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In Concert

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In Concert

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New and updated features of this title

Engage students by teaching in the context of a resonant theme

  • UPDATED: Focuses on readings that share an engaging chapter theme to build comprehension: Student and professional essays center around a single chapter theme for consistency and deeper understanding. Brief context and background knowledge is provided before the first reading to engage students and direct their attention to important new features.
  • NEW: 6 new professional readings offer more challenging pieces on interesting topics.
  • NEW: 6 new student essays model the longer, more complex style of writing that instructors expect.
  • REVISED: 2 new themes, social injustice and living in a culturally diverse world, have been added to the Thematic Reader.
  • NEW: Look It Up! prompts students to investigate a theme-related topic on their smartphones, before generating a written response.
  • NEW: Making Connections Between the Readings is a set of paragraph- and essay-writing activities that provide discussion materials, as well as opportunities to compare/contrast readings, analyze the writing feature, and synthesize ideas.

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PART ONE — INTRODUCTION TO READING AND WRITING

  1. An Overview of the Reading Process (with Writing)
  2. An Overview of the Writing Process (with Reading) Vocabulary Workshop

PART TWO — READING, WRITING, AND ORGANIZING PARAGRAPHS

  1. Topics, Main Ideas, and Topic Sentences
  2. Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas
  3. Organization: Basic Patterns
  4. Organization: Additional Patterns
  5. Strategies for Revising Paragraphs

PART THREE — READING AND WRITING ESSAYS

  1. Reading, Planning, and Organizing Essays
  2. Drafting and Revising Essays
  3. Reading and Writing Essays with Multiple Patterns
  4. Writing Essays Using Sources

PART FOUR — CRITICAL THINKING, READING, AND WRITING

  1. Critical Thinking: Making Inferences and Analyzing the Author’s Message
  2. Critical Thinking: Evaluating the Author’s Techniques
  3. Critical Thinking: Reading and Writing Arguments

PART FIVE — THEMATIC READER: WRITING IN RESPONSE TO READING

PART SIX — REVIEWING THE BASICS

Credits

Index

About our author

Kathleen T. McWhorter is the author of more than a dozen textbooks, designed to help students succeed in college. Born in a rural farm community in Upstate New York, she went on to receive her EdD from SUNY Buffalo. For 34 years, she taught at Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, NY, where she is a professor emerita of humanities. Through her textbooks, Dr. McWhorter has helped an estimated 500,000 students improve their reading, writing and critical-thinking skills.

For courses in Integrated Reading and Writing at the paragraph/essay level.

Integrated thematic instruction at the paragraph and essay level

In Concert: An Integrated Approach to Reading and Writing engages readers by presenting each chapter in the context of a resonant theme, such as overcoming adversity, Internet dating, and the Black Lives Matter movement. Student and professional essays start each chapter and serve as the basis for instruction, illustration, and practice. Author Kathleen McWhorter emphasizes critical thinking throughout, which helps to prepare learners for their future courses or careers.

In Concert, Third Edition, is the second book in a two¿-part series that shows reading and writing as a single process of understanding and expressing ideas – and how they really do work together in concert. This volume explores paragraphs and essays; In Harmony concentrates on sentences and paragraphs. 

The loose-leaf version of this text is also available with MyLab Reading & Writing Skills

MyLab™ is the teaching and learning platform that empowers you to reach every student. By combining trusted content with digital tools and a flexible platform, MyLab personalizes the learning experience and improves results for each student. When students enter your course with varying skill levels, MyLab can help you identify which students need extra support and provide them targeted practice and instruction outside of class.

Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab Reading & Writing Skills does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab Reading & Writing Skills, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.


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For courses in Integrated Reading and Writing at the paragraph/essay level.

 

Integrated thematic instruction at the paragraph and essay level

In Concert: An Integrated Approach to Reading and Writing engages students by presenting each chapter in the context of a resonant theme, such as overcoming adversity, Internet dating, and the Black Lives Matter movement. Student and professional essays start each chapter and serve as the basis for instruction, illustration, and practice. Author Kathleen McWhorter emphasizes critical thinking throughout, which helps to prepare students for their college courses and beyond.

 

In Concert, Third Edition, is the second text in a two¿-part series that shows reading and writing as a single process of understanding and expressing ideas — and how they really do work together in concert. This volume explores paragraphs and essays; In Harmony concentrates on sentences and paragraphs.

 

The loose-leaf version of this text is also available with MyLab Reading & Writing Skills

MyLab™ is the teaching and learning platform that empowers you to reach every student. By combining trusted content with digital tools and a flexible platform, MyLab personalizes the learning experience and improves results for each student. When students enter your course with varying skill levels, MyLab can help you identify which students need extra support and provide them targeted practice and instruction outside of class. Learn more about MyLab Reading & Writing Skills.

Hallmark features of this title

  • Provides extensive coverage of critical thinking to ensure students can think critically and respond, in writing, to what they’ve read.
  • Addresses critical-thinking skills for both reading and writing, including coverage of reading and writing arguments.
  • Thinking and Writing Critically sectionsfollow each professional reading.
  • Thinking Critically About sections are included in many chapters to link chapter skills to related critical-thinking skills.
  • Takes a metacognitive approach, reading and writing are approached as thinking processes, in which students read, write, and assess their performance of a task. They are encouraged to recognize, control, evaluate, and adjust how they are reading and writing.
  • Free download: The Pearson Guide to the 2021 MLA Handbook.

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Dimensions 1.00 × 8.40 × 10.70 in
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higher education, Language Arts / Literacy, Developmental English, Integrated Reading and Writing