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Expectations is a collection of popular readings for developmental writing students, with questions, discussion topics, and assignments to develop writing, reading, and critical thinking skills. The forty readings from magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and other contemporary books illustrate a broad range of writing styles and techniques, and are organized by the following themes: Social and Cultural Issues, Media and Popular Culture, Fitness and Health, Education and Career, The Outdoors, and Values and Choices. Within each theme, readings are organized in order of difficulty, with easier readings first.

Table of Contents:
1. Strategies for Active Reading. Tourist Trap by James Hebert. 2. Cultural  and Social Issues. American Fish by  R. A. Sasaki. Listen to Me Good  by Margaret Charles Smith and Linda Janet Holmes. Boomer Parents by Sandy Banks. Spanglish Spoken Here by Janice Castro Saffron Sky by  Gelareh Asayesh. A Song Flung Up to Heaven by Maya Angelou. Suspect Policy by  Randall Kennedy. 3. Education  and Career. Stop! by Sam Quinones. One Man���s Kids by Daniel Meier. How to Write with Style  by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Possible Lives  by Mike Rose. Breaking Through the Barriers by James M. Henslin. Online Schools Provide New Education Options by The Associated Press How to Win the College Game by Barbara Kantrowitz. 4. Media and Popular Culture. Taking Potluck by Tom Bodett. Breaking the Habit by Mike Duffy. Shoeless Joe by  W. P. Kinsella. Wolfman in Farsi? by Dan Gilgoff. Elvis Culture by Erika Doss. Dressing Down by John Brooks. 5. Fitness and Health. Strive to be Fit, Not Fanatical by Timothy Gower. Procrastination and Stress by Lester A. Lefton. Managing Time by Rebecca J. Donatelle and Lorraine G. Davis. Computer Addiction Is Coming On-line by William J. Cromie. Playing for Keeps by Andy Steiner. 6. Nature and the Outdoors. Journey of the Pink Dolphins by Sy Montgomery. In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall. Life in the Treetops by Margaret D. Lowman. Nature���s Rx by Joel L. Swerdlow. The Wild Within  by Paul Rezendes. Heavy Traffic on the Everest Highway by Geoffrey Tabin. Death Valley  by Doug and Bobbe Tatreau. 7. Values and Choices. The Good Old Summertime by Carol Tannehill. The Toll Road by N. Scott Momaday. They Know Where You Are by David LaGesse. Do Tell and Beware of Gossip that Knows No Bounds by R. J. Ignelzi. Choosing Virginity by Lorraine Ali and Julie Scelfo. The Ambitious Generation by Barbara Schneider and David Stevenson. The World After Cloning by Wray Herbert, Jeffery L. Sheler, and Traci Watson.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780321142900
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Longman Inc
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Reader for Developing Writers
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 032114290X
  • Publisher Date: 22 Nov 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 210 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 440 gr


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