A Community of Readers: A Thematic Approach to Reading

by Roberta Alexander; Jan Lombardi

• ISBN13: 9780823050178
• ISBN10: 0823050173
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-02-01
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications

Summary

A Community of Readers presents college reading and study skills in the context of real-life issues relevant to students' lives. Throughout, the text emphasizes student involvement in the stages of the reading / learning process: prereading, active reading, post-reading activities, and critical reflection.

Table of Contents

To the Instructor	xix	(4)
To the Student: Welcome to A Community of Readers	xxiii
1 CELEBRATING SELF AND COMMUNITY The Reading Process (PRO)	1	(35)
Preparing to Read	2	(1)
OBJECTIVES/SKILLS TO LEARN	2	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	2	(1)
RAISING ISSUES: BUILDING THE CLASSROOM COMMUNITY	2	(3)
Introductions	3	(1)
Becoming a Student	3	(2)
Discussion Questions (Exercise 1)	5	(1)
THE READING PROCESS (PRO): PREPARING TO READ	5	(1)
Previewing	6	(2)
Previewing a Textbook	6	(1)
Previewing A Community of Readers (Exercise 2)	6	(1)
Previewing a Chapter	7	(1)
Previewing a Chapter (Exercise 3)	7	(1)
Previewing a Section (Exercise 4)	8	(1)
Determining Your Purpose	8	(1)
Using Previous Knowledge	9	(1)
Posing Questions	9	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	10	(5)
Personality	10	(1)
Preparing to Read a Textbook Section (Exercise 5)	10	(1)
Humanistic Theories	11	(4)
Making Connections (Exercise 6)	14	(1)
WORKING WITH WORDS: DEVELOPING A SYSTEM FOR SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY	15	(3)
Building Your Vocabulary (Exercise 7)	15	(1)
Words to Remember (Exercise 8)	16	(1)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 9)	17	(1)
THE READING PROCESS: READING ACTIVELY AND REFLECTING	18	(1)
Reading Actively	18	(1)
Reflecting	19	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	20	(6)
Using Memory Techniques	20	(6)
Preparing to Read	20	(4)
Active Reading (Exercise 10)	24	(1)
Vocabulary (Exercise 11)	25	(1)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 12)	25	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 13)	25	(1)
THE READING PROCESS: ORGANIZING TO LEARN	26	(3)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	29	(4)
What Is Collaborative Learning?	29	(4)
Preparing to Read	29	(3)
Discussion Questions (Exercise 14)	32	(1)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 15)	33	(1)
CHAPTER REVIEW	33	(3)
Skills Review (Exercise 16)	33	(1)
Critical Reflections (Exercise 17)	34	(1)
Writing (Exercise 18)	34	(1)
Collaborative Project (Exercise 19)	35	(1)
2 LIVING ON EARTH Topics and Main Ideas	38	(36)
Preparing to Read	37	(1)
OBJECTIVES/SKILLS TO LEARN	37	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	37	(1)
RAISING ISSUES: LIVING ON EARTH	37	(5)
Chief Seattle's Environmental Statement	38	(2)
Discussion Questions (Exercise 1)	40	(1)
Emigrant's Guide to Oregon and California	40	(2)
Discussion Questions (Exercise 2)	41	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 3)	41	(1)
FINDING TOPICS	42	(1)
FINDING MAIN IDEAS	42	(1)
Stated Main Ideas in Paragraphs	43	(3)
Identifying Topics and Main Ideas (Exercise 4)	44	(2)
ORGANIZING TO LEARN: RESTATING MAIN IDEAS	46	(1)
Restating Main Ideas (Exercise 5)	46	(1)
Implied Main Ideas in Paragraphs	47	(6)
Implied Main Ideas (Exercise 6)	47	(4)
Stated and Implied Main Ideas (Exercise 7)	51	(2)
MAIN IDEAS IN SHORT PASSAGES	53	(5)
Main Ideas in Paragraphs and Short Passages (Exercise 8)	54	(1)
Our Changing Environment	54	(4)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 9)	57	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 10)	58	(1)
WORKING WITH WORDS: VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT	58	(1)
Context Clues	59	(3)
General Information Clues	59	(1)
Definition and Synonyn Clues	60	(1)
Example Clues	61	(1)
Contrast Clues	62	(1)
MAIN IDEAS IN SHORT ARTICLES	62	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	63	(3)
Tropical Rain Forests	63	(1)
Preparing to Read	63	(1)
Nature at Its Finest	63	(3)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 11)	64	(1)
Vocabulary in Context (Exercise 12)	65	(1)
ORGANIZING TO LEARN: MARKING TEXTS FOR MAIN IDEAS	66	(1)
Marking Text (Exercise 13)	66	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	66	(7)
Ethnobotany: Linking the Past to the Future	66	(3)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 14)	67	(1)
Marking Text (Exercise 15)	68	(1)
Vocabulary in Context (Exercise 16)	68	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 17)	69	(1)
Who Owns the Rosy Periwinkle?	69	(4)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 18)	71	(1)
Vocabulary in Context (Exercise 19)	72	(1)
CHAPTER REVIEW	73	(1)
Skills Review (Exercise 20)	73	(1)
