TY - BOOK AU - Block,Kathy AU - Friesen,Hannah TI - Creating Meaning: Reading and Writing for the Canadian Classroom (Advanced) SN - 9780195445725 (Student Book) PY - 2012/// CY - Don Mills, ON PB - Oxford University Press KW - English language KW - Textbooks for second language learners KW - Rhetoric KW - Academic writing KW - College readers KW - Anglais (Langue) KW - Manuels pour allophones KW - Rhetorique KW - Ecriture savante KW - Lectures et morceaux choisis (Enseignement superieur) N1 - Includes bibliographical references; "This book is intended for advanced learners who are preparing for academic studies. It is geared toward learners with proficiency levels of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 7-9 in reading and writing. The focus of the book is on reading, writing, critical thinking, and vocabulary development. ; Each of the 10 chapters is organized around a theme that is current and of high interest. Students approach the readings in a variety of ways, including skimming, examining details, and making predictions. Throughout, students are challenged to connect and compare information from different readings through discussion and by completing guided writing tasks. In addition, students are introduced to academic vocabulary which is reinforced throughout."- Publisher's Website ; CONTENTS:; Chapter 1: Our Families, Ourselves; Reading ; Learn pre-reading strategies ; Review connecting and signal words ; Complete comprehension exercises ; Critical Analysis ; Extend awareness from personal to global ; Analyze questions ; Compare differing points of view; Vocabulary ; Understanding signal or transition words as aids to comprehension ; Understand vocabulary; Writing ; Review the four sentence types ; Review paragraph writing ; Practice a summarizing strategy ; Summarize quotations ; Write a summary ; Guide for revision ; Chapter 2: Innovators: People Who Make a Difference; Reading ; Identify main ideas ans supporting details ; Skim for information ; Summarize ; Critical Analysis ; Compare ideas of innovative people ; Comprehend the creative process in a person's work ; Discuss pros and cons; Vocabulary ; Use synonyms in writing ; Understand vocabulary in context ; Learn vocabulary related to the environment; Writing ; Identify and write main ideas ; Write a description ; Organize ideas: lists, clusters, flow charts ; Outline: to understand organization ; Plan before and after writing ; Write and essay ; Chapter 3: Natural Hazards across Canada; Reading ; Make marginal notes ; Scan for information ; Recognize chronological order ; Outline steps in a passage that is organized chronologically ; Recognize statements that give advice ; Understand the degree of possibility expressed in a statement; Critical analysis ; Connect information in a reading with prior knowledge ; Support your opinion; Vocabulary ; Understand how suffixes change word forms ; Understand the meaning of prefixes ; Understand word meanings in context; Writing ; Describe how something works ; Write a thesis statement ; Revise a draft for clarity; Chapter 4: Conflict Management: Different Roads to Justice; Reading ; Skim a text for main ideas ; Organize information from multiple texts using a chart ; Summarize main ideas ; Recognize comparison and contrast; Critical Analysis ; Agree or disagree ; Support your opinion ; Compare approaches ; Apply information; Vocabulary ; Recognize collocations ; Create a visual to help remember word meanings ; Writing ; Paraphrase ; Write an essay that compares ; Revise a draft for clarity ; Chapter 5: Crossing Cultures: The Challenge of Adjustment; Reading ; Recognize cause-and-effect organization ; Take notes from readings ; Scan the reading ; Preview strategies before reading ; Critical Analysis ; Discuss effects of events in the past ; Identify and compare cultural issues ; Identify and discuss contributions of Canada's Aboriginal peoples ; Vocabulary ; Use context clues to understand ; Use synonyms ; Identify words that signal cause and effect ; Learn culture-specific proverbs ; Writing ; Practise strategies for coherence ; Practise cause-and-effect organization ; Write summaries ; Write an essay ; Revise the essay ; Chapter 6: Concerning Community ; Reading ; Identify definitions ; Understand the structure of extended definitions ; Analyze techniques of support ; Compare ideas; Skim for information; Critical Analysis ; Analyze behavioral patterns ; Discuss friendships online ; Discuss personal responsibility in community ; Vocabulary ; Write formal definitions ; Learn vocabulary in context ; Provide extended definition of abstract words; Writing ; Conduct a survey ; Summarize ; Write extended definitions ; Chapter 7: Ethical Issues: What are the Boundaries?; Reading ; Understand structure of readings ; Understand and evaluate arguments ; Take notes from readings ; Map the author's argument ; Paraphrase ; Skim for information prior to reading ; Critical analysis ; Comprehend moral arguments ; Discuss family medical dilemmas ; Debate ethical issues related to the readings ; Vocabulary ; Learn specific vocabulary ; Learn vocabulary in context ; Learn medicine-related collocations ; Writing ; Plan an argumentative essay ; Outline an argument ; Write a summary ; Write an argumentative essay ; Revision tips for argumentative essay; Chapter 8: Varieties of Intelligence; Reading ; Skim and scan a reading ; Remember information by association ; Underline and annotate readings ; Create maps ; Critical Analysis ; Apply information ; Extend information ; Agree or disagree with a concept ; Assess potential dangers of a concept ; Vocabulary ; Understand word meanings in context ; Use word clues in context to guess meaning ; Writing ; Write to prepare to read ; Write study summaries to remember information ; Analyze writing prompts ; Answer short-answer examination questions ; Chapter 9: Canadian Demographics ; Reading ; Interpret a graph ; Clarify pronoun usage ; Interpret cartoons ; Identify the main point and supporting points in an article ; Recognize a variety of organizational patterns in a text ; Identify writing strategies in a formal critique ; Highlight and annotate to make key ideas stand out ; Analyze the organization of a blog post ; Critical Analysis ; Compare information from two sources ; Agree or disagree with generalizations and support your point of view ; Critique the description of a problem ; Critique solutions to the problem ; Vocabulary ; Understand word meanings in context and identify clues to meaning ; Writing ; Paraphrase ; Write a formal summary ; Write a critique that clearly communicates a point of view and uses a suitable organizational ; Revise a draft for clarity ; Chapter 10: Global Citizenship ; Reading ; Read for specific information ; Select relevant information ; Use a graphic to organize information in a reading ; Take notes from a reading ; Annotate a reading ; Critical Analysis ; Identify similarities and differences in perspectives (i.e., synthesize information) ; Identify and explain your own position on a topic ; Vocabulary ; Understand word meanings in context ; Writing ; Paraphrase ; Use the writings of other to make writing more persuasive ; Use lead-ins to give credit to other authors ; Document information in APA and MLA ; Organize ideas and evidence for a research paper using free writing and outlining; "Creating Meaning is intended to be used by students who are either learning English in a Canadian context or are interested in learning more about Canada."- Publisher's Website UR - https://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780195445725.html ER -