In Concert
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In Concert is one of two titles in a new first edition series written for the integrated Reading/Writing Developmental English course by an author who is an expert in both fields of study - Kathleen McWhorter. In Concert, the second book in the series, correlates to the intermediate developmental reading level and the paragraph to essay developmental writing level.
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English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Target group
College/higher education
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978-0-321-85037-9 (9780321850379)
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KATHLEEN T. MCWHORTER has taught reading and writing courses for over 30 years at Niagara County Community College. Her many titles provide various and flexible approaches to teaching reading and writing strategies that accommodate a range of learning and teaching styles.
Content
Reading and Writing Success Starts Here!
Use the Help Features in This Book
Reading and Writing Success Tips
Tip 1: Manage Your Time and Identify a Place to Study
Tip 2: Manage Your Electronic Life
Tip 3: Build Your Concentration
Tip 4: Keep a Writing Journal
Tip 5: Collaborate for Success
PART ONE Introduction to Reading and Writing
Chapter 1 An Overview of Active Reading
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is Active Reading?
Preview Before Reading
Form Guide Questions
Keys to Understanding What You Read
Build Your Vocabulary Through Reading
Think Critically
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay A Brother Lost, Ashley Womble
Self-Test Summary
Vocabulary Workshops
Workshop 1:Expanding Your Vocabulary
Workshop 2:Using Context Clues
Workshop 3:Learning Specialized and Technical Vocabulary
Workshop 4: Using Word Parts
Chapter 2 An Overview of the Writing Process
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is Good Writing?
The Five Steps in Writing Process
Generate Ideas
Organize Your Ideas
Write a First Draft
Revise and Rewrite Drafts
Proofread Your Final Draft
Consider Your Audience and Purpose
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Education: The Open Road, Doug Mello
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Credit Card Smarts: Take Charge of Your Cards
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 3 Reading and Learning from College Textbooks
Focusing on Reading and Writing
Why Write as You Read and Study?
Reading
Strategies for Reading Textbooks
Use the SQ3R System for Learning from Textbooks
Writing
Use Learning and Recall Strategies
Highlight and Annotate
Outline
Map
Paraphrase
Summarize
Think Critically About Information in Textbooks
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
Textbook Excerpt How to Remember What You Study, Carole Wade and Carol Tavris
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 4 Reading and Evaluating Visuals
Focusing on Reading and Writing
Why Use Visuals?
Use Strategies for Reading and Interpreting Visuals
Integrate Text and Visuals
Types of Visuals
Photographs
Maps
Tables
Graphs
Diagrams
Charts
Infographics
Cartoons
Think Critically About Visuals
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Are You Hooked? Leah McLaughlin
Self-Test Summary
PART TWO Reading, Writing, and Organizing Paragraphs?
Chapter 5 Topics, Main Ideas, and Topic Sentences
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is a Paragraph?
Reading
Locate the Topic
Locate the Main Idea
Tips for Locating the Topic Sentence
Think Critically About Main Ideas
Writing 000
Write Effective Topic Sentences
Choose a Manageable Topic
Tips for Writing Effective Topic Sentences
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay The Russian and U.S. School Systems, Kate Atkinson
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Greed, Cancer, and Pink KFC Buckets, John Robbins
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 6 Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Are Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas?
Reading
Identify Supporting Details
Types of Supporting Details
Think Critically About Details
Use Transitions to Guide Your Reading
Identify Implied Main Ideas
Writing
Select Relevant and Sufficient Details
Organize Details Effectively
Use Transitional Word and Phrases to Connect Details
Use Specific Words
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay The China Bug, James Sturm
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay The Most Hateful Words, Amy Tan
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 7 Organization: Basic Patterns
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Are Patterns of Organization?
Reading and Writing Time Sequence: Chronological Order, Process, and
Narration
What Is Time Sequence?
Reading Chronological Order, Process, and Narration
Writing Process Paragraphs
Writing Narration Paragraphs
Reading and Writing Description
What Is Description?
Reading Description
Writing Descriptive Paragraphs
Reading and Writing Example
What Is an Example?
Reading Examples
Writing Example Paragraphs
Thinking Critically About Patterns of Organization
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay From Bullet to Blue Sky, Yesenia De Jesus
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Cairo Tunnel, Amanda Fields
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 8 Organization: Additional Patterns
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Are Additional Patterns of Organization?
Reading and Writing Definition
What Is Definition?
Reading Definition
Writing Definition Paragraphs
Reading and Writing Classification
What Is Classification?
Reading Classification
Writing Classification Paragraphs
Reading and Writing Comparison and Contrast
What Are Comparison and Contrast?
