(eBook PDF) Reading and Writing About Contemporary Issues 3rd Edition

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0134996305
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0134996301
• Author: Kathleen McWhorter 

For courses in Integrated Reading & Writing and Intermediate Reading (9-12 grade level).

High-interest, thought-provoking, thematic content to spur students’ learning

Reading and Writing About Contemporary Issuesgathers only the most stimulating nonfiction pieces regarding real-world problems, connects them thematically, and uses them as tools to build on students’ reading and writing through numerous examples for analysis. Students see not only how to use these skills, but why we use them. Each reading is organized into thematic units that focus on contemporary issues, and has been chosen to interest and motivate students.

The 3rd Edition uses the readings as direct teaching tools rather than examples. Readings are organized based on level of difficulty–and are drawn from a variety of sources, such as blogs and websites, books, textbooks, periodicals, popular magazines, and newspapers. This wide selection of readings and flexible organization adapts easily to a variety of integrated reading and writing courses and to a broad range of students.

Table of contents:

PART 1: A HANDBOOK FOR READING AND WRITING IN COLLEGE

1. The Reading Process
2. The Writing Process
3. Vocabulary for Readers and Writers
4. Main Ideas and Topic Sentences
5. Supporting Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas
6. Revising and Proofreading Paragraphs
7. Reading and Writing Organizational Patterns
8. Writing Essays and Documented Papers
9. Critical Thinking: Reading and Writing
10. Analyzing Issues and Arguments

PART 2: READING AND WRITING ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

11. Defining Ourselves: Our Multiple Identities
12. Our Environment: Problems and Solutions
13. Relationships: Our Friends, Families, and Communities
14. Medical Ethics: Where Do We Draw the Line?
15. Personal Safety and Security
16. Conformity and Nonconformity: Following and Breaking the Rules
17. Personal Freedoms and Limitations: Lifestyle Choices

PART 3: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CASEBOOK ON GLOBALIZATION

1. Examining One Issue in Depth
2. Reading 1: Geography, “The Impact of Globalization”
3. Reading 2: Biology, “World Overpopulation and Resource Management”
4. Reading 3: Business and Marketing, “Marketing on the Global Stage”
5. Reading 4: Cultural Anthropology, “Globalization and Health”
6. Reading 5: Communication, “Globalization and Intercultural Communication”
7. Reading 6: Economics, “The Global Economy”
8. Synthesis and Integration Questions and Activities
9. Writing About the Readings

PART 4: GRAMMAR AND CORRECTNESS SKILL REFRESHERS

1. Skill Refresher 1: Sentence Fragments
2. Skill Refresher 2: Run-On Sentences
3. Skill Refresher 3: Subject-Verb Agreement
4. Skill Refresher 4: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
5. Skill Refresher 5: Pronoun Reference
6. Skill Refresher 6: Dangling Modifiers
7. Skill Refresher 7: Misplaced Modifiers
8. Skill Refresher 8 Parallelism
9. Skill Refresher 9: Comma Usage
10. Skill Refresher 10: Colons and Semicolons

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