From Reading to Writing 2

by Bonesteel, Lynn

• ISBN13: 9780136127802
• ISBN10: 0136127800
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-06
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

Summary

If you have students who wish to build on their vocabulary acquisition skills, improve their academic writing skills, and become more confident and successful readers, From Reading to Writingis the ideal pedagogical tool. This four-level, researched-based course provides a complete sequence of high-interest, thematically connected activities that fully integrate reading and writing. Timeless themes engage students and allow for recycling of ideas and vocabulary, while engaging readings provide a springboard for writing activities.   Features: Explicit reading and writingskill instruction guides students to become better learners.  Contextualized writing modelsand carefully crafted exercises direct students through the writing process. Step-by-step process writingassignments with peer feedback, editing, and revising help students master common academic genres and rhetorical forms. Target corpus-based vocabularyfrom researched sources ensures that students learn the vocabulary they need most. ProofWriterTM,an online writing-assessment tool from ETS: Provides students with immediate individual feedback on Grammar, Usage, Style and Mechanics. Teachers can focus their feedback on higher-level writing skills.  Online Teacher's Manualsinclude answer keys and unit tests. Click on the links below for the other levels of From Reading to Writing: From Reading to Writing 1 From Reading to Writing 2 From Reading to Writing 4   

Table of Contents

Unit One    All in the Family

 

Chapter 1    Good Things Come in Fours

Chapter 2    Stay-at-Home Dads

 

 

Unit Two    Time to Eat

 

Chapter 3    Pizza Around the World

Chapter 4    Rachael Ray: Celebrity Chef

 

 

Unit Three    Overcoming Difficulties

 

Chapter 5    Ray Charles

Chapter 6    Whoopi Goldberg

 

 

Unit Four    Places Near and Far

 

Chapter 7    An Anniversary to Remember

Chapter 8    Seattle: A Great Place to Live

 

 

Unit Five    Keeping Up with Technology

 

Chapter 9      Sorry, You've Got Mail

Chapter 10    Using YouTube

 

 

Unit Six    In Business and at Work

 

Chapter 11    The Success of Starbucks

Chapter 12    Happiness at Work

 

 

Unit Seven    Music

 

Chapter 13    A Gift of Music

Chapter 14    Music and Language

 

 

Unit Eight    Education

 

Chapter 15    From a Distance

Chapter 16    A Health Education

 

 

Grammar Reference

Punctuation and Capitalization

Editing Symbols

Target Vocabulary