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FUSIONbook for reading and writing at the essay level. It connects the reading and writing processes so that they are fully reciprocal and reinforcing, using parallel strategies to analyze reading and to generate writing. FUSION: INTEGRATED READING AND WRITING, BOOK 2 teaches specific reading strategies with each essay genre and teaches rhetorical modes of writing as modes of thought. Grammar instruction is integrated in authentic writing, using high-interest professional and student models.
Contents
PART 1Chapter 1. Academic Reading & Learning.Ready to Learn. Understanding the Reading Process. Using Reading Strategies. Reading Critically. Improving Vocabulary. Reading Graphics.Chapter 2. The Rhetoric of Academic Reading.Understanding the Reading Situation. Identifying the Main Idea. Analyzing Supporting Details. Recognizing the Patterns of Organization. Considering Voice and Tone. Analyzing Word Choice and Sentences.Chapter 3. Academic Writing & Learning.Writing to Learn. Understanding the Writing Process. Using Writing Strategies. Writing Critically and Logically. Using Technology.Chapter 4. The Rhetoric of Academic Writing.Understanding the Writing Situation. Selecting Specific Topics. Establishing a Thesis or Focus. Incorporating Support. Choosing Appropriate Patterns of Organization. Considering Voice and Tone. Addressing Word Choice and Sentences.Chapter 5. The Reading-Writing Connection.Analyzing Assignments. Using the Traits.PART II: READING AND WRITING ESSAYSChapter 6. Summarizing.Understanding Summaries. Learning Reading/Writing Strategies. Reading and Reacting to Summaries. Planning and Writing a Summary. Improving the Summary. Review and Enrichment.Chapter 7. Description.Understanding Description. Learning Reading Strategies. Reading and Reacting to a Professional Essay. Reading and Reacting to a Student Essay. Planning and Writing an Essay. Improving the Essay. Review and Enrichment.Chapter 8. Narration.Understanding Narration. Learning Reading Strategies. Reading and Reacting to a Professional Narrative. Reading and Reacting to a Student Narrative. Planning and Writing a Narrative. Improving the Narrative (Revising and Editing). Review and Enrichment.Chapter 9. Illustration.Understanding Illustration. Learning Reading Strategies. Reading and Reacting to a Professional Essay. Reading and Reacting to a Student Essay. Planning and Writing an Essay. Improving the Essay. Review and Enrichment.Chapter 10. Definition.Understanding Definition. Learning Reading Strategies. Reading and Reacting to a Professional Essay.Reading and Reacting to a Student Essay. Planning and Writing an Essay. Improving the Essay. Review and Enrichment.Chapter 11. Process.Understanding Process. Learning Reading Strategies. Reading and Reacting to a Professional Essay.Reading and Reacting to a Student Essay. Planning and Writing an Essay. Improving the Essay.Review and Enrichment.Chapter 12. Classification.Understanding Classification. Learning Reading Strategies. Reading and Reacting to a Professional Essay.Reading and Reacting to a Student Essay. Planning and Writing an Essay. Improving the Essay. Review and Enrichment.Chapter 13. Cause-Effect.Understanding Cause-Effect. Learning Reading Strategies. Reading and Reacting to a Professional Essay.Reading and Reacting to a Student Essay. Planning and Writing an Essay. Improving the Essay. Review and Enrichment.Chapter 14. Comparison.Understanding Comparison. Learning Reading Strategies. Reading and Reacting to a Professional Essay.Reading and Reacting to a Student Essay. Planning and Writing an Essay. Improving the Essay. Review and Enrichment.Chapter 15. Argumentation.Understanding Argumentation. Learning Reading Strategies. Reading and Reacting to a Professional Essay.Reading and Reacting to a Student Essay. Planning and Writing an Essay. Improving the Essay. Review and Enrichment.Chapter 16. Research Reports.Understanding Research. Learning Essay Reading Strategies. Reading and Reacting to Professional Research. Reading and Reacting to a Student Research Report. Planning and Writing a Report. Improving the Report. Review and Enrichment.PART III: SENTENCE WORKSHOPS.Chapter 17. Sentence Basics.Subjects and Verbs. Adjectives and Adverbs. Phrases. Clauses.Chapter 18. Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences.Simple Sentences. Compound Sentences. Complex Sentences.Chapter 19. Agreement.Subject-Verb Agreement. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.Chapter 20. Sentence Problems.Fragments. Comma Splices and Run-Ons. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers. Shifts in Sentences.PART IV: WORD WORKSHOPS.Chapter 21. Noun.Classes of Noun. Singular and Plural. Count and Noncount. Articles and Noun Markers.Chapter 22. Pronoun.Personal Pronoun. Indefinite Pronoun. Relative Pronoun. Other Pronoun Types.Chapter 23. Verb.Classes of Verb. Number and Person of Verb. Voice of Verb. Verb Tenses. Verbals.Chapter 24. Adjective and Adverb.Adjective Questions. Adjective Order. Adverb Question. Placement of Adverbs.Chapter 25. Conjunction and Preposition.Coordinating and Correlative Conjunctions. Subordinating Conjunctions. Common Prepositions.PART V: PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS WORKSHOPS.Chapter 26. Comma.In Compound Sentences. After Introductory Words. With Equal Adjectives. Between Items in a Series. With Appositives and Interrupters.Chapter 27. Other Punctuation.End Punctuation. Apostrophes. Semicolons and Colons. Hyphens. DashesChapter 28. Quotation Marks and Italics.Quotation Marks. Italics.Chapter 29. Capitalization.Basic Capitalization Rules. Advanced Capitalization Rules.
