Writing academic essays in college often seems mysterious to students who do not yet understand the process of developing an idea into a finished piece of reasoned prose.
Writing Your Way Through College
demystifies that process and enables teachers to help students "invent the university" as they reinvent themselves as proficient writers and rhetorical problem solvers.
offers instructors a set of careful lessons that draw on current disciplinary knowledge in composition and rhetoric. Sheryl Fontaine and Cherryl Smith provide a classroom-centered text that guides students through progressively more complex, evidence-based writing.
offers students and teachers:
practical lessons on writing and learning
a set of assignments that build incrementally
a support system for new instructors
accessible information about college writing
a flexible approach to the classroom.
In a concise, readable format,
offers insights into how individuals negotiate language communities so that students can better master the conventions and rhetorical characteristics of academic writing. A creative and effective template for the teaching of writing,
belongs on every shelf and in every classroom.