Reading Comparison and Contrast
Writing Comparison and Contrast Paragraphs
Reading and Writing Cause and Effect
What Is Cause and Effect?
Reading Cause and Effect
Writing Cause and Effect Paragraphs
Reading and Writing Other Patterns of Organization
Statement and Clarification
Summary
Addition
Spatial Order
Thinking Critically About Patterns of Organization
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Benefits of Joining the Military, by Jessica Nantka
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay E-Waste and E-Waste Recycling, Jay Withgott and Scott Brennan
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 9 Strategies for Revising Paragraphs
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is Revision?
Reading
Read Critically to Revise
Writing
Consider Your Purpose and Audience
Examine Your Ideas
Revise for Specific and Vivid Language
Edit for Correctness
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay My Unexpected Addiction, E lizabeth Lawson
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Who Should Live, and Who Should Die? The Dilemma of Rationing Medical Care, James M. Henslin
Self-Test Summary
PART Three Reading and Writing Essays
Chapter 10 Reading, Planning, and Organizing Essays
Focusing on Reading and Writing
Why Read and Write Essays?
Reading
Read Essays to Build Comprehension and Recall
Understand the Structure of an Essay
To Catch A Liar
Sandra Parshall
Mind Your Own Browser
Simson L. Garfinkel
Read for Retention, Recall, and Response
Think Critically About Essays
Writing
Choose a Topic
Generate Ideas About Your Topic
Plan Your Essay
Organize Your Essay
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
Student Freewriting, Ted Sawchuck
Read and Respond
Measuring Success by Access to Gadgets, Patrick Smith
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 11 Drafting and Revising Essays
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is a Draft?
Reading
Read While Drafting
Writing
Write and Revise Your Thesis Statement
Support Your Thesis with Substantial Evidence
Use Transitions to Make Connections
Write the Introduction, Conclusion, and Title
Think Critically About Your Draft and How to Revise It
Edit and Proofread
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Relationships 2.0: Dating and Relating in the Internet
Age, Ted Sawchuck
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Stop Asking Me My Major, Scott Keyes
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 12 Reading and Writing Essays with Multiple Patterns
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is a Multi-Pattern Essay?
Reading
Recognizing Multiple Patterns
Writing
Choose a Primary Pattern of Organization for Your Essay
Common Secondary Patterns of Organization
Plan and Write a Multi-Pattern Essay
Use Multiple Patterns in Introductions, Body Paragraphs, and
Conclusions
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Gang Life: Better from the Outside, Dejohn Harris
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Emotional Troubles for "Cyberbullies" and Victims, Denise Mann
Self-Test Summary
PART Four Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
Chapter 13 Critical Thinking: Making Inferences and Analyzing the Author's Message
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is Critical Thinking?
Reading
Make Inferences
Assess the Source and Author Qualifications
Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion
Evaluate Evidence and Omissions
Analyze Tone
Writing
Think Critically When Writing
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Making a Difference, Quinne Sember
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Are Latinos Different? Sandra Marquez
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 14 Critical Thinking: Evaluating the Author's Techniques
Focusing on Reading and Writing
Why Evaluate the Author's Techniques?
Reading
Understand Connotative and Figurative Language
Analyze Assumptions
Evaluate Generalizations
Identify Bias
Writing
Write Effectively and Fairly
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay From Ignorant Bliss to Painful Awareness, Aurora
Gilbert
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Sweatshops at Sea, Virginia Sole-Smith
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 15 Critical Thinking: Reading and Writing Arguments
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is an Argument?
Reading
The Parts of an Argument
Read an Argument Effectively
Think Critically About Arguments
From a Vegetarian: Looking at Hunting from Both Sides Now,
Timothy Denesha
Writing
Write Argument Paragraphs
Write Argument Essays
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Marijuana: An Argument for Legalization, Quinne Sember
Read and Respond
Paired Professional Essays Should Online States Ban Postings by Groups the Government Identifies as Terrorists?
Reading 1: Pro Argument from Sen. Joseph Lieberman
Reading 2: Con Argument Leslie Harris and John Morris
Self-Test Summary
PART five Reading and Writing from Sources
Chapter 16 Writing Essays Using Sources
Integrating Reading and Writing
What Is an Essay that Uses Sources?
Find and Record Appropriate Sources
Use Sources to Support Your Thesis and Develop Your Essay
Synthesize Sources
Document Sources
An Overview of MLA Style
An Overview of APA Style
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Weighing the Consequences of Censorship in the Media, Adam Simmons (MLA)
Self-Test Summary
PART SIX Handbook: Reviewing the Basics?
