1. The Reading & Writing Processes

2. Preview (Before You read) p. 15
Read the title & subtitles
Write questions about the text
Read the introduction or first paragraph
Read bold or italicized text
Read the first sentence under each heading
Identify graphics (charts, maps, photographs)
Read the summary
Practice

3. While You Read Predict what will happen next
Visualize what is happening
Answer your questions
Monitor your understanding: metacognition
Consult another source
Summarize sections
Determine meanings of unknown words

4. Review (After You Read)
Review what you read
Reflect on the reading
Make connections and comparisons
React to the text

5. The Writing process

6. Choose a topic Identify what you are being asked to write Brainstorm
Discuss options with a partner

7. Narrow Your topic Divorce Use branching
Ask questions: Why? How? What? P. 63
Reasons
Money
Effects
Kids
Ways to avoid
Counseling
Divorce

8. Identify your Purpose & Audience
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Audience
Who will read this?
What kind of language should I use?
Practice

9. Select Your Point of View
What side of the story should you tell?
First Person: I, me, my, we, mine
Second Person: you, yours,
Third Person (academic): names, he, she, they,

10. Discover ideas Freewrite-nonstop Mapping-continue your map
Brainstorm-lists
Question- create questions about the topic
Write assertions (take a stance)
Use patterns (compare/contrast, chronological, cause & effect)

11. Develop your Thesis & Support
Thesis statement: is the main point, expresses your position, and gives clues about the content of the essay.
Support: Choose types of evidence
Historical background
Facts/statistics
Examples
Problems
Explanations/anecdotes(stories)

12. Draft, Revise, & Edit
Write effective paragraphs, strong introductions & conclusions
Analyze your purpose, audience, thesis statement
Correct grammatical errors, rewrite sentences, clarify ideas

13. Preview Chapter 1: An overview of active reading pg. 13
What is the subject of Chapter 1?
List the 6 major points expressed in the chapter and the topics that addressed each of the points.
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14. Identify Purposes for Each & Select an Audience
Voting-
Inform: The history of voting/ Recent Immigrants
Persuade: Reasons you should vote/Young Americans
Dentist visits
Entertain: Tell about your first cavity/Children
Shopping
Daycare
College
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15. Summary Questions What are the strategies for previewing?
What should you do if you don’t understand what you are reading?
What should you do after reading?
How can you narrow your topic?
How should your purpose be incorporated into your writing?
How does the intended audience impact your writing?
What is a thesis statement?
What can be used to support a thesis?