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In Tandem: Reading and Writing for College Students is an innovative new text that helps students examine both reading and writing, together in one volume. Throughout the book, students are introduced to reading techniques to ensure thorough comprehension of the material; they are then given thorough instruction in the techniques of writing analytical and argumentative essays. In Tandem recognizes the inseparable nature of reading and writing, and their potential to enhance the learning experience as one, leaving students doubly prepared for the college experience.

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• In Tandem: College Reading and Writing
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• To the Instructor Introduction
• To the Student Making Connections
• Linking Reading and Writing Linking Reading and Writing
• An Illustration The Organization of the Text
• Part 1 An Overview of the Writing Process
• The Dimensions of an Essay Three Useful Maxims about Writing Sample Student Essay
• Wrestling with the Scope of the Paper and Finding a Focus Writing the Thesis Statement Tying the Elements Together
• The Finished Essay Steps to Writing a Good Essay Miscellaneous Observations about the Writing Process The Aftermath
• Getting the Paper Back A Checklist for Writing and Revising EssaysUsing Quotations Correct Techniques of Documentation Fourteen Rules for Using Quotations How to Format Your Essay How to Prepare a Works Cited Page
• Part 2 Reading Finding the Main Idea and Writer's Purpose
• The Difference Between Fiction and Nonfiction
• The Difference Between Articles and Essays Identifying the Main Idea in Paragraphs Locating the Thesis Statement in Longer Readings Practice Essay
• Girls of Summer: Lazy Days from a Gen X Childhood Reading Selections Frank Huyler, Sugar Rose Castillo Guilbault, The Conveyor-Belt Ladies
• Refugee's Journey Val Plumwood, Surviving a Crocodile Attack Writing Writing about Personal Experience Writing about a Personal Experience of Your Own Developing the Essay with Details
• Show, Don't Tell Analyzing Personal Experience in a Reading Topics for Writing a Personal Experience Essay Topics Related to the Readings
• Part 3 Reading Acquiring New Vocabulary Six Techniques for Acquiring Words Using Context Clues Using the Dictionary Effectively
• The Features of a Dictionary Sample Dictionary Column Choosing the Right Definition Online Dictionaries Practice Essay
• Did I Save Lives or Engage in Racial Profiling?
• Reading Selections Susan Orlean, The American Man, Age Ten David Sedaris, Our Perfect Summer Curtis Wilkie, The New Orleans
• That Was Three Photographs for Analysis Hurricane Katrina: Houston Hurricane Katrina: Biloxi, Mississippi Earthquake: Northern Pakistan Writing Writing a Profile: Examining Personal Attributes The Profile
• A Definition How to Write a Profile Topics for Writing a Profile of Your Own Topics Related to the Readings
• Part 4 Reading Learning to Annotate The Purpose of Annotating Reading with a Pencil in Your Hand
• How to Annotate Comments on Sample Annotations Practice Essay: Richard Wolkomir, Making Up for Lost time
• The Rewards of Reading at Last Reading Selections Barbara Kingsolver, How
• Saved My Life Mark Edmundson, The Teacher Who Opened My Mind Bill Bryson, Cells
• Easter's End, from Collapse Writing Writing Paraphrases and Summaries
• How to Paraphrase Sample Paraphrases
• How to Summarize Sample Summaries Comment on the Final Draft Further Assignments for Annotating
• Further Assignments for Paraphrasing Further Assignments for Writing Summaries Topics Related to the Readings
• Part 5 Reading Making Inferences and Seeing Connections Inferences
• A Definition Inferences in the Real World Further Considerations about Inferences Marking Inference Answers Drawing Defensible
• Conclusions Four Readings on Food and the Fast Food Industry
• Practice Essay: Bobbie Ann Mason, The Burden of the Feast Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: Behind the Counter Shannon Brownlee, Pricing French Fries: A Lesson in Economics Four Readin