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The Hub

Second Edition  ©2023 Peter Adams Formats: Achieve, E-book, Print

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    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.

Table of Contents

Part P: Reading/Writing Projects
Project 1: The Marshmallow Test
Project 2: Choosing a Career
Project 3: Individual and Community
Project 4: Truth, Lies, and Fake News
Project 5: Immigration
Project 6: In Pursuit of Happiness
Project 7: Disability
 
Part W: Writing
W1 The Writing Process
W2 Preparing to Write
W3 Finding a Focus
W4 Developing Ideas
W5 Organizing Ideas
W6 Using Language Powerfully
W7 Thinking While Writing
W8 Revising
W9 Editing
W10 Titles, Introductions, and Conclusions
W 11 Writing Strategies
 
Part R: Reading
R1 Active Reading
R2 Reading Strategies
R3 Critical Reading
 
Part D: Research and Documentation
D1 Research
D2 MLA Documentation
D3 APA Documentation
 
Part B: Balancing School, Work, and Life
B1 Getting Acquainted
B2 Life Issues
B3 Staying the Course
B4 College Knowledge

Product Updates

Exciting new Reading/Writing Projects:

  • Individual and Community There’s safety—and comfort—in numbers, but communities always restrict membership. Students explore this tension as it plays out in a wide range of groups.
  • Immigration In 1883 Emma Lazarus wrote: “Give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” In that same year, the United States enacted the Chinese Exclusion Act, the first and only immigration law designed to restrict a particular group. Students explore the tensions that have characterized American attitudes toward immigration and draw conclusions about how to enact American ideals.
  • Disability Considerable progress has been made to remove obstacles to full participation of people with disabilities, but more work remains. Since almost everyone will be disabled or care for someone who is, students explore a struggle that has the potential to affect us all.

20+ new readings Thoroughly refreshed readings now include selections from writers as varied as Ta-Nehisi Coates, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Gloria Anzaldua, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Andrew Pulrang.

New support to help students be their best selves Coverage includes requesting an accommodation and expressing your true self, even in academic writing.

Updated MLA formatting and citation guidelines Up-to-date MLA (2021) style guidelines offer thorough advice and ample models.

 

Authors

  • Headshot of Peter Adams

    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.

Table of Contents

Part P: Reading/Writing Projects
Project 1: The Marshmallow Test
Project 2: Choosing a Career
Project 3: Individual and Community
Project 4: Truth, Lies, and Fake News
Project 5: Immigration
Project 6: In Pursuit of Happiness
Project 7: Disability
 
Part W: Writing
W1 The Writing Process
W2 Preparing to Write
W3 Finding a Focus
W4 Developing Ideas
W5 Organizing Ideas
W6 Using Language Powerfully
W7 Thinking While Writing
W8 Revising
W9 Editing
W10 Titles, Introductions, and Conclusions
W 11 Writing Strategies
 
Part R: Reading
R1 Active Reading
R2 Reading Strategies
R3 Critical Reading
 
Part D: Research and Documentation
D1 Research
D2 MLA Documentation
D3 APA Documentation
 
Part B: Balancing School, Work, and Life
B1 Getting Acquainted
B2 Life Issues
B3 Staying the Course
B4 College Knowledge

Product Updates

Exciting new Reading/Writing Projects:

  • Individual and Community There’s safety—and comfort—in numbers, but communities always restrict membership. Students explore this tension as it plays out in a wide range of groups.
  • Immigration In 1883 Emma Lazarus wrote: “Give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” In that same year, the United States enacted the Chinese Exclusion Act, the first and only immigration law designed to restrict a particular group. Students explore the tensions that have characterized American attitudes toward immigration and draw conclusions about how to enact American ideals.
  • Disability Considerable progress has been made to remove obstacles to full participation of people with disabilities, but more work remains. Since almost everyone will be disabled or care for someone who is, students explore a struggle that has the potential to affect us all.

20+ new readings Thoroughly refreshed readings now include selections from writers as varied as Ta-Nehisi Coates, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Gloria Anzaldua, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Andrew Pulrang.

New support to help students be their best selves Coverage includes requesting an accommodation and expressing your true self, even in academic writing.

Updated MLA formatting and citation guidelines Up-to-date MLA (2021) style guidelines offer thorough advice and ample models.

 

The Hub supports students no matter where they are in their college journey.

Peter Adams, founder of the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP), brings you The Hub, the first text designed specifically for first-semester writing with a corequisite support course. Its seven reading/writing projects hone students’ thinking, writing, and reading skills. With sections on writing, reading, research/documentation, and noncognitive issues, instructors can tailor the courses to their unique students’ needs.

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With Adams’s unparalleled instructor support, The Hub supports instructors and students, no matter what their level of preparedness.

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