Critical Reflections (Exercise 21)	73	(1)
Writing (Exercise 22)	73	(1)
Collaborative Project (Exercise 23)	73	(1)
Extending Your Thinking	73	(1)
3 STAYING HEALTHY Supporting Details	74	(41)
Preparing to Read	75	(1)
OBJECTIVES/SKILLS TO LEARN	75	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	75	(1)
RAISING ISSUES: STAYING HEALTHY	75	(4)
A Lesson in Longevity	76	(3)
Discussion Questions (Exercise 1)	78	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 2)	78	(1)
RECOGNIZING GENERALIZATIONS AND SPECIFIC DETAILS	79	(1)
Recognizing Generalizations and Specific Details (Exercise 3)	79	(1)
MAJOR AND MINOR SUPPORTING DETAILS	80	(4)
The Five Dimensions of Health: Five Kinds of Well-Being	81	(3)
Supporting Details (Exercise 4)	82	(1)
Supporting Details (Exercise 5)	83	(1)
ORGANIZING TO LEARN: MARKING TEXTS	84	(1)
Marking Text (Exercise 6)	85	(1)
ORGANIZING TO LEARN: OUTLINING	85	(3)
Outlining (Exercise 7)	87	(1)
ORGANIZING TO LEARN: WRITING A SUMMARY	88	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	88	(6)
Health Status, Personal Responsibility, and Mastering Change	88	(6)
Preparing to Read	89	(4)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 8)	93	(1)
Writing an Outline (Exercise 9)	93	(1)
Writing a Summary (Exercise 10)	94	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 11)	94	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	94	(11)
How Stress Works: Body and Mind	94	(11)
Preparing to Read	94	(7)
Marking, Outlining, and Summarizing (Exercise 12)	101	(1)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 13)	102	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 14)	102	(3)
WORKING WITH WORDS: UNDERSTANDING WORD PARTS	105	(1)
Prefixes	106	(1)
Word Parts (Exercise 15)	106	(1)
Roots	107	(3)
Using Roots and Prefixes (Exercise 16)	108	(1)
Words to Remember (Exercise 17)	109	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	110	(3)
General Guidelines for Stress Management	110	(3)
Choosing Main Ideas to Match Supporting Details (Exercise 18)	110	(2)
Making Connections (Exercise 19)	112	(1)
CHAPTER REVIEW	113	(2)
Skills Review (Exercise 20)	113	(1)
Critical Reflections (Exercise 21)	113	(1)
Writing (Exercise 22)	113	(1)
Collaborative Project (Exercise 23)	114	(1)
Extending Your Thinking	114	(1)
4 LIVING IN THE CITY, LIVING IN THE COUNTRY Thought Patterns	115	(42)
Preparing to Read	116	(1)
OBJECTIVES/SKILLS TO LEARN	116	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	116	(1)
RAISING ISSUES: WHERE WE LIVE	117	(1)
City Life	117	(2)
Jazz	117	(2)
Discussion Questions (Exercise 1)	119	(1)
Country Life	119	(4)
Up the Coule, A Story of Wisconsin	120	(3)
Discussion Questions (Exercise 2)	123	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 3)	123	(1)
IDENTIFYING THOUGHT PATTERNS	123	(1)
NARRATION/CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER	124	(1)
Transitions	124	(1)
Using a Timeline (Exercise 4)	125	(1)
DESCRIPTION	125	(2)
Transitions	126	(1)
Description (Exercise 5)	126	(1)
EXEMPLIFICATION	127	(1)
Transitions	127	(1)
Exemplification (Exercise 6)	127	(1)
CAUSE AND EFFECT	128	(1)
Transitions	129	(1)
Cause and Effect (Exercise 7)	129	(1)
COMPARISON/CONTRAST	129	(2)
Transitions	130	(1)
Comparison/Contrast (Exercise 8)	130	(1)
DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION	131	(2)
Transitions	132	(1)
Definition and Classification (Exercise 9)	132	(1)
PROCESS	133	(1)
Transitions	133	(1)
Process (Exercise 10)	133	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 11)	134	(1)
COMBINED THOUGHT PATTERNS	134	(2)
Identifying Thought Patterns (Exercise 12)	135	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	136	(4)
The Growth of Cities	136	(4)
Preparing to Read	136	(3)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 13)	139	(1)
USING THOUGHT PATTERNS	140	(1)
Problem/Solution	140	(4)
The Face of Farming	140	(4)
Discussion Questions (Exercise 14)	143	(1)
ORGANIZING TO LEARN: CONCEPT MAPPING	144	(6)
Steps for Concept Mapping	144	(1)
Problems of Urbanization	145	(5)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 15)	149	(1)
Concept Mapping (Exercise 16)	149	(1)
Summarizing or Outlining (Exercise 17)	149	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 18)	150	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	150	(5)
Homelessness: An Overview	150	(5)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 19)	154	(1)
CHAPTER REVIEW	155	(2)
Skills Review (Exercise 20)	155	(1)
Critical Reflections (Exercise 21)	155	(1)
Writing (Exercise 22)	156	(1)
Collaborative Project (Exercise 23)	156	(1)
Extending Your Thinking	156	(1)
5 WORKING AND CHOOSING A CAREER Using Visual Aids and Notetaking	157	(40)
Preparing to Read	158	(1)
OBJECTIVES/SKILLS TO LEARN	158	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	158	(1)
RAISING ISSUES: CHOOSING A CAREER	158	(4)
The Process of Deciding on a Career	159	(3)
