1. Common Places: Integrated Reading and Writing
Mixing it Up
Common Places: Integrated Reading and Writing
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2. Mixing Text Patterns Most texts use a mix of text patterns.

3. Determine the best text patterns to use by analyzing your audience.
I want to educate people about sleep disorders and convince people to take them seriously. What text patterns will work for a general audience?
Determine the best text patterns to use by analyzing your audience.

4. What Questions Might a General Audience Have?
What is a sleep disorder?
Can you give me an example of the sleeping behaviors of a person with sleep apnea?
What’s the difference between narcolepsy and sleep walking?
Are there different types of sleep disorders?
What Questions Might a General Audience Have?
Why should I care about sleep disorders? I sleep well every night.
What is the process for diagnosing a sleep disorder?
What causes sleep disorders?

5. Select Text Patterns that Fit the Audience’s Potential Questions
What is a sleep disorder?
Can you give me an example of the sleeping behaviors of a person with sleep apnea?
What’s the difference between narcolepsy and sleep walking?
Are there different types of sleep disorders?
Select Text Patterns that Fit the Audience’s Potential Questions
Why should I care about sleep disorders? I sleep well every night.
What causes sleep disorders?
What is the process for diagnosing a sleep disorder?

6. My Outline
I’ll start by defining sleep disorders.
In the body paragraphs, I’ll classify the various types of sleep disorders.
As I present each type, I’ll explain what causes it and the effects it has on people. I’ll provide an example for each type, and I’ll comment on the similarities between each type.
I’ll end my essay by arguing the importance of taking sleep disorders seriously.
I’ll explain the process of how sleep disorders are diagnosed and argue that anyone with symptoms of a disorder should see a doctor.
Determine how you will organizer your thoughts using mixed text patterns.

7. The End