Back to the Lake shows the connections between smart writing strategies and effective model essays. Robust and practical writing advice--with innovative templates to get started writing--is supported by interesting readings arranged by rhetorical mode and written by a mix of classic, contemporary, and student writers. Alongside the new AP(R) Course Planning and Pacing Guide and AP(R) Correlation Guide, Back to the Lake 's student-friendly writing guidance and exemplar works build students' AP(R) Skills and prepare them for AP(R) exams. New content includes a new chapter on "Elements of the Essay"; a new chapter on "Analysis" covering critical and process analysis; and almost 50 percent new readings. A new, more interactive ebook version takes student reading to the next level with Check Your Understanding questions to reinforce comprehension as they read. AP(R) is a trademark registered and/or owned by the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product. with Norton Illumine Ebook, The Little Seagull Handbook Ebook, InQuizitive for Writers, Videos, and Plagiarism Tutorial Thomas Cooley (PhD, Indiana University) is emeritus professor of English at The Ohio State University. In addition to Back to the Lake , he is the editor of The Norton Sampler and the Norton Critical Edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , and the author of several other books, among them Educated Lives: The Rise of Modern Autobiography in America and The Ivory Leg in the Ebony Cabinet: Madness, Race, and Gender in Victorian America .