Real world writing for secondary students : teaching the college admission essay and other gate-openers for higher education / Jessica Singer Early, Meredith DeCosta ; foreword by Charles Bazerman.
By: Early, Jessica Singer.
Contributor(s): DeCosta, Meredith.
Series: Language and literacy series.New York, NY : Teachers College Press, 2012Description: xi, 130 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780807753866 (pbk.).Subject(s): English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States | College applications -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Setting the stage for a study of writing -- Why writing matters -- Constructing our case study -- Demystifying the college admission essay genre -- Using points of tension as turning points -- Drawing on cultural capital to build writing capital -- Creating a culture that supports real world, gate-opening writing.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-123).
Setting the stage for a study of writing -- Why writing matters -- Constructing our case study -- Demystifying the college admission essay genre -- Using points of tension as turning points -- Drawing on cultural capital to build writing capital -- Creating a culture that supports real world, gate-opening writing.