Now And Then Book (High-Int-Adv, Am. Eng. )

Now and Then encourages students to read and respond to stories by and about others who have lived the American immigrant experience. Featuring both published literature and student essays, Now and Then teaches ESL students to refer to their individual experiences as they learn basic writing techniques and apply these techniques to academic writing. Intended for high-intermediate and advanced students in college and high school, Now and Then presents thematically organized high-interest material in a user-friendly format. With its emphasis on the process approach to writing and the transition from personal writing to academic writing, Now and Then guides students through the exploration of literature to an understanding of how to analyze and write about it. Students analyze the work of professional and student writers and produce their own full-length essays. In this way, the thought-provoking readings in this text build on the reading-writing connection and develop students' writing competence. Contents: Chapter 1: Leaving Home; Reading from The Boat of Longing by O. E. Rolvaag; Riding on a Lonely Train by Eric Guzman; Leaving Home by Pedro Batista; Chapter 2: The Journey; Reading from The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg; In the Air by Yessenia Briceno; Destination: The United States/Destiny: Unknown by Zuyapa Guzman; Chapter 3: First Days; Reading from How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez; My First Days in New York by Pedro Batista; My First Day in the United States by Genoveva Diaz; Chapter 4: Learning English; Reading from The Third Life of Per Smevik by O. E. Rolvaag; A Painful Memory by Joel Hernandez; Anxious with English by Andrzej Sas; Chapter 5: Culture; Reading from In the Year of the Boat and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord; Reading from In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord; When in Rome by Lei Zhang; Different Cultures by Cui Fang Zhou; Chapter 6: Changes; The Greenhorn Cousin; Changes by Phil Ochs; The Right Decision by Cui Fang Zhou; Changes by Cui Fang Zhou; Chapter 7: Photographs; Reading from The Lonely Crossing by J. Joaquin Fraxedas; A Special Feeling by Ana Vasquez; Photo Description by Ana Vasquez; A Special Feeling by Ana Vasquez; Chapter 8: Friends and Family; Reading from My Antonia by Willa Cather; jochy by Addys Reynoso; Reading from Mount Allegro by Jerre Mangione; Father by Agnes Kossut; Chapter 9: At School; Reading from Famous All Over Town by Danny Santiago; A Memorable Teacher by Andrzej Sas; A Teacher Who Helped Me Succeed by Lei Zhang; Chapter 10: Places; Reading from Sweet Promised Land by Robert Laxalt; El Palomar by Tania Vargas; Chapter 11: At Work; Reading from New Americans: An Oral History by Al Santoli; An Ambitious Worker by Ana Villa; A Whole New World by Claude St. Vil; An Interview with an Illegal Immigrant by Eric Guzman; Chapter 12: Issues in the News; Teach Your Children Well by Paul Gray