Building reading and writing skills doesn't have to be an intimidating experience. Let this book be your guide. FUSION: INTEGRATED READING AND WRITING, Book 1 connects the reading and writing processes so that they reinforce one another. By reading interesting professional and student writing models, you'll learn the vital reading skills to comprehend college-level content. You'll also learn how these skills can help you produce the kinds of thoughtful writing assignments expected of you in your future courses.
- Guided Practice: "Review and Enrichment" sections offer immediate practice; "Reading for Enrichment" supports comprehension, vocabulary, critical thinking, and writing.
- Readings for Writers: Part VIII includes diverse, timely readings that foster discussion, vocabulary growth, and writing.
- Content Presentation: Table of contents is strategically designed to build integrated reading and writing skills efficiently.
- Grammar & Punctuation: Embedded throughout with additional practice in "Workshop" sections via real-world application activities.
- Integrated Structure: Chapter 1 introduces parallel reading-writing strategies and shared features, reinforced throughout.
- Vocabulary Focus: Emphasis on vocabulary development through contextual practice, dictionary use, and word analysis strategies.
- Practice Exercises: Enhanced and targeted exercises for better skill application and integration.
- Updated Readings: Includes high-interest, contemporary articles and essays to spark engagement and support assignments.
Part I: READING AND WRITING FOR SUCCESS
1. The Reading-Writing Connection
2. Understanding the Reading and Writing Processes
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 Texts
11. Reading and Writing Expository Texts
12. Reading and Writing Arguments
Part IV: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
13. Conducting Research
Part V: SENTENCE WORKSHOPS
14. Sentence Basics
15. Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
16. Agreement
17. Sentence Problems
Part VI: WORD WORKSHOPS
18. Nouns
19. Pronouns
20. Verbs
21. Adjectives and Adverbs
22. Conjunctions and Prepositions
Part VII: PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS WORKSHOPS
23. Capitalization
24. Comma
25. Quotation Marks and Italics
26. Other Punctuation
Part VIII: READINGS FOR WRITING
27. Anthology
Appendix.
Dave Kemper
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
Dr. Verne Meyer is an educator and businessperson. For nine years, he taught English in high schools in Michigan and Wisconsin. In addition, for fifteen years, he taught dramatic literature, theater history, and composition at Dordt University in Iowa. In 1977, partnering with Mr. Sebranek, Dr. Meyer co-founded Write Source Educational Publishing House, now a subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Supplemental. Dr. Meyer earned his B.A. from Calvin College, his M.A. from Marquette University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. In addition to this text, he has co-authored a number of texts for college students, including THE COLLEGE WRITER'S HANDBOOK, COMP, THE BUSINESS WRITER, and WRITE FOR WORK. To meet the needs of students in grades 8 through 12, he has co-authored WRITERS INC, SCHOOL TO WORK, WRITE FOR COLLEGE, and a number of Write Source textbooks. Dr. Meyer's publications for businesspeople include WRITE FOR BUSINESS and EFFECTIVE EMAIL MADE EZ. Dr. Meyer is currently a contributing editor for Write Source and UpWrite Press. He is also a featured speaker in the School Improvement Network's instructional videos, Writing Across the Curriculum.
Dr. John Van Rys
Dr. John Van Rys has taught composition, business writing, creative writing, and literature to college students for more than 30 years. He began his teaching career at Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa, before moving to Redeemer University in Hamilton, Ontario, in 2005. He earned his M.A. and B.A. from the University of Western Ontario and his Ph.D. from Dalhousie University. Today, Dr. Van Rys pursues scholarly work in Canadian literature, while also writing fiction and poetry. For more than 20 years, he has worked on writing-across-the-curriculum theory and practice, on connections between workplace and academic writing. He has also pursued strategies for strengthening varied literacies in students, from reading and research to visual literacy. Dr. Van Rys has applied his expertise, co-authoring various writing handbooks for students, from middle school to college. He has also co-authored an award-winning business-writing handbook for workplace professionals, WRITE FOR BUSINESS, with UpWrite Press.
Patrick Sebranek
Patrick Sebranek (M.A. University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse) taught English, speech, and multimedia classes for 16 years at Union Grove High School in Wisconsin. During that time, he served as the English department chair and worked on several district-wide projects, including a writing-across-the-curriculum program and a K-12 writing sequence. He has studied the works of James Moffett, Ken Macrorie, Linda Reif, Nancie Atwell, and many other contemporary educators dealing with writing and learning. Mr. Sebranek is an author and editorial director for the Write Source Educational Publishing House and works closely with teachers and educators on all new and revised handbooks and sourcebooks.
