Writing for Rights

by Patrice W. Glenn Jones

Overview

Writing is a necessary skill that allows people to communicate their ideas. For this reason, writing evokes change, and our words persist long after we are gone. We celebrate heroes of the past by the words they leave behind. Writing for Rights is a basic writing workbook ideal for undergraduate instruction. Lessons about writing are presented in a context of social justice to engage even reluctant writers through a sensibility for equity and community action. The workbook is a timely and relevant instructional document perfect for students at minority serving institutions like the nation’s 100 historically Black colleges and universities. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781837084913
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	05/19/2025
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

Patrice W. Glenn Jones is the Executive Director of Online Education and Programs at Alabama State University, USA, and a visiting scholar at Rutgers UniversityGraduate School of Education, USA.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Focus on Learning
Chapter 2. Fighting to be Heard
Chapter 3. Your Voice in Communication
Chapter 4. Writing for Your Audience
Chapter 5. Getting Organized
Chapter 6. Taking “Note” of Information Around You
Chapter 7. Study Methods for Growth
Chapter 8. Critical Thinking in Pursuit of Social Justice
Chapter 9. The Writing We Know Best
Chapter 10. Transitioning to College-Level Writing: Embracing Diversity and Social Justice
Chapter 11. Elements of Rhetoric: Crafting Language for Social Justice
Chapter 12. Types of Writing
Chapter 13. The Journey of Advocacy Through Writing
Chapter 14. The Crucible of Justice: Writing to Advocate Through Facts, Emotion, Ethics, and Logic
Chapter 15. The Power of Prewriting
Chapter 16. Harnessing the Power of Outlining
Chapter 17. Empowering Voices Through the Draft
Chapter 18. Benefits of a Break
Chapter 19. Ready to Revise
Chapter 20. Empowering Through Precise Proofreading
Chapter 21. Parts of Speech
Chapter 22. Nouns
Chapter 23. Common and Proper Nouns
Chapter 24. Verbs
Chapter 25. Sentence Basics
Chapter 26. Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
Chapter 27. Punctuating Sentences
Chapter 28. Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 29. Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement
Chapter 30. Commonly Confused Words
Chapter 31. Transitions
Chapter 32. Double Negatives
Chapter 33. Sentence Variety
Chapter 34. Quality Content
Chapter 35. Using Numbers
Chapter 36. The Profound Process of Publishing
Chapter 37. A Change in Our Writing