Description
Book Synopsis&> Research shows that fully integrating reading and writing results in better student performance. From Reading to Writing makes explicit connections between these skills and helps students develop them simultaneously. Students explore topics, such as using YouTube, the success of Starbucks, and the newest generation at work, in high-interest reading and writing assignments. In addition, corpus-based vocabulary helps students understand what they read and gives them the words they need for their own writing. Highlights Contextualized writing models and carefully crafted exercises direct students through the writing process. Step-by-step process-writing assignments with peer feedback, editing, and revising help students master common academic genres and rhetorical forms. Bridge activities help students make the connection between reading, writing, and vocabulary. MyEnglishLab: Writing (available separately), an online writing component for students to develop their gramm
Table of ContentsUnit One Around the World
Chapter 1 Cultural Roles
Chapter 2 The Land of Smiles
Unit Two A Special Animal
Chapter 3 Four Animals or One?
Chapter 4 The Beautiful Stranger
Unit Three The Art and Science of Food
Chapter 5 Science in the Kitchen
Chapter 6 The Art of Food
Unit Four Memory
Chapter 7 Memory Methods
Chapter 8 Smell, Memory, and Sales
Unit Five Housing
Chapter 9 Cohousing
Chapter 10 The Micro-Compact Home
Unit Six The Art of Medicine
Chapter 11 One Doctor, One Patient, Two Different Worlds
Chapter 12 An Artist and a Doctor
Unit Seven The Working World
Chapter 13 Doing Business in the United Kingdom
Chapter 14 E-Mail: Terrific Tool or Time-Waster?
Unit Eight What's Next?
Chapter 15 Is 50 the New 30, and 70 the New 50?
Chapter 16 Millennials in the Workforce
Grammar Reference
Punctuation and Capitalization
Editing Symbols
Target Vocabulary
