Includes index.

"Have you, as a reading and/or writing instructor, asked yourself these questions:
Is there a book that will help me teach both essential reading and essential writing skills? Is there a book that will clearly explain the connection between effective reading and effective writing? is there a book that will provide selections that students will want to read and topics that students will want to write about?

If you've asked any of the above questions, The Advanced Reading-Writing Connection may be the book for you. Suitable for combined reading and writing courses, the book teaches students, in a step-by-step way, the skills needed to think, read, and write with clarity.

Part One of the book begins with chapters on main ideas and supporting details in reading. These are followed by a chapter on main ideas and supporting details in writing and a chapter on the steps in the writing process. Then chapters on relationships in reading are followed by chapters on relationships in writing. The final two chapters deal with inferences in reading and writing and argument in reading and writing.

Part Two of the book provides fifteen high-appeal reading selections for extended systematic practice in thinking, reading, and writing both paragraphs and essays.

Finally, Part Three of the book presents information on writing a research paper with sources, as well as a sample research paper in MLA format." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

Preface: To the Instructor

Introduction

Part One
Reading and Writing Skills
1. Main Ideas in Reading - Mastery Tests

2. Supporting Details in Reading - Mastery Tests
3. Main Ideas and Supporting Details in Writing - Mastery Tests
4. Understanding the Writing Process - Mastery Tests
5. Relationships in Reading - Mastery Tests
6. Relationships in Writing - Mastery Tests
7. More Relationships in Reading - Mastery Tests
8. More Relationships in Writing - Mastery Tests
9. Inferences in Reading and Writing - Mastery Tests
10. Argument in Reading and Writing - Mastery Tests

Part Two
Fifteen Selections for Readers and Writers

Introduction to the Reading Selections
1. Growing Less Dumb /
Eileen Brenoff 2. College Athletes Should Be Paid /
Ann Kaufmann 3. Life Isn't Fair /
Beth Johnson 4. Managing Conflicts in Relationships /
Rudolph F. Verderber 5. Controlling Your Destiny /
Guadalupe Quintanilla 6. Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits / Benedict Carey
7. To Tony Lopez, with Love /
Steve Lopez 8. A Path to Marriage /
Jean Sutton 9. Consequences of Social Class /
James Henslin 10. The Ugly Truth about Beauty /
Dave Barry 11. Rethinking Sleep /
David K. Randall 12. Marijuana Today /
Mark Bowden 13. The Bitter Truth about Sugar /
Emily Carlin 14. Diamonds Aren't Forever /
Ruth A. Rouff 15. Today's Jobs Crisis: What Students Need to Know / Donald Bertram

Part Three

Writing a Research Paper with Sources

Limited Answer Key

Acknowledgements

Index

Performance Chart