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    I have used EMERGING: CONTEMPORARY READINGS FOR WRITERS (Barrios) and I I have used ACTING OUT CULTURE: READING AND WRITING (Miller) and I I have used READING OUR WORLD (Yagelski) and I I have used FROM INQUIRY TO ACADEMIC WRITING (Greene and Lidinsky) and I I have used CHANGING SOCIETY (Schwab and Love) and I I have used MAKING LITERATURE MATTER (Schilb and Clifford) and I: I have used MAKING ARGUMENTS ABOUT LITERATURE (Schilb and Clifford) and I I have used LITERATURE: THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE(Abcarian, Klotz, and Cohen) and I: I have used THE NORTON INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE, SHORTER 9TH EDITION (Booth, Hunter, and Mays) and I: I have used A WRITER'S REFERENCE (Hacker) and I: Do you think the custom A Writer's Reference is a useful text to require of all First Year Writing students (ENWR 100, 105, and 106)? Please offer text recommendations for any of the courses. Just make sure the recommendations fit our program. Thank you. Please add details for any text about which you feel strongly, listing its strengths and weaknesses. We are particularly interested to hear why you do not recommend a text or are ambivalent. Please mention the text by name in your response as your answer here is not linked to your answers on the rest of the survey.
10 delete 2011-03-30 21:23:48 don't recommend it
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 I would like to see Changing Society remain a choice for 105. For reasons, see below. Changing Society is a great text for 105 because readings are current, short, and representative of various points of view. They cover topics students are interested in: cars and energy, tv, digital life, et. al. I did not like From Inquiry to academic Writing because readings were too long and challenging for students. Acting Out Culture pieces are out of date - especially on digital age. I like A Writer's Reference, especially the custom version, as it standardizes rubric, essay jargon, etc. BUT I don't think students like using it - I think it's time for an online tool, where students live.