age of Technology
  14. 1.2: Becoming a Successful College Student
  15. 1.3: Understanding Yourself as a Learner
  16. 1.4: Time Management
  17. 1.5: Key Takeaways
  18. 2: Writing and the Art of Rhetoric
  19. 2.1: Writing as Conversation
  20. 2.2: What is Academic Writing?
  21. 2.3: Critical Thinking
  22. 2.4: The Art of Rhetoric
  23. 2.5: Logical Fallacies - How to Spot Them and Avoid Making Them
  24. 2.6: Rhetorical Analysis
  25. 2.7: Key Takeaways
  26. 3: The Reading-Writing Connection
  27. 3.1: The Reading-Writing Connection
  28. 3.2: Critical Reading and Rhetorical Context
  29. 3.3: Reading Strategies - Previewing
  30. 3.4 Annotation Basics
  31. 3.4: Questioning Strategies
  32. 3.5: Inferences
  33. 3.6: Vocabulary
  34. 3.7: Reading Strategies - Taking Notes
  35. 3.8: Main Ideas and Supporting Details
  36. 3.9: Paraphrasing and Summarizing
  37. 3.10: How to Read Like a Writer
  38. 3.11: Key Takeaways
  39. 4: The Reading-Writing Process- Prewriting
  40. 4.1: The Reading-Writing Process
  41. 4.2: Steps in the Reading-Writing Process
  42. 4.3: The College Essay Assignment- Analysis, Rubrics, and Critical Thinking
  43. 4.4: Argument
  44. 4.5: Purpose, Tone, Audience, Content in an Assignment
  45. 4.6: Prewriting Strategies
  46. 4.7: Outlining
  47. 4.8: Key Takeaways
  48. 5: Thesis Statements, Topic Sentences and the First Draft
  49. 5.1: Developing a Strong, Clear Thesis Statement
  50. 5.2: Topic Sentences
  51. 5.3: Writing the Essay Draft
  52. 5.4: Writing Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs
  53. 5.5: Key Takeaways
  54. 6: Body Paragraphs
  55. 6.1: Strategies for Developing Paragraphs
  56. 6.2: Types of Support
  57. 6.3: Working with Sources- Part I
  58. 6.4: Working with Sources- Part II
  59. 6.5: Creating Coherence
  60. 6.6: Key Takeaways
  61. 7: Revising and Editing
  62. 7.1: Revising and Editing
  63. 7.2: Stage 1- The Big Picture
  64. 7.3: Stage 2- Fleshing Out Your Ideas
  65. 7.4: Stage 3- Sentences, Words, Format
  66. 7.5: Proofreading
  67. 7.6: How to Say Nothing in 500 Words
  68. 7.7: Key Takeaways
  69. 8: Creating Presentations and Sharing Your Ideas
  70. 8.1: Organizing a Visual Presentation
  71. 8.2: Incorporating Effective Visuals into a Presentation
  72. 8.3: Giving a Presentation
  73. 8.4: Key Takeaways
  74. 9: Argumentation - Purpose and Persuasion in Writing
  75. 9.1: Paragraph Types and Purposes
  76. 9.2: Narration, Description, and Classification
  77. 9.3: Definition
  78. 9.4: Comparison and Contrast
  79. 9.5: Cause and Effect
  80. 9.6: Process Analysis
  81. 9.7: Persuasion
  82. 9.7.1: Rogerian Argumentation
  83. 9.7.2: Toulmin Argumentation
  84. 9.7.3: Counter Argument Paragraphs
  85. 9.7.4: A Sample Expository and Persuasive Essay
  86. 9.8: Key Takeaways
  87. 10: Adding to the Conversation with Research Papers
  88. 10.1: The Purpose of Research Writing
  89. 10.2: The Process of Writing a Research Paper
  90. 10.3: Developing a Research Proposal
  91. 10.4: Strategies for Gathering Information
  92. 10.5: Evaluating and Working with Sources
  93. 10.6: Reading and Note Taking for Research Papers
  94. 10.7: Critical Thinking and Research Applications
  95. 10.8: Creating a Rough Draft for a Research Paper
  96. 10.9: Developing a Final Draft of a Research Paper
  97. 10.10: Key Takeaways
  98. 11: Clarity, Conciseness, and Style
  99. 11.1: Academic Style
  100. 11.2: Punctuation and Style
  101. 11.3: Capitalization
  102. 11.4: Commonly Confused Words
  103. 11.5: Word Choice
  104. 11.6: Sentence Focus
  105. 11.7: Coordination and Subordination
  106. 11.8: Appositives, Adjective Clauses, Verbals
  107. 11.9: Active vs. Passive Voice
  108. 11.10: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
  109. 11.11: Sentence Variety
  110. 11.12: Relative Clauses
  111. 11.13: Key Takeaways
  112. 12: Grammar
  113. 12.1: Grammar Introduction
  114. 12.2: Spelling
  115. 12.3: Word Order and Sentence Structure
  116. 12.4: Questions and Negative Statements
  117. 12.5: Word Form
  118. 12.6: Verbs and Verb Tense
  119. 12.7: Modal Auxiliaries
  120. 12.8: Other Verb-Like Words and Their Functions
  121. 12.9: Count-Noncount (Collective) Nouns
  122. 12.10: Articles
  123. 12.11: Pronouns
  124. 12.12: Apostrophes- Posession and Contractions
  125. 12.13: Subject-Verb Agreement
  126. 12.14: Adjectives and Adverbs
  127. 12.15: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
  128. 12.16: Commas
  129. 12.17: Semicolons, Colons, Question Marks, and Exclamation Marks
  130. 12.18: Clause Joining and Punctuation
  131. 12.19: Extra Punctuation Practice
  132. 12.20: Run-On Sentences and Fragments
  133. 12.21: Grammatical Parallelism
  134. 12.22: Standard American English Practice Exercises
  135. 12.23: Extra Grammar Practice with Verbs
  136. Back Matter
  137. For Instructors
  138. A Course Plan for First-Year Students
  139. Supporting Activities and Resources for ELL and Developmental Students
  140. Open Source Readings Arranged by Theme
  141. Index
  142. Glossary
  143. Detailed Licensing