Common Places, 1e Loose-leaf MLA Update and Connect Integrated Reading and Writing Access Card,9781260111866

Common Places, 1e Loose-leaf MLA Update and Connect Integrated Reading and Writing Access Card

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781260111866
ISBN10: 1260111865
Format: Package
Pub. Date: 2017-01-17
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education
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Table of Contents

Brief Table of Contents

Quick Start Guide to Integrated Reading and Writing Assignments

PART ONE: Planning for Success

Chapter 1Critical Thinking Skills and Success Strategies

PART TWO: Reading and Writing as Integrated Processes

Chapter 2Annotating Texts and Developing Vocabulary

Chapter 3Previewing Texts and Working with Topics

Chapter 4Main Ideas

Chapter 5Support for Main Ideas

Chapter 6Text Purposes and Text Patterns

Chapter 7Organizing, Drafting, and Summarizing

Chapter 8Titles, Introductions, and Conclusions

Chapter 9Inferences and Tone

Chapter 10Revising and Editing

PART THREE: Integrated Reading and Writing Projects

Chapter 11Project 1: Working with Informative Texts

Subject: Social Media—For Better or Worse

Chapter 12Project 2: Working with Analysis and Evaluation Texts

Subject: Our Vulnerable Planet

Chapter 13Project 3: Working with Argument Texts

Subject: The Impact of Wal-Mart


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Project 4: Reading and Writing Summaries

Subject: Motivations and Mindsets


Project 5: Reading and Writing to Solve Problems

Subject: Problem-Solving Skills

Project 6: Reading and Writing Persuasive Responses

Subject: Prisoners and Education

PART FOUR: Additional Skills

Chapter 14Using Sources


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Strategies for Reading and Writing Exams


PART FIVE: Well-Crafted Sentences

Unit 1 Sentence Combining: Building Blocks of Good Sentences

Unit 2 Spelling and Word Choice

Unit 3 Punctuation and Mechanics


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Editing Practice


PART SIX: Thematic Anthology of Readings

Theme: Triumphing Over Adversity

Theme: Self-Segregation

Theme: Is Comedy Central?

Theme: Planning for the Future


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Theme: Television and Stereotypes

Theme: The Rules of Attraction

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