From Reading to Writing 4 /
Colin S. Ward ; Linda Robinson Fellag (Series Editor).
- 1st ed.
- White Plains, NY : Pearson Education, 2010.
- xii, 195 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- From Reading to Writing .
"A four-level, research-based course, From Reading to Writing provides a complete sequence of high-interest, thematically connected activities that fully integrate reading and writing. Features of From Reading to Writing - In each unit, 2 high-interest readings present different perspectives on an engaging theme and provide springboards for writing. - Corpus-based vocabulary (Academic Word List, General Service List, Common English Idioms List) ensures that students learn the words they need most. - Bridge activities help students make the connection between reading, writing, and vocabulary. - Step-by-step process writing assignments that include peer feedback, editing, and revising help students master common academic genres and rhetorical forms. - Proofwriter, an online form of ETS, provides students with immediate individualized feedback on grammar, usage, style, and mechanics. - Online Teacher's Manuals include answer key and unit tests." (Book Cover). CONTENTS:
Introduction Scope and Sequence
UNIT 1 Inventions Reading 1: A Zone in Time Reading 2: The Remarkable Clarence Birdseye
UNIT 2 Careers Reading 1: How Networking Works Reading 2: How to Run a Successful Business
UNIT 3 The Environment Reading 1: Can Cell-Phone Recycling Help African Gorillas? Reading 2: The Water Beneath our Feet
UNIT 4 Fact or Fiction? Reading 1: Lucky Charms Reading 2: Legendary Creatures
UNIT 5 Personality Reading 1: Musical Personalities Reading 2: Eustress or You Stress?
UNIT 6 Gender Reading 1: Shopping by the Sexes Reading 2: Fashionable Men
UNIT 7 Human Nature Reading 1: Why You Can't Turn Away Reading 2: To Laugh is Human
UNIT 8 Privacy Reading 1: Future with Nowhere to Hide Reading 2: More Parents Going High-Tech to Track Kids
UNIT 9 Literature Reading 1: The Model Millionaire (Part 1) Reading 2: The Model Millionaire (Part 2)