WriterThinkerMaker English 131 Textbook Organization Part 1 Chapters

Writer/Thinker/Maker English 131 Textbook

Organization Part 1 (Chapters 1 -4): Outcome 1 ● Defines rhetoric and rhetorical situations ● Offers variety of tools for analyzing rhetorical situation ● Resources for understanding and adapting writing for different audiences ● Supports genre awareness and provides tools for genre analysis Part 2 (Chapters 5 -9): Outcome 2 ● Focuses on reading and research skills that help students generate their own writing ● Offers strategies for reading and conducting rhetorical analyses ● Tools for reading and composing multimodal texts

Organization, cont. Part 3 (Chapters 10 -14): Outcome 3 ● Introduces skills in argumentation, making claims, conducting research, and supporting inquiries ● Covers different forms of argument ● Strategies formulating, developing, and supporting lines of inquiry and argument ● Creating complex claims ● Resources for analyzing arguments Part 4 (Chapters 15 -16): Outcome 4 ● Suggests flexible strategies for planning, drafting, revising writing at various stages of production ● Offers suggestions for style and grammar

Organization, cont. Part 5 (Ch. 17): The Portfolio ● Provides rationale behind EWP portfolio ● Offers guidelines and resources for creating the portfolio Part 6 (Ch. 18): The Reader ● Includes materials carefully selected for a range of audience, genre, audience, argument