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Reading and Writing for Learning
This text aims to improve reading through work on vocabulary development, motor skills, comprehension and some reading rate improvement. Instruction includes sentence structure, paragraph and essay development, and written expression. Students can expect to increase working vocabulary and improve skills in basic communications.
- Author
- Fran Bozarth
- Publisher
- Portland Community College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- English
Contents· 31 sections
- 1: Always be Prepared
- 1.1: PREPARING TO LEARN
- 1.2: PREPARING TO READ
- 1.3: PREPARING TO WRITE
- 1.4: WRITING GOOD SOLID SENTENCES
- 2: Comprehending and Communicating Clearly
- 2.1: WORDS WORDS WORDS
- 2.2: READING WRITING BASICS TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN
- 2.3: Using a Main Idea to Organize Your Paragraph
- 3: Organize to Understand and to be Understood - Common Patterns of Organization
- 3.1: DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS: PROVIDING CONTEXT
- 3.2: CONNECT THE DOTS: PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION THEIR TRANSITIONS
- 3.3: USING DETAILS TO EXPLAIN: EXPOSITORY WRITING
- REVIEW
- 4: Subtleties of Reading and Writing - Authors Style
- 4.1: INFERENCES: TEXT EXPERIENCE
- 4.2: CREATING TONE AND MOOD WITH THOUGHTFUL DICTION
- 4.3: FACTS OPINION BASIC FALLACIES
- 4.4: FACT OPINION IN READING AND WRITING
- REVIEW
- 5: Put It All Together - Critical Thinking and Thoughtful Writing
- 5.1: SYNERGY: WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER
- 5.2: LITERACY STRENGTH: WATCH FOR FALLACIES
- 5.3: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF NONFICTION
- 5.4: ANALYSIS OF LITERATURE: A PRIMER OF LITERARY DEVICES
- 5.5: THE PERSUASIVE ESSAY
- REVIEW
- SUMMARIZING STRATEGIES - VISUAL ORGANIZERS - TEMPLATES and EXAMPLES
- A. SUMMARIZING STRATEGIES
- B. VISUAL ORGANIZERS
- C. TEMPLATES EXAMPLES