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Everything's a Text Readings for Composition

by: Melzer, Dan; Coxwell-Teague, Deborah

Everything's a Text Readings for Composition

by: Melzer, Dan; Coxwell-Teague, Deborah

ISBN 13:
9780205639540
ISBN 10:
0205639542
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 11/15/2010
Publisher: Pearson

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Summary

A colorful and current reader,Multiple Literaciescaptures our information age by utilizing mediums of print, visual, and digital text that students encounter daily. Students will view a range of texts from blogs to lyrics to advertisements to graffiti that are coupled with a variety of open-ended projects, allowing them to think critically and creatively about the readings. This hip reader has the most diverse genres in its class to more effectively prepare students for college-level reflection and analysis.

Part I: A Rhetoric for Multiple Literacies

Chapter 1: What Is Literacy?

Chapter 2: Reading and Composing Processes

Part II: Readings for Situating Multiple Literacies

Chapter 3: Situating Personal Literacies

Chapter 4: Situating Oral Literacies

Chapter 5: Situating Visual Literacies

Chapter 6: Situating Digital Literacies

Chapter 7: Situating Popular Culture Literacies

Chapter 8: Situating Academic Literacies

Chapter 9: Situating Civic Literacies

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Part I: A Rhetoric for Multiple Literacies

Chapter 1: What Is Literacy?

Definitions of Literacy

Situating Literacy

Literacy Purposes

Letters of apology from President Clinton regarding the internment of Americans of Japanese descent

Literacy Audiences

Three excerpts from Malcolm X speeches to different audiences (a Detroit civil rights

group, Harvard University students, and the Nation of Islam)

Literacy Personas

Excerpts from a case study of a student in a sociology class

Literacy Mediums

Excerpts of The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King novel and film script

Literacy Genres

Song lyrics from Mos Def’s “Dollar Day”

Literacy Contexts

Three advertisements for Coke in three different historical contexts

Chapter 2: Reading and Composing Processes

Reading Processes

Double-entry journal for an analysis of the film Trainspotting

Advice for Improving Your Reading Processes

Annotated Web screen shot from a review of Trainspotting

Reading for Multiple Purposes

Article from a student newspaper

Reading in Multiple Mediums

Excerpts from Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

Newspaper editorial, poster, and link to video for an anti-drunk driving campaign

Reading in Multiple Genres

Excerpts from a scientific experimental report

Reading in Multiple Contexts

Brian Turner’s poem “Eulogy”

Composing Processes in Multiple Literacies

Revisions of a lithograph by M.C. Escher

One Student’s Composing Process

Drafts of a student’s personal literacy narrative

Composing for Multiple Purposes

Assignments from First-Year Writing courses

Composing in Multiple Mediums

Excerpts from interviews with Beck about composing songs

Composing in Multiple Genres

Examples from student case studies of how genre affected students’ composing processes

Composing in Multiple Contexts

Excerpts from personal essays by Sherman Alexie, Paule Marshall, and Gloria Anzaldúa.

Part II: Readings for Situating Multiple Literacies

Chapter 3: Situating Personal Literacies

What Are Personal Literacies?

“What’s I Got to Do with It? Personal Literacies in the Writing Classroom” by Amy Hodges Hamilton

Student Case Study: Composing a Personal Literacy Narrative

Personal Literacy Readings

CCCC Statement on Students’ Right to Their Own Language [position statement]

“My Most Spectacular Failure” by Claras Leandre [student personal literacy narrative]

“Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie [essay]

“Between the Sheets” by Ellen Wade Beals [poem]

“Marginalia” by Billy Collins [poem]

“Two Questions” by Lynda Barry [cartoon]

Excerpts from “The Poets in the Kitchen” by Paule Marshall [essay]

“Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan [essay]

“Why I Don’t Like My Accent” by Miku Rager [student documentary]

“How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldúa [essay]

Personal Literacy Projects

Chapter 4: Situating Oral Literacies

What Are Oral Literacies?

“Oral Literacies: Finding Your Voices” by Alexis Davidson

Student Case Study: Composing and Delivering a Speech

“Not for Sale” byj Alexandra Giang [speech]

Oral Literacy Readings

Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama [speech]

“The Boss in Common” by Andrew Burgess [student essay]

Slam poetry from HBO’s Def Poetry Jam [poetry]

Excerpt from Talkin and Tesifyin: The Language of Black America by Geneva Smitherman [book excerpt]

Excerpts from Mules and Men by Zora Neale Huston [folk tales]

Excerpt from Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide by Donald Ritchie [book excerpt]

Interview with Jerry K. Walsh, Vietnam War veteran [oral history]

Oral Literacy Projects

Chapter 5: Situating Visual Literacies

What Are Visual Literacies?

“Literacy Is Not Just Words Anymore” by Pavel Zemliansky

Student Case Study: Composing a Digital Slideshow

Visual Literacy Readings

Excerpt from Picture This: How Pictures Work by Molly Bang [book excerpt]

Excerpts from Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture by Maria Sturken and Lisa Cartwight [book

excerpt]

“Pictures in America: It Isn’t Just About How Many Words They’re Worth” by Cameron Granger [student essay]

A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods by Ralph Lengler and Martin J. Eppler

Images of Graffiti [graffiti]

Nighthawks and Approaching a City and Automat by Edward Hopper [paintings]

Visual Literacy Projects

“Hopper: The Loneliness Factor” by Mark Strand [essay]

Chapter 6: Situating Digital Literacies

What Are Digital Literacies?

“Surfing, Searching, and Social Networking: Redefining Digital Literacy with Facebook and Wikipedia” by Dustin Anderson

Student Case Study: Composing a Web site

Digital Literacy Readings

Excerpt from “Growing Up Digital” by John Seely Brown [essay]

“Effective Web Writing” by Crawford Kilian [essay]

“What We’re Doing When We Blog” by Meg Hourihan [essay]

“A Grand Unified Theory of YouTube and MySpace: Point-and-Click Sites That Don’t Tell You What to Do” by Paul Boutin [newspaper article]

“Living the Virtual Life: A Second Life” by Peter Hall [student essay]

Excerpt from What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee [book excerpt]

“The Telephone” by Anwar Accawi [essay]

Two screen shots from The Webby Awards winners [web sites]

Two screen shots from blogs [blogs]

Three screen shots from Second Life [virtual reality]

“Flying Cars and Endless Playlists” by Amanda Henderson [student digital literacy narrative]

Digital Literacy Projects

Chapter 7: Situating Popular Culture Literacies

What Are Popular Culture Literacies?

“A Pop Life” by Stacey A. Suver

Student Case Study: Composing an Essay about Pop Culture

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