Experiencing Reading and Writing

Experiencing Reading and Writing integrates both diversity of material with sound theory using an inductive, cognitive/rhetorical model that links reading and writing in an informed way. This text singularly focuses upon the college reader and the writer. Its primary objective is to create lifelong learners who can understand without recrimination what their difficulties had been and how they can now read and write much more fluently than ever before. Experiencing Reading and Writing will enable students to: Identify the main idea and supporting paragraphs in expository writing Perceive how our five senses contribute to the writing and reading of spatial description Distinguish the emotional response appropriate to narrative from the intellectual response appropriate to exposition Judge the validity of argument and ascertain the power of persuasion Understand how writing relates to reading And More! Experiencing Reading and Writing features: Cognitive and affective learning strategies Dozens of culturally diverse readings across the disciplines Study questions, writing assignments and quizzes for each reading Films and eConnections related to each reading Clearly written introductions to each chapter and subtopic Graphic illustrations Collaborative projects to accompany each chapter

Table of Contents:
Preface To the Student The Triple Entry Journal: Catalyst for Experiencing Reading and Writing Collaborative Projects: Working Well With Others Chapter 1: From Writing Mode to Reading Stance: Responding to the Writer's Message of Intent The Reader-Writer Relationship Efferent and Aesthetic Reading Wishing Can Make It So: From the Reflexive Writer to the Aesthetic Reader Go for the Gold: From the Extensive Writer to the Efferent Reader Messages of Intent Readerly Responses Putting It All Together Collaboration Sensation: Journal Jam - A Partner Project in Evaluating Student Journals Chapter 2: Descriptive Voices: The First Message of Intent - What's Happening? The Writer's Intention to Portray Figurative Language: Describing the Indescribable Objective and Subjective Description Chronological Description Collaboration Sensation: Horoscopes and the Zodiac - A Partner Project in Description Chapter 3: Narrative Voices: The Second Message of Intent - What Happened? The Writer's Intention to Entertain Factual Narration Collaboration Sensation: Three Writers Writing/Three Readers Reading - A Partner Project in Plot and Point of View Chapter 4: Expository Voices: The Third Message of Intent - What Usually Happens? The Writer's Intention to Teach Collaboration Sensation: Mythical Figures - A Partner Project in Research Chapter 5: Persuasive and Argumentative Voices: The Fourth Message of Intent - What Should Happen? The Writer's Intention to Convince Collaboration Sensation: The Mock Election - A Partner Project in the Political Process The Writer's Handbook: Tools of the Trade: For Extensive Writers The Reader's Handbook: Tools of the Trade: For Efferent Readers