What’s in LaunchPad for The Bedford Book of Genres, 2e?

LaunchPad for The Bedford Book of Genres is packed with digital content that works with your textbook to help you sharpen your ability to read analytically and write successfully in first-year composition and in your coursework across campus. Whether your instructor assigns the resources in LaunchPad or encourages you to work with the material at your own pace, we’re confident that LaunchPad will help you develop the skills you need to succeed in college and beyond. For help using LaunchPad, please see the College Students Support Community, or contact Tech Support. You can find Tech Support contact information by clicking “Help” in the upper right corner of your screen.

E-book

In the e-book you’ll find all the great content and activities from the printed book, including:

An emphasis on the rhetorical situation and elements of genre helps students immediately recognize the relevance of their first-year composition course and gives them a structure and framework that allows them to understand other composers’ choices and to make their own choices more effectively.

Guided Readings that map the rhetorical situation and conventions of common genres. In a visual reference format that students can easily return to as they compose, annotated Guided Readings reinforce a simple framework that students can apply as they read and write in any context.

Advice about multimodal composing built around interesting student projects that expand ideas about writing. Guided Process sections follow students as they brainstorm, draft, research, compose, revise, finish, and reflect on their work—step by step. Having a variety of student examples shows what’s possible with multimodal composition and how the book’s simple framework works across contexts and genres.

An engaging, modern thematic reader with a unique mix of genres and media. Book excerpts, essays, comics, speeches, posters, and more in the last four chapters make clear that genres are dynamic and evolve. Within each chapter, a range of selections shows how different genres respond differently to cultural conversations about identity, the mind and body, activism, and creativity. Writing prompts for each reading give students practice working with key concepts.

Interactive content and tutorials

LaunchPad for Bedford Book of Genres, 2e, includes customizable, auto-scored multiple-choice reading quizzes for every professional selection in the text.

In addition, you’ll find helpful tutorials on topics such as critical reading, working with and citing sources, and using digital writing tools.

LearningCurve

Developed in light of the latest advances in learning research, LearningCurve is a game-like adaptive quizzing program that covers topics from grammar and usage to reading critically and argument. The less you know about a topic, the more LearningCurve focuses on it, and the better you do, the more challenging the questions become, helping you concentrate on exactly what you need to learn.