The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader / Edition 6
For one semester Developmental English/ Basic Writing and Freshman Composition courses.

The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader combines high-interest reading material with creative, principled writing instruction.

The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader is process-oriented and based on interactive pedagogy; it combines creative, up-to-date writing instruction with traditional concerns for correctness, coherence, and clarity. Short, high-interest readings provide ideas for writing, suggest ways to approach a topic, and illustrate strategies for organizing and presenting information. Each essay is accompanied by questions and assignments that guide students in analyzing what they have read and in composing their own essays. Students will experience success in their writing and will become more involved in learning; teachers will find the approach convenient and easily adaptable for their own course.

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The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader / Edition 6
For one semester Developmental English/ Basic Writing and Freshman Composition courses.

The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader combines high-interest reading material with creative, principled writing instruction.

The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader is process-oriented and based on interactive pedagogy; it combines creative, up-to-date writing instruction with traditional concerns for correctness, coherence, and clarity. Short, high-interest readings provide ideas for writing, suggest ways to approach a topic, and illustrate strategies for organizing and presenting information. Each essay is accompanied by questions and assignments that guide students in analyzing what they have read and in composing their own essays. Students will experience success in their writing and will become more involved in learning; teachers will find the approach convenient and easily adaptable for their own course.

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The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader / Edition 6

The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader / Edition 6

The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader / Edition 6

The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader / Edition 6

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For one semester Developmental English/ Basic Writing and Freshman Composition courses.

The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader combines high-interest reading material with creative, principled writing instruction.

The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader is process-oriented and based on interactive pedagogy; it combines creative, up-to-date writing instruction with traditional concerns for correctness, coherence, and clarity. Short, high-interest readings provide ideas for writing, suggest ways to approach a topic, and illustrate strategies for organizing and presenting information. Each essay is accompanied by questions and assignments that guide students in analyzing what they have read and in composing their own essays. Students will experience success in their writing and will become more involved in learning; teachers will find the approach convenient and easily adaptable for their own course.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780205825998
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 01/13/2011
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 400
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Thematic Contents

Editing Skills: Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 ACTIVE READING

Learning to Be an Active Reader

Keeping a Journal

Previewing the Reading

Title

Author and Other Publication Facts

Visual Features and Supplements

Responses and Predictions

A First Reading

Staying Aware of Conventions

Subject

Main Idea or Thesis

Supporting Material

Patterns of Organization

Paragraphs

Transitions

A Sample Essay: Bob Greene, “Handled with Care”

Marking the Text

Clarifying Meaning

Using the Dictionary

Reading Aloud

Discussing

Rereading

Making Inferences and Associations

Reading between the Lines

Developing Inference Skills

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