Eds., Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle. St. Martin's, 1991. Writer's Reference , by Diane Hacker. St. Martin's, 1995. In this section of English 101, students continue to prepare for their home, college, and business careers.
Students choose two readings from the text for each unit to write about in their personal journals.
The readings for each unit include poems, political cartoons, short stories, academic research studies, personal interviews, essays and critical reviews of current films, popular TV shows, advertising, and music. These readings vary in difficulty, so every student should be able to find suitable and interesting articles. The class regularly views film clips to accompany the reading units. These clips vividly demonstrate points the articles make. The clips include materials from TV sitcoms, Hollywood movies, TV movies, and other video products.