A. U nderstanding the Parts of Speech?
B. U nderstanding the Parts of Sentences?
C. Avo iding Sentence Errors?
D. Writing Effective Sentences?
E. Us ing Punctuation Correctly
F. M anaging Mechanics and spelling
G. Error Correction Exercises?
Credits
Index
Use the Help Features in This Book
Reading and Writing Success Tips
Tip 1: Manage Your Time and Identify a Place to Study
Tip 2: Manage Your Electronic Life
Tip 3: Build Your Concentration
Tip 4: Keep a Writing Journal
Tip 5: Collaborate for Success
PART ONE Introduction to Reading and Writing
Chapter 1 An Overview of Active Reading
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is Active Reading?
Preview Before Reading
Form Guide Questions
Keys to Understanding What You Read
Build Your Vocabulary Through Reading
Think Critically
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay A Brother Lost, Ashley Womble
Self-Test Summary
Vocabulary Workshops
Workshop 1:Expanding Your Vocabulary
Workshop 2:Using Context Clues
Workshop 3:Learning Specialized and Technical Vocabulary
Workshop 4: Using Word Parts
Chapter 2 An Overview of the Writing Process
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is Good Writing?
The Five Steps in Writing Process
Generate Ideas
Organize Your Ideas
Write a First Draft
Revise and Rewrite Drafts
Proofread Your Final Draft
Consider Your Audience and Purpose
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Education: The Open Road, Doug Mello
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Credit Card Smarts: Take Charge of Your Cards
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 3 Reading and Learning from College Textbooks
Focusing on Reading and Writing
Why Write as You Read and Study?
Reading
Strategies for Reading Textbooks
Use the SQ3R System for Learning from Textbooks
Writing
Use Learning and Recall Strategies
Highlight and Annotate
Outline
Map
Paraphrase
Summarize
Think Critically About Information in Textbooks
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
Textbook Excerpt How to Remember What You Study, Carole Wade and Carol Tavris
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 4 Reading and Evaluating Visuals
Focusing on Reading and Writing
Why Use Visuals?
Use Strategies for Reading and Interpreting Visuals
Integrate Text and Visuals
Types of Visuals
Photographs
Maps
Tables
Graphs
Diagrams
Charts
Infographics
Cartoons
Think Critically About Visuals
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Are You Hooked? Leah McLaughlin
Self-Test Summary
PART TWO Reading, Writing, and Organizing Paragraphs?
Chapter 5 Topics, Main Ideas, and Topic Sentences
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is a Paragraph?
Reading
Locate the Topic
Locate the Main Idea
Tips for Locating the Topic Sentence
Think Critically About Main Ideas
Writing 000
Write Effective Topic Sentences
Choose a Manageable Topic
Tips for Writing Effective Topic Sentences
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay The Russian and U.S. School Systems, Kate Atkinson
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Greed, Cancer, and Pink KFC Buckets, John Robbins
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 6 Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Are Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas?
Reading
Identify Supporting Details
Types of Supporting Details
Think Critically About Details
Use Transitions to Guide Your Reading
Identify Implied Main Ideas
Writing
Select Relevant and Sufficient Details
Organize Details Effectively
Use Transitional Word and Phrases to Connect Details
Use Specific Words
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay The China Bug, James Sturm
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay The Most Hateful Words, Amy Tan
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 7 Organization: Basic Patterns
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Are Patterns of Organization?
Reading and Writing Time Sequence: Chronological Order, Process, and
Narration
What Is Time Sequence?
Reading Chronological Order, Process, and Narration
Writing Process Paragraphs
Writing Narration Paragraphs
Reading and Writing Description
What Is Description?
Reading Description
Writing Descriptive Paragraphs
Reading and Writing Example
What Is an Example?
Reading Examples
Writing Example Paragraphs
Thinking Critically About Patterns of Organization
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay From Bullet to Blue Sky, Yesenia De Jesus
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Cairo Tunnel, Amanda Fields
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 8 Organization: Additional Patterns
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Are Additional Patterns of Organization?
Reading and Writing Definition
What Is Definition?
Reading Definition
Writing Definition Paragraphs
Reading and Writing Classification
What Is Classification?
Reading Classification
Writing Classification Paragraphs
Reading and Writing Comparison and Contrast
What Are Comparison and Contrast?
Reading Comparison and Contrast
Writing Comparison and Contrast Paragraphs
Reading and Writing Cause and Effect
What Is Cause and Effect?
