CONNECTIONS BETWEEN READING AND WRITING

 

Reading and Writing Connections

Academic connections

• Writing: You are sending an e-mail to the technical support
personnel of a computer manufacturer asking for help with a
problem. Your topic sentence should directly state the problem.
• Reading: As a support technician, you need to read an e-mail
complaint or question and identify the customer’s problem before
you can provide assistance.

Academic Connections

• Reading:You are reading a section of a sociology text titled
“Communities: Goals and Structures.” You try to find a paragraph
that defines what a community is.
• Writing: When answering an essay exam question for the same
class, you are asked to briefly define and provide examples of a
community. Your topic sentence should give a brief definition of
community.

Workplace Connections

• Writing:   You are the manager of a chain restaurant and must
write an incident report for corporate headquarters about a theft
that occurred on the premises. Your topic sentence should state
the time, location, date, and item stolen.
• Reading:   As a director at corporate headquarters, you begin
reading the report by looking for a sentence in the first paragraph
that concisely states what happened.