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Connections: Writing, Reading, and Critical Thinking

ISBN: 9780321044310 | 0321044312
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Pub. Date: 7/1/2000

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SummaryTable of Contents
The second in a now three-book series, Connections is a basic writing text geared to the paragraph-to-essay level. The aim of Connections is to help students make the connection between reading, writing, and critical thinkingall important skills for success in college. Not a traditional workbook, Connections take a top-down approach to writing instruction. 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. Connections guides developmental writers gently through every stage of the writing process.
Contentix
Readings by Themexviii
Preface for Instructorsxx
A Note to Studentsxxxiii
SECTION I ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTIONS1(164)
... MORE
The Writing-Reading-Critical Thinking Connection
2(26)
The Structure of Writing and How to Summarize Texts
28(44)
Examining the Reading Process
72(47)
Examining the Writing Process
119(46)
SECTION II EMPLOYING THE CONNECTIONS165(234)
Writing about Heroes
166(55)
Writing about Technology
221(65)
Writing about Television
286(67)
Writing about Music and Poetry
353(46)
SECTION III SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS399(32)
Reading Selections
400(31)
SECTION IV SKILL BUILDERS431(56)
Discovering Your Learning Style
432(6)
Using the Dictionary
438(6)
Building Your Vocabulary
444(5)
Spelling Matters
449(9)
Reading Aloud: A Trick of the Trade
458(5)
Writing in Time
463(13)
SECTION V EASY REFRENCE RULES
Common Irregular Verbs
476(2)
The Right Word
478(2)
Capitalization
480(1)
Using Outside Sources
481(4)
Punctuation Rules
485(1)
Grammar Rules
486(1)
Glossary487(4)
Acknowledgments491(4)
Sources495(4)
Subject Index499(4)
Index of Authors and Titles503

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