Reading Cause and Effect
Writing Cause and Effect Paragraphs
Reading and Writing Other Patterns of Organization
Statement and Clarification
Summary
Addition
Spatial Order
Thinking Critically About Patterns of Organization
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Benefits of Joining the Military, by Jessica Nantka
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay E-Waste and E-Waste Recycling, Jay Withgott and Scott Brennan
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 9 Strategies for Revising Paragraphs
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is Revision?
Reading
Read Critically to Revise
Writing
Consider Your Purpose and Audience
Examine Your Ideas
Revise for Specific and Vivid Language
Edit for Correctness
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay My Unexpected Addiction, E lizabeth Lawson
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Who Should Live, and Who Should Die? The Dilemma of Rationing Medical Care, James M. Henslin
Self-Test Summary
PART Three Reading and Writing Essays
Chapter 10 Reading, Planning, and Organizing Essays
Focusing on Reading and Writing
Why Read and Write Essays?
Reading
Read Essays to Build Comprehension and Recall
Understand the Structure of an Essay
To Catch A Liar
Sandra Parshall
Mind Your Own Browser
Simson L. Garfinkel
Read for Retention, Recall, and Response
Think Critically About Essays
Writing
Choose a Topic
Generate Ideas About Your Topic
Plan Your Essay
Organize Your Essay
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
Student Freewriting, Ted Sawchuck
Read and Respond
Measuring Success by Access to Gadgets, Patrick Smith
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 11 Drafting and Revising Essays
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is a Draft?
Reading
Read While Drafting
Writing
Write and Revise Your Thesis Statement
Support Your Thesis with Substantial Evidence
Use Transitions to Make Connections
Write the Introduction, Conclusion, and Title
Think Critically About Your Draft and How to Revise It
Edit and Proofread
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Relationships 2.0: Dating and Relating in the Internet
Age, Ted Sawchuck
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Stop Asking Me My Major, Scott Keyes
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 12 Reading and Writing Essays with Multiple Patterns
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is a Multi-Pattern Essay?
Reading
Recognizing Multiple Patterns
Writing
Choose a Primary Pattern of Organization for Your Essay
Common Secondary Patterns of Organization
Plan and Write a Multi-Pattern Essay
Use Multiple Patterns in Introductions, Body Paragraphs, and
Conclusions
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Gang Life: Better from the Outside, Dejohn Harris
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Emotional Troubles for "Cyberbullies" and Victims, Denise Mann
Self-Test Summary
PART Four Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
Chapter 13 Critical Thinking: Making Inferences and Analyzing the Author's Message
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is Critical Thinking?
Reading
Make Inferences
Assess the Source and Author Qualifications
Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion
Evaluate Evidence and Omissions
Analyze Tone
Writing
Think Critically When Writing
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Making a Difference, Quinne Sember
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Are Latinos Different? Sandra Marquez
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 14 Critical Thinking: Evaluating the Author's Techniques
Focusing on Reading and Writing
Why Evaluate the Author's Techniques?
Reading
Understand Connotative and Figurative Language
Analyze Assumptions
Evaluate Generalizations
Identify Bias
Writing
Write Effectively and Fairly
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay From Ignorant Bliss to Painful Awareness, Aurora
Gilbert
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Sweatshops at Sea, Virginia Sole-Smith
Self-Test Summary
Chapter 15 Critical Thinking: Reading and Writing Arguments
Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is an Argument?
Reading
The Parts of an Argument
Read an Argument Effectively
Think Critically About Arguments
From a Vegetarian: Looking at Hunting from Both Sides Now,
Timothy Denesha
Writing
Write Argument Paragraphs
Write Argument Essays
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Marijuana: An Argument for Legalization, Quinne Sember
Read and Respond
Paired Professional Essays Should Online States Ban Postings by Groups the Government Identifies as Terrorists?
Reading 1: Pro Argument from Sen. Joseph Lieberman
Reading 2: Con Argument Leslie Harris and John Morris
Self-Test Summary
PART five Reading and Writing from Sources
Chapter 16 Writing Essays Using Sources
Integrating Reading and Writing
What Is an Essay that Uses Sources?
Find and Record Appropriate Sources
Use Sources to Support Your Thesis and Develop Your Essay
Synthesize Sources
Document Sources
An Overview of MLA Style
An Overview of APA Style
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Weighing the Consequences of Censorship in the Media, Adam Simmons (MLA)
Self-Test Summary
PART SIX Handbook: Reviewing the Basics?
A. U nderstanding the Parts of Speech?
B. U nderstanding the Parts of Sentences?
C. Avo iding Sentence Errors?
D. Writing Effective Sentences?
E. Us ing Punctuation Correctly
F. M anaging Mechanics and spelling
G. Error Correction Exercises?
Credits
Index