Thank you to Cheryl Burian, Sue Stevenson, Kimberly Matterson, Donna Boardman, Katie McCormack, Amy Wou, and Carrie Gleason who, in their own time and own way, helped me complete this book. Always an extra special thank-you to my dear ...
Help young writers learn to engage and invite their reader's thinking with five key thinking strategies - connect, question, visualize, infer, and transform.
Features:*An intensive writing clinic*Effective tools for organizing ideas*Editing and revising techniques*Concrete examples, including different types of essays and reports*Tips and strategies for developing great topics
CHAPTER 1. USING WRITING TO NEGOTIATE KNOWLEDGE AND POWER 1. I gathered information for this book in the five summers from 1996 through 2000, by shadowing eighteen people in the engi- neering center for several different two- to ...
Provides tips for effective writing, covering different types of essays, speeches, cover letters, and resumes.
"A wide range of effective writing techniques are outlined and reinforced throughout the book, with suggested "anchor books" for each lesson.