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1. Connection between reading and writing

• Comprehend what you're reading
• Expands vocabulary
• Develops style 
• Grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc

2. Characteristics of strong effective interesting writing

• Knowing your target audience
• Vocabulary
• Fluency 
• Visualization, imagination

3. Why should college students practice writing and reading skills?

• Need to know how to read and write
• Career
• More knowledge

Academic Habits of Mind

1. Curiosity: The desire to ask proactive questions.

• Ask questions while you read and write (Audience & Purpose)

2. Rhetorical Sensitivity: The understanding of purposes motivating writers and reading... (pg 1)

• Understanding the writing situations
• Reason why writing/convention

3. Critical Analysis: Looking for some specific in your reading/ something beyond the surface

• Implicit= Implied 
• Reading beyond what the material is
• Structure... Why? Why writer? Who disagrees or agrees? What can I do with this?

4. Civility: Accept other ideas

• Respectful to ideas
• Multiple perspectives