Title:
Patterns and themes : a basic english reader
Edition:
5th.ed.
Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Thomson Wadsworth Publishing, 2005
Physical Description:
xvii, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780155045835
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Summary
Summary
PATTERNS AND THEMES is a thematic reader, with contemporary, high-interest readings organized thematically around topics that mirror the issue-oriented nature of college-level work. Each reading has suggested writing assignments and is surrounded by unique pedagogical features that focus on key skills such as vocabulary, writing techniques, and critical thinking.
Table of Contents
| 1 Memories |
| ""Salvation.""Langston Hughes |
| ""Goals.""Curt Kruschwitz |
| ""The Woman Warrior.""Maxine Hong Kingston |
| ""My First Hunting Trip.""John Bennett |
| ""Pranks for the Memory.""Dave Barry |
| 2 Families |
| ""Chicken Gizzards.""James A. Perkins |
| ""My Family's Language.""Richard Rodriguez |
| ""The Great Sisters and Brothers War.""Andrew Shanley |
| ""Mrs. Razor.""James Still |
| ""Up the Hill.""Ryan Hardesty |
| 3 School |
| ""A Pocket Full of Cricket.""Rebecca Caudill |
| ""Eleven.""Sandra Cisneros |
| ""On Being Seventeen,David Raymond |
