Resources for Corequisite Composition Courses, 1st edition

Kathleen T. McWhorter Niagara County Community College

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For English Composition courses in need of extensive prerequisite support and institutions in need of a corequisite solution. 

Help students build the baseline skills needed for success as college writers

Resources for Corequisite Composition Courses fosters the reading, critical-thinking and writing skills essential for college success. Designed to accompany any credit-bearing composition course, the program emphasizes contextualized learning with an integrated approach to reading and writing. Students will build basic vocabulary and comprehension competence and an understanding of inferential and critical reading and thinking, as they learn to analyze and write arguments and documented papers.

1st Edition coverage empowers students to read digital texts critically and identify fake news.

Hallmark features of this title

Reading Level Module diagnostics chart initial reading levels (with a Lexile Locator Test) and track growth with assessments tied to 20 readings.
Reading strategies and activities throughout teach students to analyze, evaluate, make inferences, identify author techniques and biases.
Writing practice includes 14 activities, prewriting, drafting, revising, structuring an essay, identifying, integrating and quoting trusted sources in plagiarism-free, documented papers (with MLA or APA style guidelines).
Annotated model essays explain features and reinforce chapter concepts.
8 Reading and Writing Modules offer activities and post-tests to apply content and check learning.
4 Study Skills Modules teach growth mindset, learning skills and digital literacy.
Free download: The Pearson Guide to the 2021 MLA Handbook.

The Reading Process 
The Writing Process
Vocabulary for Readers and Writers
Main Ideas and Topic Sentences
Supporting Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas
Revising and Proofreading Paragraphs
Reading and Writing Organizational Patterns
Writing Essays and Documented Papers
Critical Thinking: Reading and Writing
Analyzing Issues and Argument

About our author

Kathleen T. McWhorter is the author of more than a dozen textbooks designed to help students succeed in college.She received her Ed.D. from SUNY Buffalo and taught at Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, NY, where she is now a professor emerita for humanities. Through her texts, she has helped an estimated 500,000 students improve their reading, writing, and critical thinking skills.

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