Fusion: Integrated Reading and Writing, Book 2 - Softcover

Kemper, Dave; Meyer, Verne; Van Rys, John; Sebranek, Patrick

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9781133312499: Fusion: Integrated Reading and Writing, Book 2

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ISBN 10: 1133312497 ISBN 13: 9781133312499

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2012

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FUSION: INTEGRATED READING AND WRITING, BOOK 2 is a developmental English book 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.

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About the Author:

Dave Kemper has been a contributing partner with Write Source since 1986. He has co-authored FUSION 1, FUSION 2, WRITE 1 SENTENCES TO PARAGRAPHS, WRITE 2 PARAGRAPHS TO ESSAYS, and the complete line of Write Source handbooks and writing texts. In addition to his editorial work, Kemper has presented at national writing conventions and conducted writing workshops across the country. Prior to his work with Write Source, Kemper taught literature and writing for 11 years.

Dr. Verne Meyer is an educator and businessperson. For nine years, he taught English in high schools in Michigan and Wisconsin; and for 15 years, he taught dramatic literature, theatre history, and composition at Dordt College in Iowa. In 1977, with Pat Sebranek, Dr. Meyer cofounded Write Source Educational Publishing House, now a subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Supplemental. A graduate of Calvin College (B.A.), Marquette University (M.A.), and the University of Minnesota (Ph.D.), he has co-authored a number of texts for college students, including THE COLLEGE WRITER, THE COLLEGE WRITER'S HANDBOOK, COMP, THE BUSINESS WRITER, and WRITE FOR WORK. For students in grades 8 through 12, he co-authored WRITERS INC, SCHOOL TO WORK, WRITE FOR COLLEGE, and a number of Write Source textbooks. For businesspeople, he co-authored WRITE FOR BUSINESS and EFFECTIVE EMAIL MADE EZ. Dr. Meyer is currently a contributing editor for Write Source and UpWrite Press. He is also a featured speaker in the School Improvement Network's instructional videos, Writing Across the Curriculum.

Dr. John Van Rys (Ph.D. Dalhousie University, M.A./B.A. University of Western Ontario) has taught composition, business writing, creative writing, and literature courses to college students for more than 25 years at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa. He has been teaching as a full professor in the English Department at Redeemer University College in Hamilton, Ontario, since 2005, where he also pursues scholarly work in Canadian literature. For over 20 years, he has worked on writing-across-the-curriculum theory and practice, on connections between workplace and academic writing, and on strategies for strengthening varied literacies in students (from reading to research to visual literacy). With Write Source Educational Publishing and Cengage Learning, he has co-authored writing handbooks for students from middle school to college. Dr. Van Rys also has co-authored an award-winning business-writing handbook for workplace professionals, WRITE FOR BUSINESS, with UpWrite Press.

Patrick Sebranek (M.A. University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse) taught English, speech, and multimedia classes for 16 years at Union Grove High School in Wisconsin. During that time, he served as the English department chair and worked on several district-wide projects, including a writing-across-the-curriculum program and a K-12 writing sequence. He has studied the works of James Moffett, Ken Macrorie, Linda Reif, Nancie Atwell, and many other contemporary educators dealing with writing and learning. Mr. Sebranek is an author and editorial director for the Write Source Educational Publishing House and works closely with teachers and educators on all new and revised handbooks and sourcebooks.

Review:

PART 1: READING AND WRITING FOR SUCCESS. Chapter 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 ESSAYS Chapter 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. Dashes Chapter 28. Quotation Marks and Italics. Quotation Marks. Italics. Chapter 29. Capitalization. Basic Capitalization Rules. Advanced Capitalization Rules.

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