Making Sense with Integrated Reading and Writing

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For advanced courses in Integrated Reading and Writing.

Helps students become powerful, insightful writers and readers
Making Sense with Integrated Reading and Writing takes a comprehensive approach to English mastery, combining both reading and writing instruction into one seamless resource. The text is relevant and engaging, empowering students to recognize and learn from the inherent connection between reading critically and writing well.

The approach of Making Sense is based on the premise that language is used to construct knowledge and to interact with others. This approach proposes that both readers and writers must organize thoughts, infer and construct ideas, and revise meaning recursively in both the processes of reading and writing.

The authors explore these ideas through challenging, authentic readings that inspire students to reach new levels of understanding, and by encouraging students to ask hard and unique questions (How do I learn? Why do I think this way?) Comprehension questions that follow the readings guide students through basic understanding to inference and analysis; these written responses often become the basis for longer and more challenging writing assignments.

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Donna McKusick
Donna McKusick is the dean for developmental education at the Community College of Baltimore County. In her 37 years at CCBC, she has served as a faculty member, teaching both reading and writing, and led the college’s innovative developmental education program. She has degrees in both English and Reading and a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction, focusing on integrated literacy.

Alvin J. Starr
Alvin Starr recently retired as an emeritus professor from the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC). During his 39 years at CCBC, he served the college as a member of the English department, the chair of that department, the acting Vice Chancellor for Instruction, and the Campus Dean of the Essex campus. Although his academic interests and scholarship have always been varied, developmental education has been a central focus for him. His own efforts and those that he made in conjunction with his colleagues formed the foundation for college’s renowned developmental education program.