Main Event Readings for Writing and Critical Thinking

Name: Main Event Readings for Writing and Critical Thinking
Price: 105.77 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780130486585

ISBN-10: 0130486582

ISBN-13: 9780130486585

Edition: 2005

Authors: Catherine A. Hoffman, Andrew J. Hoffman

List price: $126.65

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

1 new & used from $105.77

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Book details

List price: $126.65
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 9/30/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 800
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

Andrew J. Hoffman is Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan, with joint appointments at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the School of Natural Resources and Environment. He is the author of Carbon Strategies: How Leading Companies Are Reducing Their Climate Change Footprint and other books.



Introduction: Reading Critically


The Basics of Reading Critically


Determining Main Ideas and Supporting Ideas


Summarizing the Reading


Analyzing the Evidence


Establishing the Credibility of the Author


Reading Yourself into an Expert



Film and Television


Main Event Reading: ldquo;The Stoned Screenrdquo;



Main Event Writing Assignment


Preparation Punch List


Main Event Writing Lesson: Basic Essay Form


Thesis


The Essay


Structure of the Essay: The Funnel System


Body Paragraph Development


The Main Event Writing Sample: ldquo;Disturbing Filmsrdquo;


Additional Readings: ldquo;Go Ahead, Make Her Dayrdquo;



ldquo;Yoursquo;ve Come Which Way, Baby?rdquo;



ldquo;Working Womenrdquo;



ldquo;Fade to Blackrdquo;



ldquo;Call It lsquo;Kid-Fluencersquo;rdquo;



ldquo;The Market for Television Violencerdquo;



ldquo;We are Training Our Kids to Killrdquo;




Democracy in the Classroom