In Concert An Integrated Approach to Reading and Writing

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. 

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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.

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

3. Topics, Main Ideas, and Topic Sentences

4. Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas

5. Organization: Basic Patterns

6. Organization: Additional Patterns

7. Strategies for Revising Paragraphs

PART THREE — READING AND WRITING ESSAYS

8. Reading, Planning, and Organizing Essays

9. Drafting and Revising Essays

10. Reading and Writing Essays with Multiple Patterns

11. Writing Essays Using Sources  

PART FOUR — CRITICAL THINKING, READING, AND WRITING

12. Critical Thinking: Making Inferences and Analyzing the Author’s Message

13. Critical Thinking: Evaluating the Author’s Techniques  

14. Critical Thinking: Reading and Writing Arguments

Credits

Index