
Discovering Ideas is designed to help students find new techniques and strategies they can analyze and then incorporate into their own writing. It is also a collection of essays, stories, and poems carefully selected to help writers discover new ideas and create opinions that they want to talk and write about. By simultaneously providing models of good writing and provocative, challenging ideas, Discovering Ideas should help teachers guide their students from analytical reading to thoughtful discussions, and, ultimately, to the writing of their own insightful essays.
This text investigates the intersection of analytical reading and the development of original student writing through the use of curated literary models. Author Jean Wyrick, a recognized educator in the field of composition, provides a framework that bridges the gap between consuming diverse texts and producing academic prose. The book argues that by engaging with provocative essays, stories, and poems, students can cultivate the critical thinking skills necessary to formulate and articulate their own unique perspectives.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Educators frequently utilize this anthology as a foundational resource for college-level composition courses to stimulate classroom discourse. The text is noted for its balanced selection of accessible yet intellectually demanding readings that serve as effective templates for student writers.
Page Count:
375
Publication Date:
1987-01-01
Publisher:
Harcourt School
ISBN-10:
003001512X
ISBN-13:
9780030015120
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