Viewpoints

by W. Royce Adams

This collection of 69 thought-provoking short essays and stories engages students in active reading, thinking, discussion, and writing. As its title implies, the text's eight thematic units present diverse viewpoints on timely issues such as trauma TV, homelessness, and the V-chip. Two chapters on reading and writing, extensive pedagogy throughout, plus paired selections in each chapter provide further direction for reading, analyzing, thinking, and writing activities. In addition, On the 'Net activities promote use of the Internet for research and writing, and student essays act as attainable models.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

I'm an Emeritus Professor of English, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, California, where I taught for twenty-three years. Before that I taught for seven years at South High School, Torrance, California. Before that I spent three years, five months, and five days in the navy.

I earned degrees from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and California State University, Long Beach. During my thirty-year teaching career, I published twenty-two college textbooks, primarily in the areas of developmental reading, writing and study skills.

I've published several adult short stories, several of which appear in my short story collection, Teacher, Teacher, I Declare! Several of my young adult novels have won awards. See http://www.rairarubiabooks.com.

I'm a past-president of the College Reading and Learning Association, a member of the Author's Guild, the International Reading Association, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, The Association of Booksellers for Children, and the Rockford Writers Guild.

I live in Santa Barbara, California, with my wife, Jane Brody.

Reviews

[AngelLeah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book for a beginner composition class. Half the book is instructional and the other half is full of short essays. The instructional part has some fantastic checklists for writing essays. They are lists that I plan to go back and use in my future classes.