Overview
INTERACTIONS: A THEMATIC READER is designed to help students discover meaning in what they read and to convey meaning in what they write. The text's readings and accompanying apparatus—which have been class tested and proven effective through seven previous editions—guide students from a consideration of self to an awareness of how the self interacts with other people and phenomena. The book explains to students the process and interdependence of reading and writing, stressing the connections students can make between their own experiences and what they read. It also introduces them to prewriting techniques such as freewriting, brainstorming, mapping, clustering, and journals. Reading selections are organized into thematic units that guide students from a consideration of self to an examination of close human relationships and finally to more abstract topics such as work and society. The selections represent a wide range of voices, topics, and sources, including a balance of male and female authors and significant contributions by culturally diverse writers. This diversity allows students both to encounter new voices and to identify with familiar ones. The readings also provide students with effective models and styles of writing.
Synopsis
INTERACTIONS: A THEMATIC READER is designed to help students discover meaning in what they read and to convey meaning in what they write. The text's readings and accompanying apparatus—which have been class tested and proven effective through seven previous editions—guide students from a consideration of self to an awareness of how the self interacts with other people and phenomena. The book explains to students the process and interdependence of reading and writing, stressing the connections students can make between their own experiences and what they read. It also introduces them to prewriting techniques such as freewriting, brainstorming, mapping, clustering, and journals. Reading selections are organized into thematic units that guide students from a consideration of self to an examination of close human relationships and finally to more abstract topics such as work and society. The selections represent a wide range of voices, topics, and sources, including a balance of male and female authors and significant contributions by culturally diverse writers. This diversity allows students both to encounter new voices and to identify with familiar ones. The readings also provide students with effective models and styles of writing.
Editorials
From the Publisher
"Making connections between a reading and their [student's] own life as well as the connections between readings keeps the students engaged and motivated to read and write.""The different themes focusing on identity and relationships and connections between the students and their world around them are definitely topics that we spend time on throughout the semester, especially through the different primary readings. I like how the first unit of INTERACTIONS starts with the individual, and then the consecutive sequences discuss the individual's interaction first with things close around him or her, and then broaden to such things as nature and technology. I think there are enough themes given in these eight units to satisfy or appeal to every kind of student that might be in the class in a given semester. I believe that the first unit about self is especially important because of how it relates to where most of these college students are: at a place where they truly start figuring out who they are."