Main Description
For your classes in Developmental Writing, McGraw-Hill introduces the latest in its acclaimed M Series. The M Series started with your students. McGraw-Hill conducted extensive market research with over 4,000 students to gain insight into their studying and buying behavior. Students told us they wanted more portable texts with innovative visual appeal and content that is designed according to the way they learn. We also surveyed instructors, and they told us they wanted a way to engage their students without compromising on high quality content.
More current, more portable, more captivating, plus a rigorous and innovative research foundation adds up to more learning. When you meet students where they are, you can take them where you want them to be.
This two-book developmental writing series with help students become more effective and more confident writers by meeting students where they are and by helping them get to where they want to go.
One of the authors' primary goals in teaching writing is to help their students explore how college writing can enhance students’ lives and help them achieve their goals, whether academic, professional, or beyond. Such exploration often begins with igniting a change in how our students look at writing. Far too often, students come to the first day of class thinking of the course as something simply to “get through,” something without any real connection to what goes on outside the classroom, when, in fact, writing is an essential part of their journey.
With these goals in mind, the authors have written, developed, and student-tested Going Places (P→E), and its partner text On the Go (S→P), so you can meet students where they are and use writing to take them where they want to go.
After all, engaged students and good writers do well in their classes; they retain content better and participate more fully. They use writing to learn and to share what they know. In addition, critical thinkers and good writers participate more fully in the workplace and are more likely to advance. Whatever their destination, effective writing will make a fundamental difference in each student’s journey.
Contents
Part I: Writing in CollegeCHAPTER 1 Meeting the Demands of College WritingWriting in CollegePurpose and Form in WritingFocus and ContentCritical Reading and ThinkingFive Strategies to Read and Think CriticallyRead with a PenAsk Questions to Focus and Clarify MeaningMake Personal ConnectionsDetermine Important Information and IdeasDrawing Inferences by Identifying Connection Between Parts of the Text READING: "On Baking," by Richard SennettREADING: Mother Tongue, by Amy Tan Setting Goals and Becoming a Reflective Student Reflective WritingCHAPTER 2 The Writing ProcessThe Writing ProcessPrewriting: Write Before You Write Talking Clustering Brainstorming Freewriting Review Your Prewriting and Define Your TopicDrafting: Focus and Organize Consider Your Audience Focus Your Topic Sentence Unity and Coherence: Organizing and Connecting Ideas and DetailsRevise Revision Strategies Read Critically Reading Peer Papers: Response GroupsEdit Eliminate Your Usual Errors Editing StrategiesReflect Build Confidence Identify Successes Set GoalsCHAPTER 3 Writing Paragraphs in College Content FirstParagraph StructureAssignments and TopicsThe Topic sentenceFocusing Your Topic SentenceFrom Prewriting to Topic SentenceSupporting details Elaborating on Your Major Supporting Details Being Specific Concluding sentenceParagraph OrganizationUnity and coherenceOrdering Your DetailsPart II: Paragraph Writing and Patterns of ThinkingCHAPTER 4 Description Description DESCRIPTION PARAGRAPH AT A GLANCEDESCRIPTION THINKINGElements of DescriptionGetting StartedOrganizing Your ThinkingComparisons and Description ThinkingDESCRIPTION IN PROCESS Select an Assignment Prewriting: Write Before You WriteBrainstormingFreewritingDrafting: Focus and OrganizeConsider Your AudienceTopic SentenceUnity and CoherenceConcluding SentenceWrite a First DraftHow a Pro Does It. READING: from Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara EhrenreichRevising: Read Critically, Then RewriteRead CriticallyRevise with a PlanEditReflectCHAPTER 5 Example ExampleExample Paragraph at a GlanceExample ThinkingElements of ExampleGetting StartedTypes of ExamplesRelated ExamplesExtended ExamplesExamples as ProofElaborating on ExamplesOrganizing Your ThinkingExample in Process Select an Assignment Prewriting: Write Before You Write Brainstorming FreewritingDrafting: Focus and OrganizeConsider Your AudienceTopic SentenceUnity and CoherenceConcluding SentenceWrite a First DraftHow a Pro Does It: READING, from Life of Pi, by Yann MartelRevising: Read Critically, Then Rewrite Read CriticallyTheresa’s First DraftRevise with a PlanTheresa’s Revision Plan and Revised DraftEdit ReflectChapter 6 Narrative NarrativeNarrative Paragraph at a GlanceNarrative ThinkingElements of NarrativeGetting StartedNarrative DetailMaking ConnectionsNarrative in Process Select an Assignment Prewriting: Write Before You Write ClusteringTalkingDrafting: Focus and OrganizeConsider Your AudienceTopic SentenceUnity and CoherenceConcluding SentenceWrite a First DraftHow a Pro Does It: READING, from The New Yorker, by Louis MenandRevising: Read Critically, Then RewriteRead CriticallyRevise with a PlanEdit Reflect Chapter 7 ProcessProcessProcess Paragraph at a GlanceProcess ThinkingElements of ProcessKey DetailsGetting StartedOrganizing the DetailsKey DetailsProcess in Process Select an Assignment Prewriting: Write Before You WriteBrainstormingTalkDrafting: Focus and OrganizeConsider Your AudienceTopic SentenceUnity and CoherenceConcluding SentenceWrite a First DraftHow a Pro Does It: READING, from “Polly Want a Ph.D?” by Mark CaldwellRevising: Read Critically, Then RewriteRead CriticallyRevise with a PlanEdit Reflect Chapter 8 ClassificationClassificationClassification Paragraph at a GlanceClassification ThinkingElements of ClassificationGetting StartedProviding Examples of CategoriesAvoiding StereotypingClassification in Process Select an Assignment Prewriting: Write Before You Write BrainstormingTalkClusteringTalkingDrafting: Focus and OrganizeConsider Your AudienceTopic SentenceUnity and CoherenceWrite a First DraftHow a Pro Does It: READING, from Business Week, by Karen KlineRevising: Read Critically, Then RewriteRead CriticallyRevise with a PlanEdit Reflect Chapter 9 Cause and EffectCause and EffectCause and Effect Paragraph at a GlanceCause and Effect ThinkingElements of Cause and EffectGetting StartedCause and Effect DetailsOrganizing Your ThinkingCause and Effect in Process Select an Assignment Prewriting: Write Before You Write ClusteringTalkingDrafting: Focus and OrganizeConsider Your AudienceTopic SentenceUnity and CoherenceWrite a First DraftHow a Pro Does It: READING, from Psychology Today, by Laurence SteinbergRevising: Read Critically, Then RewriteRead CriticallyRevise with a PlanEditReflectChapter 10 Comparison and ContrastComparison and ContrastComparison and Contrast Paragraph at a GlanceComparison and Contrast ThinkingElements of Comparison and ContrastGetting StartedPoints of Comparison and ContrastBegin with Your Points of Comparison and ContrastBegin with Details and Discover Points of Comparison and ContrastSelecting and Elaborating on Your DetailsComparison and Contrast in Process Select an Assignment Prewriting: Write Before You Write TalkingBrainstormingDrafting: Focus and OrganizeConsider Your AudienceTopic SentenceUnity and CoherenceConcluding SentenceWrite a First DraftHow a Pro Does It: READING, from Time Bind, by Arlie HochschildRevising: Read Critically, Then RewriteRead CriticallyHow a Pro Does It: Arlie HochschildRewrite with a PlanEdit ReflectChapter 11 DefinitionDefinitionDefinition Paragraph at a GlanceDefinition ThinkingElements of DefinitionGetting StartedExamples and Details NegativesDefinition in Process
