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Transitions, 3/e

Barbara Fine Clouse

Part One: Transitions from Reading to Writing

1 The Transition from Reading to Writing

Facts about Reading that May Surprise You
Reading Critically
Becoming an Active Reader
A Sample Marked Text: Peterson, Karen S. "The Truth about Our Little White Lies."
Reading Textbooks
The Connection between Reading and Writing
Exercises

2 The Transition from Ideas to Essay

Idea Generation
Outlining
Drafting
Revising
Editing
Proofreading
A Demonstration of the Writing Process: An Essay-in-Progress

Part Two: Lives in Transition

3 Stages of Life: How Do We Grow and Change?

Dilliard, Annie. "The Chase."
*Rodriguez, Richard, "Complexion"
*Angelou, Maya. "Graduation"
*White, E.B. "Once More to the Lake."
*Neal, Patsy. "My Grandmother, the Bag Lady."
Kluger, Jeffrey. "Can We Stay Young Forever?"
Sheehy, Gail, "Predictable Crises of Adulthood."

4 Family Ties: What Does Family Mean?

*Gunnerson, Ronnie. "Parents Also Have Rights."
*Alvarez, Julia. "Hold the Mayonaise."
*Sandroff, Ronni, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Fetal Rights vs. Mother's Rights"
Kingsolver, Barbara. "Stone Soup" Parenting, 1/1995.
McKenna, George. "The Transmission of Hope."
Quoyawayma, "No Turning Back"
*Wallerstein, Judith and Sandra Blakeslee. "On the Brow of the Hill"

Part Three: Society in Transition

5 The Individual in Society: How Do We Fit In How Do We Stand Out?

*Rosenblatt, Roger, "Screams from Somewhere Else."
*Gage, Nicholas. "The Teacher Who Changed My Life."
*Liu, Sophronia. "So Tsi-fai"
*Staples, Brent, "Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space."
.*Noda, Kesaya E., "Growing Up Asian in America."
*Walker, Alice. "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self."
Healy, Melissa, "Fighting to Fill the Values Gap."

6 The Impact of Technology: What Price Progress?

Zabludoff, Marc. "Fear and Longing"
Kleinfield, N.R. "Stepping Through a Computer Screen, Disabled Veterans Savor Freedom."
Lemonick, Michael D. "Will Tiny Robots Build Diamonds One Atom at a Time?"
Dertouzos, Michael L. "The Future of Computing"
Siegel, Charles. "A New Declaration of Independence."
Daum, Meghan. "Virtual Love."

Part Four: Culture in Transition

7 Gender Issues: What Does It Mean to Be Male or Female?

Leo, John. "Anti-Male Bias Increasingly Pervades Our Culture."
*Cisneros, Sandra. "Only Daughter"
*Meier, Daniel. "One Man's Kids."
*Schoedel, Jean Reith. "Nora Quealey."
*Stangl, Juthica. "India: A Widow's Devastating Choice."
Peyser, Marc and Donatella Lorch. "High School Controversial."

8 Cultural Diversity: How Do We Respond to Difference?

*Santiago, Roberto. "Black and Latino."
*Hirschfelder, Arlene. "It is Time to Stop Playing Indians."
Steffan, Joseph. "Honor Bound."
Henderson, George. "Race in America."
*Cole, Diana. "Don't Just Stand There"
*Chan, Sucheng. Excerpt from "You're Short Besides"
Lewin, Tamar. "Growing Up, Growing Apart."

Part Five: Language and Learning in Transition

9 Issues in Education: How and What Do We Learn?

*Baker, Russell, "Learning to Write."
*Sherry, Mary. "In Praise of the F Word."
*Miller, H. Bruce. "Life is Not Measured by Grade-Point Averages."
*Rodriguez, Richard. "Reading for Success"
Morese, Jodie. "Is That Your Final Answer?"
*Douglass, Frederick. "How I Learned to Read and Write."
Rose, Mike. "I Just Wanna Be Average."

10 The Power of Language: Influence or Consequence?

*Malcolm X, "Coming to an Awareness of Language"
Johnson, Kirk. "Today's Kids Are, Like, Killing the English Language. Yeah, Right."
*Tan, Amy, "Mother Tongue."
Cowley, Geoffrey, "For the Love of Language."
*Leslie, Connie with Daniel Glick and Jeanne Gordon. "Classrooms of Babel."
Lutz, William. "Doublespeak."
*Tannen, Deborah. "Talk in the Intimate Relationship: His and Hers."

Part Six: Viewpoints in Transition: Responding to Multiple Essays

11 Bioengineered Food: Manna from Heaven or Frankenfood?

J. Madeleine Nash, "Grains of Hope."
"Biotechnology in Agriculture."
Luooma, Jon R. "Pandora's Pantry."

12 Stem Cell Research: Experimentation or Exploitation?

Allen, Arthur. "God and Science."
Andrews, Lori B. "Embryos under the Knife."
Wolpe, Paul Root. "Helping People Requires Making Hard Decisions."

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