Common Places : integrated reading and writing /

Hoeffner, Lisa,

Common Places : integrated reading and writing / Lisa Hoeffner, Mclennan Community College, Kent Hoeffner, Mclennan Community College. - Second edition. International student edition. - xxxii, 656 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brief Table of ContentsQuick Start Guide to Integrated Reading and Writing AssignmentsPART ONE: Planning for SuccessChapter 1Critical Thinking Skills and Success StrategiesPART TWO: Reading and Writing as Integrated ProcessesChapter 2Annotating Texts and Developing VocabularyChapter 3Previewing Texts and Working with TopicsChapter 4Main IdeasChapter 5Support for Main IdeasChapter 6Text Purposes and Text PatternsChapter 7Organizing, Drafting, and SummarizingChapter 8Titles, Introductions, and ConclusionsChapter 9Inferences and ToneChapter 10Revising and EditingPART THREE: Integrated Reading and Writing ProjectsChapter 11Project 1: Working with Informative TextsSubject: Social Media-For Better or Worse Chapter 12Project 2: Working with Analysis and Evaluation Texts Subject: Our Vulnerable PlanetChapter 13Project 3: Working with Argument TextsSubject: The Impact of Wal-MartAvalable Only in CreateProject 4: Reading and Writing SummariesSubject: Motivations and MindsetsProject 5: Reading and Writing to Solve ProblemsSubject: Problem-Solving SkillsProject 6: Reading and Writing Persuasive ResponsesSubject: Prisoners and EducationPART FOUR: Additional SkillsChapter 14Using SourcesAvalable Only in CreateStrategies for Reading and Writing ExamsPART FIVE: Well-Crafted SentencesUnit 1 Sentence Combining: Building Blocks of Good SentencesUnit 2 Spelling and Word ChoiceUnit 3 Punctuation and MechanicsAvalable Only in CreateEditing PracticePART SIX: Thematic Anthology of ReadingsTheme: Triumphing Over AdversityTheme: Self-SegregationTheme: Is Comedy Central?Theme: Planning for the FutureAvalable Only in CreateTheme: Television and StereotypesTheme: The Rules of Attraction.

With a seamlessly integrated foundation in reading and writing strategies, purpose-oriented projects for upper and lower level IRW courses, a fresh approach to grammar that emphasizes sentence combining and grammar in context, and multiple features to promote metacognitive thinking, this book offers a flexible and adaptive approach.

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English language--Rhetoric--Problems, exercises, etc.
Report writing--Problems, exercises, etc.
Reading comprehension--Problems, exercises, etc.





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