J ILANI WARSI & DAVID ROTHMANQUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE

CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

True Integration: Seeing Reading and Writing in Two Mirrors Through A

Content-Based Approach

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Reading

Variety of Reading GenresArticles/Blogs/Fiction/MemoirDiscipline Specific Vocabulary Determining Meaning from ContextIdentifying Main Ideas/Supporting DetailsMaking AnnotationsHighlightingRe-readingComprehension QuestionsGraphic Analysis

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Thinking: Reflecting on Text

Critical thinking discussion questions

Outlining key ideas

Formulating questions about the reading

Debates

Panel discussions

Considering author’s bias

Always questioning the basic premise of claims

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An Intellectual Journey: Academic Disciplines

Psychology: Can human behavior be changed?

Criminal Justice: Do the police “protect and serve” us?

Environmental Science: How can we best preserve all forms of life on earth?

Business: Can business and ethics co-exist?

Sociology: Are men and women truly different in any significant way?

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Free WritingResponse Writing through BloggingSummary WritingFormal Essay WritingIncorporating Appropriate Patterns of OrganizationSubstantiating Claims with EvidenceCoherence and Cohesion in Body ParagraphsThe Art of Revising and Editing

Writing: Responding to Text

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The Reading Process

Entering a Reading

Active Reading: Highlighting and Annotation

Focus and Motivation

Re-Reading to repair miscomprehension

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The Writing Process

Pre-Writing: Notes and Outlining

First Draft: From Paragraph to Essay

Peer Review

Responding to Feedback: Revising and Editing

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Traditional True Integration

Skill-based approach

Disjointed chapter readings targeting college reading skills

In most cases, writing not fully integrated with chapter readings

Content-based journey thematically organized

All chapter readings focused around academic disciplines

Higher order thinking activities to reflect on readings

Various response writing assignments integrated with discipline-specific readings

Traditional vs. True Integration