Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, MLA Update Edition

by Laurence M. Behrens, Leonard J. Rosen

For courses in Writing across the Curriculum or Writing in the Disciplines.
Thisversionof Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum has been updated to reflect the 8th Edition of the MLA Handbook(April 2016)*
Effective writing skills for students of all majors and interests
One of the best-selling interdisciplinary composition texts for over twenty-five years, Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum guides readers through the essential college-level writing skills of summary, critique, synthesis, analysis, and research.
The 13th Edition is divided into three parts. Part one, Structures and Strategies, takes readers step by step through the process of writing papers based on source material, explaining and demonstrating how summaries, critiques, syntheses, and analyses can be generated from the kinds of readings individuals will encounter later in the book and throughout their academic careers. Part two, Brief Takes, bridges the gap between writing instruction and readings with a series of step-by-step exercises. The anthology in part three provides a wide range of carefully selected, cross-disciplinary readings, including two new chapters on rumor and advertising. Topics are engaging and students will appreciate how these topics correspond to their interests in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.

* The 8th Editionintroduces sweeping changes to thephilosophy and details of MLA works cited entries. Responding to the increasing mobility of texts, MLA now encourages writers to focus on the process of crafting the citation, beginning with the same questions for any source. These changes, then, align with current best practices in the teaching of writing which privilege inquiry and critical thinking over rote recall and rule-following.

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Genres: Reference, Writing, Textbooks, School, Education

672 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[Jeffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one's pretty good. I like it because the assignments help you teach critical thinking, not just the reading of simple stories. Gets kinda boring after a while, just being entertained, doesn’t it? Where’s the challenge? Where’s the beef? Meatless, substance-less writing has become the norm--the main reason so many students have become academically and intellectually soft. This is the brief version of the popular cross—curricular classic of source-based writing. And it doesn't just show you how to write / read / think well; it also has some thought provoking essays. Better than most readers, actually: good variety, challenging, and contemporary. This abbreviated version, of course, has a rhetoric section that covers the basic skills required to think well (who thinks in complete strings of knowledge) because we all need to think in clumps or patterns via the summary, critique, and synthesis. This one's good because it takes students step-by-step through the process of writing papers based on source material. The best part about this reader / writer is that it focuses on argument that which one needs to make all types of personal decisions. If you're interested in improving your thinking and writing, this is a great place to do it.

[Amy Kalvig · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been using this book for several semesters, and, find it to be one of the most complete textbooks for an entry-level composition class. The readings in the anthology section are good, however, getting stale after several semesters of use.

This is a solid textbook and I highly recommend it.

[Billie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is filled with excellent resources for teachers as they prepare to equip their students for success in reading and writing in all areas of the curriculum. I especially enjoyed the lesson/unit plan ideas for teaching Cinderella and advertising to the students.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Used this to teach an academic writing class. It worked well.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 2 out of 5]

Designed for teachers, this publication describes the skills and techniques to write in any educational subject not just language arts.

[Larry · Rating 2 out of 5]

Considering this for my Principles of Composition course.

[John Frydrych]

great textbook

[Satin Tears · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mandatory for a class

[Susan Molloy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Required college reading.
Review: Useful for a particular English writing course that semester.