Bazerman's The Informed Writer teaches students to formulate original arguments through fourteen different kinds of writing activities, ranging from brief summaries to full-scale research papers. Students are encouraged to explore the close connection between writing and reading, as well as the social context for their writing. Student writing examples and two complete research papers model both MLA and APA styles.
I wish I found this book when I was still a student with so many writing assignment, maybe now I've become a geat researcher. But I was being helped by ths book when I wrote my thesis. I learned how to "communicate" with another writer, using their writing in mine. Also, how to become unstuck when my mood is twisted while the deadline of my thesis was becoming closer.