The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handbook

by Richard Bullock, Deborah Bertsch, Maureen Daly Goggin

The most flexible rhetoric for a first-year writing course—and every writing student. 

The Norton Field Guide lets instructors teach the way they want to teach, and helps students write in the way that works best for them. In the Sixth Edition, new coauthor Deborah Bertsch shows students how to adapt their writing to new rhetorical situations with three new chapters—Remixes, Explorations, and Reflecting on Your Writing. More inclusive than ever, the new edition features thirty new readings, including seventeen written by students, that offer fresh and inspiring sources for writing. New videos and interactive activities in InQuizitive for Writers reveal multiple ways to understand and apply the book’s advice, and are complemented by new instructor resources that respond to today’s teaching challenges.     

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction, School, Textbooks, Reference, Education, College

2591 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2005

Reviews

[Melanie Page · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book tends to cover everything, especially if you teach in part of a writing across the curriculum program. I've used it to get my students thinking about other classes and what they'll have to write in those fields in order to make composition more practical. The field guide also has extra readings, chapters about research and style guides, etc. It's really one book that does it all. Also, if you are an instructor, you can get a free handbook to help you develop some lesson plans and a syllabus. Of course, my students feel oh-so clever by pointing out the couple of typos in the text. Sheesh.

Adding 8/2015: I've noticed that the textual analysis section teaches students how to analyze written texts, but all of the example essays analyze "texts," such as the game Angry Birds, the shows The Walking Dead and 30 Rock, and advertisements. Not very helpful...

[Diana · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had to read this for English Composition 1 class. It's just a normal textbook for English writing. Though it did have some interesting articles in it that we had to read and write about. This was also the textbook used for the second English Composition class. I did not like the fact that much of the second class' reading assignments were repeats of the first.

[Jordan · Rating 1 out of 5]

not fun

[D P · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bullock provides an excellent analysis of common writing issues and helps readers develop their writing skills. A great introductory undergraduate writing aid.

[. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was very helpful. Now, I think I can write papers better. I could've used this book and the class I took a lot earlier lol

[B. W. White · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book has essays written by first year college students who think they know everything, the only saving grace of this book is the technical side

[Noah T · Rating 1 out of 5]

synthesize THIS

[Longfellow · Rating 4 out of 5]

The only text I've ever used that seems to be liked equally by teacher and students alike. The essays in the back are excellent examples and interesting reading, diverse, well-written, and good for discussion.

[Darlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

"all writing has a purpose..." ... sigh ... if I could turn back the hands of time I'd::: 1.defy parental/sibling demands and select USC instead of UCLA and 2.major in English with a focusing on writing and just WRITE about political science and law :D

[Jeff Tix · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best textbooks I have worked with in years. Finally, a text with readings on serious subjects instead of nice, safe, boring material. Having better than expected results with the writing tools included.

[Sonja Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a reference manual from my English 1010 course. It also has a home on my office desk. Very easy to use reference manual, especially when I need to look up something quickly when writing notes and reports or blogging.

[Megan RFA]

Straightforward and helpful, though some of the readings have gotten a bit dated. I'm going to use the 2013 edition for my class this Fall.

[Maria Harrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for college

Easy way to study the material needed when writing papers for the class. I used it for my ENC1102 class.

[R J Royer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the best class textbooks I have ever used.

[kayla ✎⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ · Rating 2 out of 5]

slay?

[Reagan · Rating 3 out of 5]

For English
- read like less than half of it