This innovative text is designed for developmental reading courses and courses that integrate the teaching of reading and writing. "Read, Write, React" actively involves students in their own language development, and helps them build their language abilities through a variety of excellent readings and integrated writing activities. Divided into three parts, this flexible text introduces strategies for reading actively, for identifying main ideas and supporting details, and for understanding inference and the writer's purpose.

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PART ONE: STARTING UP CHAPTER 1: Introduction to the Reading and Writing Processes Reading Strategies: Preparation for Reading "What's In a Name? A Commitment to a Loving Custom," T.T. Nhu "My Name," Sandra Cisneros Writing Strategies: Preparation for Writing "The Significance of a Name," Bryan Cotton "The Naming of Cats," T.S. Eliot CHAPTER 2: Interacting With Text Reading Strategies: Active Reading Writing Strategies: Writing for the Reader "The Villian in the Atmosphere," Isaac Asimov "How Humans Alter Ecosystems," John H. Postlethwait and Janet L. Hopson "Energy, Automobiles and the Quality of Life," Stephen W. White CHAPTER 3: Reflection Reading Strategies: Reflecting "College and Starting a Career," Diane E. Papalia and Sally Wendkos Olds from "The Search for the Girl with the Blue Eyes: A Venture into Reincarnation," Jess Stearn Writing Strategies: Reflecting and Revising "Wheeler Dealer" and "Was That Me Driving By?" Bill Cosby CHAPTER 4: Creating Images Reading Strategies: Forming Sensory Images "Breakfast," John Steinbeck Writing Strategies: Using images in Descriptive Writing "July 1942," Esther Abe "Rules of the Game," Amy Tan PART TWO: TOPICS, MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS CHAPTER 5: Topics and Main Ideas Reading Strategies: Determining Topics and Main Ideas Writing Strategies: Thesis Statements "I, Too, Am a Good Parent," Dorsett Bennett "High Anxiety: How T.V. and Newspapers are Widening the Reality Gap," David Shaw "The Right to Fail," William Zinsser CHAPTER 6: Implying the Main Idea Through Examples Reading Strategies: Determining Implied Main Ideas "The Disease is Adolescence...and the symptoms are violence, suicide, drugs, alcohol, car wrecks, and poverty," Douglas Foster Writing Strategies: Clustering "Against Bigotry, Silence Sounds Like Agreement," Angelo Figueroa "Suicide Solution," Anna Quindlen CHAPTER 7: Hidden Topics and Main Ideas Reading Strategies: When the Topic and Main Idea are Difficult to Determine "The Male Response to Rape," Roger Rosenblatt Writing Strategies: Using Reflection/Responses "Problems, Inc." William Raspberry "Confession of a Female Chauvinist Sow." Ann Richardson Roiphe CHAPTER 8: When the Main Idea Takes a Back Seat Reading Strategies: Reading for Information "Groups and Formal Organizations," Richard J. Gelles and Ann Levine Writing Strategies: Summarizing "The Heart Line," Joe Garagiola "Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self," Alice Walker PART THREE: ENHANCING READING AND WRITING DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 9: Finding the Sequence Reading Strategies: Using Time Lines "The Coming of the Great Depression," Alan Brinkley Writing Strategies: Using Time Lines for Prewriting "Diana Ross," Timothy White "Ly Tong's Long Trek to Freedom," Anthony Paul CHAPTER 10: The Writer's Audience and the Author's Purpose Reading Strategies: Determining the Author's Purpose "In Defense of Congressmen," Andrew A. Rooney Writing Strategies: Writing for a Specific Audience " A Model Mother," Laura Billings "What Is and Ain't Grammatical," Dave Berry CHAPTER 11: Figurative Language Reading Strategies: Understanding Figurative Language "The Jacket," Gary Soto Writing Strategies: Proofreading and Editing from "The People, Yes," Carl Sandburg "My Deer, and Welcome to It," Patrick F. McManus CHAPTER 12: Inference Reading Strategies: Drawing Inferences "The Deserter," Agnes Boyer Writing Strategies: Implying Ideas and Information "Richard Corey," Edwin Arlington Robinson "The Old Man," Larry King PART FOUR: CRITICAL READING AND WRITING CHAPTER 13: Interpretation Reading Strategies: Interpreting Text "Miriam," Truman Capote Writing Strategies: Builing Emotion in Writing "Smart Moves," Susan Brink "Ego Tripping," Nikki Giovanni CHAPTER 14: Irony Reading Strategies: Recognizing Irony "The Black Cat," Edgar Allen Poe "In the Land of the Free," Sui Sin Far "The Struggle to Be an All American Girl," Elizabeth Wong Writing Strategies: Explaining an Idea or a Concept CHAPTER 15: Bias Reading Strategies: Detecting Bias "Just Do It," Steven E. Landsburg "The Watergate Crisis," by Alan Brinkley Writing Strategies: Controlling Bias "A Hanging," George Orwell CHAPTER 16: Taking Charge Reading Strategies: Reaching Independence Writing Strategies: The Think Method School vs. Education," Russell Baker "NCAA Irony," Frederick C. Klein "A solicitation letter from The Nature Conservancy"