Backpack Writing (3rd Edition)

Backpack Writing uses written instruction and visual tools to teach how to read, write, and research effectively for different purposes in this concise version of the bestselling text.

Lester Faigley’s clear and inviting teaching style and Dorling Kindersley’s accessible and striking design combine to give writers a textbook that shows them what readers and writers actually do. Unique, dynamic presentations of reading, writing, and research processes in the text bring writing alive and speaks towriters with many learning styles. Throughout the book,writers are engaged and learning, with such notable features as “process maps” to guidewriters through the major writing assignments, extensive examples of student “Writers at work,” and diverse, distinctive reading selections.