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Achieve for The Hub (1-Term Online)

First  Edition©2020  Peter Adams

About

Everything you need for reading, writing, and research,  all in one place.

Success in college composition opens the door to future success in your college career and beyond. Make The Hub your destination for all  of the support you need to succeed in college composition, whether it’s help with reading, writing, research, grammar, or even advice on balancing school, life, and work.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Reading/Writing Projects
Project 1        The Marshmallow Test
Project 2        Choosing a Career
Project 3        Freedom of Speech
Project 4        Truth, Lies, and Fake News
Project 5        Language and Power
Project 6         In Pursuit of Happiness
Project 7        What is Art?
 
Part 2 Writing
Topic 8          The Writing Process
Topic 9          Preparing to Write
Topic 10        Finding a Focus
Topic 11        Developing Ideas
Topic 12        Organizing Ideas
Topic 13        Using Language Powerfully
Topic 14        Thinking While Writing
Topic 15        Revising
Topic 16        Editing
Topic 17        Titles, Introductions, and
                          Conclusions
Topic 18        Writing Strategies
 
Part 3 Reading
Topic 19        Active Reading
Topic 20        Reading Strategies
Topic 21        Critical Reading
 
Part 4 Research and Documentation
Topic 22        Research
Topic 23        MLA Documentation
Topic 24        APA Documentation
 
Part 5 Balancing School, Work, and Life
Topic 25        Getting Acquainted
Topic 26        Life Issues
Topic 27        Staying the Course
Topic 28        College knowledge

Peter Adams

Peter Adams is the creator of and nations leading expert on the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) and a passionate advocate for updating the current structure of developmental education in America to help more students succeed. As a teacher at the Community College of Baltimore County, Peter saw the opportunity to improve success rates among students placed in developmental writing courses, and so he created and developed the ALP model to meet that need. Peter spent eight years teaching ALP and an additional seven years training faculty across the country on how to implement the ALP model. As of 2017, more than 300 schools in 20 states offer sections of ALP and 7 states have adopted the model statewide. Through his deep experience with the course, its students, and its instructors, Adams truly understands the challenges of this course and is uniquely qualified to author The Hub. Peters professional experience includes tenure with the editorial board of the Journal of Basic Writing and leadership positions with the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). His two influential articles "Basic Writing Revisited" (Journal of Basic Writing, 1993) and "The Accelerated Learning Program: Throwing Open the Gates" (Journal of Basic Writing, 2009) were both major catalysts for the nationwide movement toward mainstreaming basic writers.