From Reading to Writing 4

If you have students who wish to build on their vocabulary acquisition skills, improve their academic writing skills, and become more confident and successful readers, From Reading to Writingis the ideal pedagogical tool. This four-level, researched-based course provides a complete sequence of high-interest, thematically connected activities that fully integrate reading and writing. Timeless themes engage students and allow for recycling of ideas and vocabulary, while engaging readings provide a springboard for writing activities. Features: Explicit reading and writingskill instruction guides students to become better learners. Contextualized writing modelsand carefully crafted exercises direct students through the writing process. Step-by-step process writingassignments with peer feedback, editing, and revising help students master common academic genres and rhetorical forms. Target corpus-based vocabularyfrom researched sources ensures that students learn the vocabulary they need most. ProofWriterTM,an online writing-assessment tool from ETS: Provides students with immediate individual feedback on Grammar, Usage, Style and Mechanics. Teachers can focus their feedback on higher-level writing skills. Online Teacher’s Manualsinclude answer keys and unit tests. Click on the links below for the other levels of From Reading to Writing: From Reading to Writing 1 From Reading to Writing 2 From Reading to Writing 4

Unit 1    Inventions

 

Reading 1    A Zone in Time

Reading 2    The Remarkable Clarence Birdseye

 

 

Unit 2    Careers

 

Reading 1   How Networking Works

Reading 2   How to Run a Successful Business

 

 

Unit 3    The Environment

 

Reading 1    Can Cell-Phone Recycling Help African Gorillas?

Reading 2   The Water Beneath Our Feet

 

 

Unit 4    Fact of Fiction?

 

Reading 1    Lucky Charms

Reading 2    Legendary Creatures

 

 

Unit 5    Personality

 

Reading 1    Musical Personalities

Reading 2    Eustress or You Stress?

 

 

Unit 6    Gender

 

Reading 1    Shopping by the Sexes

Reading 2    Fashionable Men

 

 

Unit 7    Human Nature

 

Reading 1    Why You Can't Turn Away

Reading 2    To Laugh Is Human

 

 

Unit 8    Privacy

 

Reading 1   Future with Nowhere to Hide

Reading 2   More Parents Going High-Tech to Track Kids

 

  

Unit 9    Literature

 

Reading 1   The Model Millionaire (Part 1)

Reading 2   The Model Millionaire (Part 2)

 

 

Avoiding Plagiarism

Grammar Reference

Correction Symbols

Vocabulary Review

Target Vocabulary