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Expressions: An Introduction to Writing, Reading, and Critical Thinking
Megan C. Rainey, Cosumnes River College

ISBN-10: 0321083555
ISBN-13: 9780321083555

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2003
Format: Paper; 496 pp
Published: 11/21/2002

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Teaching students reading and writing together as processes, Expressions: An Introduction to Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking takes a “complete language” approach to grammar and writing.

Built on the premise that writers learn most effectively when there is a genuine give and take of information, Expressions weaves together topics on reading, grammar, speaking, and study skills. Formal writing assignments—presented step-by-step—ask students either to respond formally to the readings in the chapter or to use the genre to express themes of their own. Using reading and writing assignments, sentence activities, skill spotlights, evaluation charts, and more, Expressions teaches grammar, sentence, and paragraph skills in the context of both student and professional writing.

  • “Express Yourself” assignments ask students to write, revise, and edit short responses to the readings. These can be used as in-class writing prompts or as homework assignments.
  • “Sentence Style” activities following each reading draw a sentence or two from the reading and challenge students to consider different writing techniques, helping students become more astute readers and more flexible writers.
  • “Skill Spotlights” help students focus on a number of key areas: the writing process and tutors, brainstorming, explaining clearly, developing ideas, supplying and explaining evidence, introducing ideas, reading aloud, remembering the audience, and giving effective presentations.
  • Journal assignments offer students opportunities to explore themes and write without pressure.
  • “Apply Your Knowledge” sections at the end of each sentence chapter direct students to use their new sentence knowledge in specific writing assignments.
  • Editing and evaluating charts in the Appendix serve as quick reference tools and progress records to help students become independent editors and track comments they receive on their writing assignments.
  • “The Reader” (Section VIII) offers 10 additional readings that can add flexibility and variety to the class. These readings can also be used for extra credit assignments and research.

I. THE POWER OF WRITTEN EXPRESSION.

1. Written Expressions.

Written Language Is a Tool for Expression.

On the Most Personal Level.

2. Becoming a Good Writer.

How Do People Become Good Writers?

Your Path to Good Writing Skills.

II. STRATEGIES FOR EXPRESSION.

3. Using the Reading Process.

The Reading Process.

Use the Reading Process.

Reading Assignment: “from Martha Martin's Diary,” by Martha Martin.

4. Using the Writing Process.

The Writing Process.

Use the Writing Process.

Reading Assignment: The Freedom Writers Diary by the Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell.

Express Yourself.

Skill Spotlight: The Writing Process and Your Tutor.

5. Improving Your Vocabulary.

Consider the Context.

Use the Dictionary.

Vocabulary Cards.

III. VARIETY IN EXPRESSION.

6. Diaries and Journals.

Diaries and Journals.

Reading Assignments: Diaries and Journals.

Reading Assignment: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.

Reading Assignment: from Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl.

Writing Assignment: Keep Your Own Journal.

7. Academic Paragraphs.

The Academic Paragraph.

Reading Assignments: Academic Paragraphs.

Reading Assignment: Why I Write Poetry by Christine Burroughs.

Sentence Style.

Reading Assignment—Writing Well Is a Step to My Goal (anonymous).

Sentence Style.

Paragraph Assignment: One of Your Writing Goals.

The Writing Process for this Paragraph.

Skill Spotlight-Brainstorming, Clustering…Keep the Ideas Coming.

Paragraph Assignment: One Way You Express Yourself.

The Writing Process for This Paragraph.

8. Letters and E-mail.

Letters and E-mail.

Reading Assignments: Letters and E-mail.

Reading Assignment: Mother Jones to President Theodore Roosevelt.

Sentence Style.

Reading Assignment: Nike: 'Sweatshop' Order Not Funny by Diana Griego Erwin.

Sentence Style.

Paragraph Assignment: One Reason to Express Ideas in a Letter.

The Writing Process for this Paragraph.

Skill Spotlight: Explaining Clearly (The Reason Was Because).

Multiparagraph Assignment: Analyzing the Other Side.

The Writing Process for These Paragraphs.

Multiparagraph Assignment: Write a Public Letter.

The Writing Process for This Letter.

9. Autobiographies.

Autobiographies.

Narrating.

Reading Assignment: An Autobiographical Essay.

Reading Assignment—Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self by Alice Walker.

Sentence Style.

Paragraph Assignment: An Autobiographical Paragraph, Options 1 and 2.

The Writing Process for this Paragraph.

Skill Spotlight: Making Your Writing Interesting with Detail.

Paragraph Assignment: An Autobiography You Would Like to Read.

The Writing Process for This Paragraph.

Skill Spotlight: Developing Your Ideas.

10. Fairy Tales.

Fairy Tales.

Analyzing.

Reading Assignments: Fairy Tales.

Reading Assignment: “The Truth About Cinderella and Her Evil Stepsisters” by Bill Harbaugh.

Sentence Style.

Reading Assignment: The Truth About Cinderella by Bill Harbaugh.

Sentence Style.

Paragraph Assignment: Analyzing Differences.

Story Assignment: Your Modern Version.

The Writing Process for This Story.

Multi-Paragraph Assignment: Choices You Made.

The Writing Process for this Assignment.

Skill Spotlight—Supplying and Explaining Evidence.

11. Essays, An Introduction.

Essay Form.

Qualities of Effective Essays.

Variety in Essays.

Reading Assignment: An Essay.

Reading Assignment: Dreams as Conscious Visions by Ivana Kim.

Sentence Style.

Essay Assignment: Your Dream.

The Writing Process for This Essay.

Skill Spotlight: Essay Introduction Strategies.

