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Common Ground: Integrated Reading and Writing Skills, 1st Edition
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Common Ground, the lower-level integrated reading and writing (IRW) companion text to the best-selling textbook Common Places, guides students through the reading and writing process at the sentence and paragraph level. Providing an easy-to-follow blueprint for students by modeling skills and behavior without being wordy, Common Ground helps students break down each reading and writing skill with step-by-step guidance and clear visuals.
Chapter 2 Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary
Chapter 3 Working with Sentences
Chapter 4 Pre-Reading and Prewriting
Chapter 5 Main Ideas in Paragraphs
Chapter 6 Support in Paragraphs
Chapter 7 Text Purposes and Patterns
Chapter 8 Outlines, Graphic Organizers, and Summaries
Chapter 9 Revising, Editing, and Doing Your Best Work
Part 2 Reading and Writing—Beyond Basics
Chapter 10 Main Ideas and Support in Essays
Chapter 11 Critical Thinking about Opinions, Tone, and Inferences
Chapter 12 Reading and Writing Arguments
Part 3 Integrated Reading and Writing Projects
Chapter 13 Project 1: Why We Like Fantasy
Chapter 14 Project 2: Tips for Financial Success
Chapter 15 Project 3: The Power of Words
Part 4 Grammar and Mechanics Handbook
Unit 1 Parts of Speech
Unit 2 Writing Good Sentences
Unit 3 Working with Verbs
Unit 4 Using Pronouns Correctly
Unit 5 Working with Adjectives and Adverbs
Unit 6 Using Punctuation Correctly
Unit 7 Using Mechanics Correctly
Part 5 Anthology of Readings
Theme Who Are You?
Theme Making Positive Changes
Theme Alike in Our Differences
About the Author
Lisa Hoeffner
Lisa Hoeffner earned a Ph.D. in English with a specialization in rhetoric from the University of Houston. Since 1998, Dr. Hoeffner has served as both professor of English and professor of reading at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas. In addition to her teaching roles, Dr. Hoeffner focuses on curricular redesign in developmental education. She serves as grant director for a Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board grant awarded for work on improvement and innovation in developmental education. With the advent of integrated reading and writing in Texas, Dr. Hoeffner has provided leadership for colleges across the state that are creating integrated reading and writing (INRW) programs and has provided leadership to public school districts implementing INRW programs as college preparatory classes.
Kent Hoeffner
Kent Hoeffner earned a B.A. from Texas A&M University in College Station; an M.Div. from Golden State Seminary in Mill Valley, California; and a Ph.D. from Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He has served at McLennan Community College since 2001, first as the division director for liberal arts and currently as a professor of philosophy. In 2007, Dr. Hoeffner developed McLennan's first online philosophy course, and since then has continued to develop and teach various online courses. Most recently, Dr. Hoeffner renewed his long-standing involvement in academic advising by joining a group of faculty in a grant-funded intensive advising program focused on improving the success of developmental students. He regularly mentors students who need help in the areas of successful academic behaviors, self-advocacy, and the development of college-level reading and writing skills.
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