Synopses & Reviews
FUSION: INTEGRATED READING AND WRITING: Book 1 is a developmental English book for reading and writing at the paragraph level. It connects the reading and writing processes so that they are fully reciprocal and reinforcing, using parallel strategies that guide users in analyzing reading to generate writing. FUSION teaches critical reading strategies in conjunction with the shared writing traits, such as main idea, details, and organization, and teaches the types of writing (including the basics of research) that students will encounter in their future courses. Grammar instruction is integrated in authentic writing, using high-interest professional and student models.
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"As a reading professor, I appreciate how well FUSION walks students through the writing process in general, and for each writing pattern specifically. It scaffolds my teaching and helps me feel more confident as I move from teaching 'stand alone' reading classes to integrated reading and writing classes."
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"I selected FUSION after seeing an early version and noting that the opening approach was in reading, with several opportunities to write responses and open a solid foundation based on reading/comprehension as a process. I also experienced very dedicated support from my Cengage rep and others who worked with her and with us to make sure that our faculty had resources and information."
About the Author
Dave Kemper has been a contributing partner with Write Source since 1986. He has co-authored FUSION 1, FUSION 2, WRITE 1 SENTENCES TO PARAGRAPHS, WRITE 2 PARAGRAPHS TO ESSAYS, and the complete line of Write Source handbooks and writing texts. In addition to his editorial work, Kemper has presented at national writing conventions and conducted writing workshops across the country. Prior to his work with Write Source, Kemper taught literature and writing for 11 years. Dr. Verne Meyer is a businessperson and an educator who has taught in high schools and in college. In 1977, he cofounded Write Source Educational Publishing House, now a subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Supplemental. A graduate of Calvin College, Marquette University, and the University of Minnesota, he has co-authored FUSION 1, FUSION 2, WRITE 1 SENTENCES TO PARAGRAPHS, WRITE 2 PARAGRAPHS TO ESSAYS, and more than a dozen English handbooks, including WRITE SOURCE 2000, WRITERS INC, WRITE FOR COLLEGE, THE COLLEGE WRITER, WRITE FOR BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS WRITER, and WRITING EFFECTIVE E-MAIL. Today, Dr. Meyer is a contributing editor for Write Source, Houghton Mifflin, and UpWrite Press. He also leads writing workshops across the United States. Dr. John Van Rys currently teaches writing at Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario. Van Rys has taught writing for 18 years. A graduate of The University of Western Ontario and Dalhousie University, Van Rys received the highest scholarships available in Canada-the SSHRCC (Canada Council) Doctoral Fellowship and the Killim Scholarship-during his graduate studies. He has co-authored FUSION 1, FUSION 2, WRITE 1 SENTENCES TO PARAGRAPHS, WRITE 2 PARAGRAPHS TO ESSAYS, and a variety of business-writing handbooks and materials for the educational and business-writing markets, including WRITE FOR WORK, SCHOOL TO WORK, THE COLLEGE WRITER, WRITE FOR BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS WRITER, WRITING EFFECTIVE E-MAIL, and WRITING BUSINESS AND SALES CORRESPONDENCE. Pat Sebranek is a businessperson and an educator who co-founded Write Source in 1977. Prior to founding Write Source, Mr. Sebranek taught writing and speaking at the high school level for 16 years, where he developed several courses aimed at helping students use the writing process more effectively. He has co-authored FUSION 1, FUSION 2, WRITE 1 SENTENCES TO PARAGRAPHS, WRITE 2 PARAGRAPHS TO ESSAYS, and many more English handbooks, including WRITE SOURCE 2000, WRITERS INC, WRITE FOR COLLEGE, THE COLLEGE WRITER, WRITE FOR BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS WRITER, and WRITING EFFECTIVE E-MAIL. He continues to contribute to products that will help individuals improve their communication skills.
Table of Contents
Part I: READING AND WRITING FOR SUCCESS. 1. The Reading-Writing Connection. 2. Approaches to Reading and Writing. 3. Using Reading and Writing Strategies. 4. Improving Vocabulary. 5. Critical Thinking and Viewing. Part II: READING AND WRITING PARAGRAPHS. 6. Ideas. 7. Organization. 8. Voice. 9. Reading and Writing Essays. Part III: TYPES OF READING AND WRITING. 10. Reading and Writing Narratives. 11. Reading and Writing Expository Texts. 12. Reading and Writing Arguments. Part IV: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH. 13. Conducting Research. Part V: SENTENCE WORKSHOPS. 13. Sentence Basics. 14. Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences. 15. Agreement. 16. Sentence Problems. Part VI: WORD WORKSHOPS. 17. Noun. 18. Pronoun. 19. Verb. 20. Adjective and Adverb. 21. Conjunction and Preposition. Part VII: PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS WORKSHOPS. 22. Capitalization. 23. Comma. 24. Quotation Marks and Italics. 25. Other Punctuation. Part VIII: READINGS FOR WRITING. Glossary.