Full Description
Contextualizing Reading engages students personally, actively, and critically through an integrated print and digital program designed to prepare them for college-and lifelong-reading.Here's how: Eight scaffolded modules help students move from guided to independent reading with selections that are personal and relevant to their lives. Each module is arranged from least to most challenging in terms of reading level and includes pre- and post-reading activities that encourage students to think critically, to summarize, and to synthesize what they have learned. By helping students move from practicing to applying, the modules meet a program's goals of making students independent readers. Modules also promote vocabulary enhancement through the integration of vocabulary exercises. In addition to the scaffolded modules, integration of metacognitive strategies, and Connect Reading, Contextualizing Reading provides instruction to strengthen comprehension and critical reading skills. Contextualizing Reading uses authentic material allowing students to unlock textbook content across academic disciplines.Based on developmental education and literacy research and with a tested pedagogical system to scaffold student learning, McGraw-Hill's Contextualizing Reading helps students in upperlevel reading courses become critical readers and active participants in their own learning as they move from guided to independent reading and gain confidence in their skills. Contextualization of reading skills and strategies within freshman experience content is the cornerstone of this textbook. Its unique two-part organization helps to support this approach by containing instructional chapters focusing on a single academic discipline, and theme-based reading selection modules in the second part center around a high-interest topic or theme often addressed in freshman experience topics.
Contents
A Writer's Resource, Fifth Edition by Elaine Maimon - Table of ContentsTAB 1 - Writing TodaySTART SMART: ADDRESSING THE WRITING SITUATION1. Writing across the Curriculum and beyond College2. Writing Situationsa. Approaching writing via the situationb. Using multimodal elements and genrec. Choosing the best mediumd. The persuasive power of imagese. Online tools for learning3. Audience and Academic Englisha. Becoming aware of audienceb. Using reading, writing, and speaking to learn about Englishc. Tools for multilingual studentsTAB 2 - Writing and Designing Texts4. Reading and Writing: The Critical Connectiona. Reading criticallyb. Writing critically5. Planning and Shapinga. Approaching assignmentsb. Exploring ideasc. Developing a working thesisd. Planning a structuree. Considering visuals and multimodal elements6. Drafting Text and Visualsa. Using electronic tools for draftingb. Patterns of organization and visualsc. Writing paragraphsd Integrating visuals and multimodal elements7. Revising and Editinga. Getting commentsb. Using electronic tools for revisingc. Focusing on the situationd. Testing your thesise. Reviewing structuref. Revising paragraphsg. Revising visuals and multimodal elementsh. Editing sentencesi. Proofreading carefullyj. Using campus, Internet, community resourcesk. One student's revisionsSTUDENT REFLECTIVE TEXT8. Designing Academic Texts and Portfoliosa. Considering audience and purposeb. Using computer toolsc. Thinking intentionally about designd. Compiling a print or electronic portfolioTAB 3 - Common Assignments9. Informative ReportsSTUDENT SAMPLE10. Interpretive Analyses and Writing about LiteratureSTUDENT SAMPLE11. ArgumentsSTUDENT SAMPLE12. Other Kinds of Assignmentsa. Personal essaysb. Lab reportsc. Case studiesd. Essay examse. Coauthored projects13. Oral Presentations14. Multimodal Writinga. Tools for creating multimodal textsb. Analyzing imagesc. Web sitesd. Blogs and wikisTAB 4 - Writing Beyond College15. Service Learning and Community-Service Writing16. Letters to Raise Awareness and Share Concerna. Writing about a public issueb. Writing as a consumer17. Writing to Get and Keep a Joba. Internshipsb. Resumesc. Job application lettersd. Job interviewse. Writing on the jobTAB 5 - Researching18. Understanding Researcha. Primary and secondary researchb. Research and college writingc. Understanding theresearch assignmentd. Choosing a research questione. Creating a research plan19. Finding and Managing Print and Online Sourcesa. Using the libraryb. Kinds of sourcesc. Printed and online reference worksd. Keyword searchese. Print indexes and online databasesf. Search engines and subject directoriesg. Using the library's catalog to find booksh. Government documentsi. Online communication20. Finding and Creating Effective Visuals, Audio Clips, and Videosa. Finding and displaying quantitative datab. Searching for imagesc. Searching for or creating audio clips or videos21. Evaluating Sourcesa. Print sourcesb. Internet sourcesc. Evaluating a source's arguments22. Doing Research in the Archive, Field, and Laba. Ethicsb. Archival researchc. Field researchd. Lab research23. Plagiarism, Copyright, and Intellectual Propertya. Some definitionsb. Avoiding plagiarismc. Fair use24. Working with Sources and Avoiding Plagiarisma. Working bibliographiesb. Annotated bibliographiesc. Taking notesd. Paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting, synthesizinge. Integrating quotations, paraphrases, summariesTAB 6 - MLA Documentation StyleFINDING SOURCE INFORMATIONAND DOCUMENTING MLA Style: In-Text CitationsMLA Style: List of Works CitedMLA Style: Explanatory Notes and AcknowledgmentsMLA Style: FormatTAB 7 - APA Documentation StyleFINDING SOURCE INFORMATION AND IDENTIFYING AND APA Style: In-Text CitationsAPA Style: ReferencesAPA Style: FormatTAB 8 - Chicago and CSE Documentation StylesChicago Documentation Style: ElementsCSE Documentation StyleTAB 9 - Editing for ClarityIDENTIFYING AND EDITING COMMON PROBLEMS AND QUICK REFERENCE FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERSWordy SentencesMissing WordsMixed ConstructionsConfusing ShiftsFaulty ParallelismMisplaced/Dangling ModifiersCoordination and SubordinationSentence VarietyActive VerbsAppropriate LanguageExact LanguageThe Dictionary and the ThesaurusGlossary of UsageTAB 10 - Editing for Grammar Conventions51 Sentence FragmentsComma Splices and Run-on SentencesSubject-Verb AgreementProblems with VerbsProblems with PronounsProblems with Adjectives and AdverbsTAB 11 - Editing for Correctness: Punctuation, Mechanics, and SpellingCommasSemicolonsColonsApostrophesQuotation MarksOther Punctuation MarksCapitalizationAbbreviations and SymbolsNumbersItalics (Underlining)HyphensSpellingTAB 12 - Basic Grammar Review with Tips for Multilingual WritersParts of SpeechParts of SentencesPhrases and Dependent ClausesTypes of SentencesTAB 13 - Further Resources for LearningSelected Terms from across the CurriculumDiscipline-Specific ResourcesIndexIndex for Multilingual WritersQuick Guide to Key ResourcesAbbreviations and Symbols for Editing and ProofreadingNER(01): WOW
