Connections : Writing, Reading, and Critical Thinking (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card)

by Montgomery, Tammy; Rainey, Megan C.

• ISBN13: 9780205634170
• ISBN10: 0205634176
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

The middle-level book in a three-book series,Connectionshelps developing writers make the connections between reading, writing, and critical thinking.The text moves beyond traditional sentence and paragraph exercises, offering a wide variety of activities and opportunities for journaling, supplemental readings, quick reference guides, and unique step-by-step writing assignments.Connectionsguides developmental writers gently through every stage of the writing process.For anyone interesting in developing writing skills.

Table of Contents

Readingsby Theme. Preface for Instructors. A Note to Students. I. ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTIONS. 1. The Writing-Reading-Critical Thinking Connection. Introducing the Connections. Reading Assignment:Writing in a Knowledge Economyby Kenneth W. Davis The Writing Process: Making the Connections Reading Assignment:Be Your Own Communication Departmentby Kenneth W. Davis Summary of Chapter One. Introduction to Verbs. Identifying Specific Kinds of Verbs. 2. The Structure of Writing and How to Summarize Texts. Understanding the Structure of Academic Writing. Examining an Essay. Reading Assignment:Women Play the Roles Men Want to Seeby Maggie Bandur. A Closer Look at PARTS The Writer's Purpose and Audience Examining a Textbook Chapter. Reading Assignment:Preparing for Marriageby Alex Thio. A Closer Look at PARTS The Writer's Purpose and Audience Understanding the Structure of Journalistic Writing Examining a Feature Story Reading Assignment:He Turns Boys Into Men, by Jeffery Marx A Closer Look at PARTS The Writer's Purpose and Audience Building Summary Skills. Writing the Academic Summary Summarizing an Essay Reading Assignment:Beauty May Only Be Skin Deep, But Its Effects Go On Forever, by James M. Henslin Summarizing a Textbook Chapter Writing the Journalistic Summary Summarizing an Article Practicing Summary Skills. Time to Reflect. Summary of Chapter Two. Verb Tense. Verb Imposters and Prepositional Phrases. 3. Examining the Reading Process. The PARTS of an Effective Reading Process. Engaging in the Reading Process. Reading Assignment:The Struggle to be an All American Girlby Elizabeth Wong. Responding to Reading Building Your Vocabulary. Practicing the Reading Process. Reading the Personal Narrative. Reading Assignment:Navigating My Eerie Landscape Aloneby Jim Bobryk. Reading a Poem Reading Assignment:Refugee Ship, by Lorna Dee Cervantes Reading a Textbook Chapter. Reading Assignment:Seventeenth Century Roles for Puritan Men, Women, and Paragraph Assignment: Societal Roles and Expectations Summary of Chapter Three. Introduction to Subjects. The Hard-To-Find Subject Style Tips. 4. Examining the Essay Writing Process. The Stages of an Effective Writing Process. Writing Assignment #1. Analyzing Advertisements. Writing Assignment #2: Creating an Advertisement.

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