{"product_id":"writing-about-writing-a-college-reader-9781457636943","title":"Writing about Writing: A College Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on Wardle and Downs research  the first edition of Writing about Writing marked a milestone in the field of composition. By showing students how to draw on what they know in order to contribute to ongoing conversations about writing and literacy  it helped them transfer their writing-related skills from first-year composition to other courses and contexts. Now used by tens of thousands of students  Writing about Writing presents accessible writing studies research by authors such asMike Rose  Deborah Brandt  John Swales  and Nancy Sommers  together with popular texts by authors such as Malcolm X and Anne Lamott  and texts from student writers. Throughout the book  friendly explanations and scaffolded activities and questions help students connect to readings and develop knowledge about writing that they can use at work  in their everyday lives  and in college.The new edition builds on this success and refines the approach to make it even more teachable. The second edition includes more help for understanding the rhetorical situation and an exciting new chapter on multimodal composing. The print text is now integrated with e-Pages for Writing about Writing  designed to take advantage of what the Web can do.  The conversation on writing about writing continues on the authors blog  Write On: Notes on Writing about Writing (a channel on Bedford Bits  the Bedford\/St. Martins blog for teachers of writing).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67904770015285,"sku":"ByrdShop_1457636948","price":54.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781457636943.jpg?v=1793852055","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/writing-about-writing-a-college-reader-9781457636943","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}