The Perfect Game
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2016
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2016
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I Win: A Collection of Arguments from the Classroom and The Writer’s Toolkit: Strategies for Effective Essays are complementary writing resources that help students develop argumentative writing, critical thinking, and academic essay skills. I Win presents student-written argumentative essays covering contemporary issues such as euthanasia, immigration, animal rights, criminal justice, education, gun control, media, obesity, and the military, providing examples of claims, evidence, and persuasive techniques. The Writer’s Toolkit provides practical strategies for the writing process, including brainstorming, developing claims, using support, creating theses, organizing essays, documenting sources in MLA style, and writing different essay forms such as definition, comparison, problem-solution, cause-and-effect, proposal, literary analysis, and evaluation essays. Together, the texts guide students from forming arguments to producing clear, organized, and effective academic writing.
A bundle package that includes:
- I Win: A Collection of Arguments from the Classroom
- The Writer’s Toolkit: Strategies for Effective Essays
I Win: A Collection of Arguments from the Classroom
Acknowledgements
Introduction
How to Use This Book
Essay Terms and Definitions
Chapter 1: Euthanasia
“Euthanasia: A Wrong Choice” by Rosalba Beltran Linares
“Euthanasia: The Right to Choose” by Celia Guo
Chapter 2: Immigration
“Immigration is Not Color Blind” by Eliana Flores
Chapter 3: Animal Rights and the Environment
“Money Guzzling Hybrids” by Samantha Zayas
“Animal Experimentation: Whether You Live or the Animals Live” by Sunny Hung
“Conserving Land for the Future” by Robert Williams
Chapter 4: Criminal Justice
“Updating Sex Offender Laws” by Rachel Roberts
“Prison System Gets an F” by Lorena Fernandez
Chapter 5: Teen Suicide
“Teenage Suicide” by Priscilla Garcia
Chapter 6: Wal-Mart
“The Rights of Workers at Wal-Mart” by Rachel Roberts
“Wal-Mart is for Boys, Not Girls” by Marlene Diaz
“Wal-Mart: A Benefit to All” by Yadira Alicia Diaz
Chapter 7: Economics and the Recession
“Economic Mobility” by Wylie McGraw
“America Today” by Yali Zhao
“The American Family” by Franchesca Cajigal
Chapter 8: Gun Control
“Gun Control Laws Fail” by Jeffrey Hunt
“Wanted: Gun Control Laws” by Lam Nguyen
Chapter 9: Education
“Educational Budget” by Dolores VanGordon
“The Interdependence of Education and the Economy” by Jeffrey Hunt
“Schools in America” by Michael Gonzalez
“The Importance of Going to Preschool” by Juana Juarez
“The Need for a Standardized Curriculum within English Language
"Programs” by Alex Rollo
Chapter 10: Internet
“The Internet: A Useful Tool” by Samantha Zayas
“Why the Internet is Dangerous” by Alejandra B. Martinez
Chapter 11: Television, Video Games, and Other Media
“Media: Is it Really Beneficial?” by Gabriela Ruiz
“Video Games: Can They Be Stopped?” by Alejandra B. Martinez
“Is Violence in the Media Really ‘Bad’ for Us?” by Gabriela Lara
“Virtually Addicted” by Brian Zajicek
“Violence Caused by Video Games” by Carlos Fuentes
Chapter 12: Obesity
“Childhood Obesity” by Verna Trujillo
“One, Two, Three, No More Fast Food” by Samantha Zayas
“A Government’s Role in Overcoming Obesity” by Kevin Russell
“Obesity and America Today” by Wylie McGraw
Chapter 13: The Military
“The Fight for Political Freedom” by Jessica Yazdani
“Gays in the Military” by Maggie Le
The Writer's Toolkit: Strategies for Effective Essays
Acknowledgments & Dedication
Author’s Note
New for this Edition
Introduction
For Students
For Professors
Chapter 1: Why We Write
Chapter 2: Brainstorming
Chapter 3: Claims
Chapter 4: Support Types
Chapter 5: MLA Documentation
Chapter 6: Thesis
Chapter 7: Introductions
Chapter 8: Developing and Writing Support Paragraphs
Chapter 9: Conclusions
Chapter 10: The Process Analysis Essay
Chapter 11: The Definition Essay
Chapter 12: The Compare and/or Contrast
Chapter 13: The Problem and Solution Essay
Chapter 14: The Cause and Effect Essay
Chapter 15: Fairness and Essay Combinations
Chapter 16: The Proposal Essay
Chapter 17: Literary Analysis
Chapter 18: The Evaluation Essay
Chapter 19: Formality
Chapter 20: Sentence Meaning
Chapter 21: The In-Class Essay
Activities
Appendix
Index
Herschel Greenberg is a faculty member in the English and Literature Department at Mt. San Antonio College.