IV. SENTENCE BASICS AND AVOIDING SENTENCE ERRORS.

12. Verbs, Part One.

A Complete Sentence.

Identifying Verbs.

Identifying Non-Verbs.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

13. Verbs, Part Two.

Verb Tense.

Regular and Irregular Verbs.

The Multiword Verb.

Multiple Verbs.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

14. Subjects.

Identifying Subjects.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

15. Understanding, Correcting, and Avoiding Verb Errors.

Unnecessary Shifts in Verb Tense.

Subject Verb Agreement Errors.

Avoiding Verb Errors.

16. Clauses.

The Independent Clause.

The Dependent (or Subordinated) Clause.

Who, That, and Which Clauses.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

17. Phrases.

Understanding Phrases: In General.

Prepositional Phrases.

Participial Phrases.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

18. Understanding, Correcting, and Avoiding Fragments.

Understanding Fragments.

Correcting Fragments.

Avoiding Fragments.

19. Understanding, Correcting, and Avoiding Run-Ons.

Understanding Run-Ons.

Correcting Run-Ons.

Avoiding Run-ons.

20. Understanding, Correcting, and Avoiding Comma Splices.

Understanding Comma Splices.

Correcting Comma Splices.

Avoiding Comma Splices.

V. BEYOND THE BASICS—CREATING EXPRESSIVE SENTENCES.

21. Pronouns.

Identifying Pronouns.

Antecedents.

Pronoun Agreement and Avoiding Sexist Language.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

22. Adjectives and Adverbs.

Identifying Single Adjectives.

Identifying Adjective Phrases.

Adding Adjectives and Adjective Phrases to Sentences.

Identifying Adverbs.

Adding Adverbs to Sentences.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

23. Coordinators.

Understanding Coordinating Conjunctions.

Punctuating Correctly with Coordinating Conjunctions.

Using Coordinating Conjunctions.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

24. Subordinators.

Understanding Subordinators.

Punctuating Correctly with Subordinators.

Using Subordinators.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

25. Transitions.

Identifying Transition Words and Phrases.

The Power of Transition Words.

Punctuating Correctly with Transitions.

Transition Words Interrupting Sentences.

Punctuating Correctly with Interrupting Transitions.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

26. Parallelism.

Understanding and Identifying Parallel Structure.

Creating Parallel Structures.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

27. Beginning Sentences with Participial Phrases.

Understanding and Identifying the Sentence Pattern.

Creating the Sentence Pattern.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

VI. EDITING ESSENTIALS.

28. End Marks.

Periods.

Question Marks.

Exclamation Points.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

29. Commas, Semicolons, and Colons.

The Comma Rules.

The Semicolon Rule.

The Colon Rule.

Review.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

30. Quotation Marks.

Using Quotation Marks with Titles.

Using Quotation Marks with Direct Quotes.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

31. Spelling.

Why Spelling Can Be Tricky.

Read and Write to Be a Better Speller.

More Spelling Strategies.

Common Trouble Spots in Spelling.

Apply Your Knowledge.

Personal Spelling List.

32. Apostrophes.

Contractions.

Possessives.

Review.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

33. Capitalization.

Capitalization Rules 1-6.

Capitalization Rules 7-9.

Capitalization Rules 10-13.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

34. The Right Word.

Homophones.

Similar Words.

Create Your Own Sentences.

Apply Your Knowledge.

VII. COLLEGE SURVIVAL SKILLS.

35. Reading Aloud.

Introduction to Reading Aloud.

Reading Aloud Helps You Revise.

Reading Aloud Helps You Edit.

Reading Aloud Helps You Develop a “Writer's Ear.”

Some Final Notes About Reading Aloud.

Skill Spotlight: Reading Aloud with Passion.

36. Discovering Your Learning Style.

Understanding the Four Learning Styles.

Discovering Your Learning Style.

Study Tips for Different Learning Styles.

Paragraph Assignment: Interview and Report.

Skill Spotlight: Remembering Your Audience.

37. Taking Notes.

Taking Good Notes is a Challenge.

Strategy #1: Get Prepared.

Strategy #2: Focus on the Main Points.

Strategy #3: Review Your Notes.

A Presentation Assignment.

Skill Spotlight: Giving an Effective Oral Presentation.

38. In-Class Writing.

Timed-Writing Situations.

The Many Purposes of In-Class Exams.

Use the Reading and Writing Processes.

Preparing for In-Class Writing.

Additional Pointers.

Understanding the Writing Prompt.

Writing Assignment #1: An In-Class Paragraph.

Winning at All Costs Is Costing Society Too Much by Marjie Lundstrom.

Writing Assignment #2: An In-Class Paragraph.

Supermom Is the Wrong Model by Barbara T. Roessner.

VIII. THE READER.

Diaries and Journals.

The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank.

The Freedom Writers Diary by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell.

Paragraphs.

Don't Want to Be a Dummy Writer by Calvin Mak (student writer).

Singing My Heart Out by Cecilia Miles.

Letters and E-mail.

Out of Silence by Anne LeClaire.

Now You Know (e-mails from AOL).

Autobiographies.

The Art of the Deal, “Chapter 3: Growing Up” by Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz.

Fairy Tales.

“Cindy Ellie: A Modern Fairy Tale” by Mary Carter Smith.

Essays.

My Vision by Ayanna Williams (student writer).

Vocabulary Lists.

Appendix A. Sentence Term Chart.

Appendix B. Editing Errors Chart.

Appendix C. The Comma, Semicolon, and Colon Rules Chart.

Appendix D. Tracking Sentence Errors Chart.

Appendix E. Evaluation Chart.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Credits.

Subject Index.

Index of Authors and Titles.

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