Personal Reflection (Exercise 1)	161	(1)
UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING VISUAL AIDS	162	(1)
Understanding Pie Graphs	162	(2)
Understanding Line Graphs	164	(4)
Understanding Visual Aids (Exercise 2)	165	(3)
UNDERSTANDING ARTICLES WITH VISUAL AIDS	168	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	168	(11)
Identify Your Best Job Today and Tomorrow	168	(11)
Preparing to Read	168	(9)
Understanding Visual Aids (Exercise 3)	177	(1)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 4)	178	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 5)	179	(1)
WORKING WITH WORDS: CHOOSING THE CORRECT MEANING FROM THE DICTIONARY BASED ON CONTEXT	179	(2)
Vocabulary (Exercise 6)	180	(1)
ORGANIZING TO LEARN: NOTETAKING: THE CORNELL NOTETAKING SYSTEM	181	(1)
R = Record	182	(1)
R = Reduce	182	(1)
R = Reflect	182	(1)
R = Recite	183	(1)
R = Review	183	(1)
Using the Cornell Method	183	(4)
Industrial Geography	184	(3)
Notetaking from Reading (Exercise 7)	186	(1)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 8)	186	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 9)	187	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	187	(7)
Human Factors and Working Conditions	187	(7)
Preparing to Read	187	(7)
Notetaking (Exercise 10)	194	(1)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 11)	194	(1)
Understanding Visuals (Exercise 12)	194	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 13)	194	(1)
CHAPTER REVIEW	194	(3)
Skills Review (Exercise 14)	194	(1)
Critical Reflections (Exercise 15)	195	(1)
Writing (Exercise 16)	195	(1)
Collaborative Project (Exercise 17)	196	(1)
Extending Your Thinking	196	(1)
6 DEALING WITH GENDER Inference, Connotation/Denotation, and Figurative Language	197	(33)
Preparing to Read	198	(1)
OBJECTIVES/SKILLS TO LEARN	198	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	198	(1)
RAISING ISSUES: MEN AND WOMEN	198	(5)
Sex and Gender	199	(4)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 1)	202	(1)
INFERENCES	203	(4)
Making Inferences from Visual and Textual Clues (Exercise 2)	204	(1)
Making Inferences from the Written Word (Exercise 3)	205	(2)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	207	(3)
Why I Want a Wife	207	(3)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 4)	209	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 5)	210	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	210	(4)
The Men We Carry in Our Minds	210	(4)
Preparing to Read	210	(3)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 6)	213	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 7)	213	(1)
WORKING WITH WORDS: CONNOTATION AND DENOTATION	214	(4)
Connotation and Denotation (Exercise 8)	215	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 9)	215	(1)
Why Men Resist	216	(2)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 10)	217	(1)
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE	218	(1)
Similes	218	(1)
Understanding Similes (Exercise 11)	219	(1)
Metaphors	219	(3)
Understanding Metaphors (Exercise 12)	220	(1)
Recognizing and Interpreting Figurative Language (Exercise 13)	220	(2)
ORGANIZING TO LEARN: ELEMENTS OF SHORT STORIES	222	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	223	(6)
The Chase	223	(6)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 14)	227	(1)
Organizing to Learn (Exercise 15)	227	(1)
Understanding Figurative Language (Exercise 16)	228	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 17)	228	(1)
CHAPTER REVIEW	229	(1)
Skills Review (Exercise 18)	229	(1)
Critical Reflections (Exercise 19)	229	(1)
Writing (Exercise 20)	229	(1)
Collaborative Project (Exercise 21)	229	(1)
Extending Your Thinking	229	(1)
7 LIVING IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY Facts and Opinions	230	(30)
Preparing to Read	231	(1)
OBJECTIVES/SKILLS TO LEARN	231	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	231	(1)
RAISING ISSUES: WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?	231	(2)
Understanding Self-Segregation on the Campus	232	(1)
Discussion Questions (Exercise 1)	233	(1)
FACT OR OPINION	233	(2)
Fact or Opinion (Exercise 2)	234	(1)
What Facts Are Included?	235	(2)
Compare and Contrast the Presentation of Facts (Exercise 3)	236	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 4)	237	(1)
What Is the Author's Worldview?	237	(2)
Information in Textbooks	238	(1)
Discussion Questions (Exercise 5)	239	(1)
EVALUATING FACTS AND OPINIONS	239	(1)
Facts from Personal Experience	239	(1)
Facts from Authority	240	(1)
Facts Based on Statistics	240	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	241	(7)
Prejudice and Racism	241	(7)
Preparing to Read	241	(5)
Vocabulary (Exercise 6)	246	(1)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 7)	247	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 8)	247	(1)
ORGANIZING TO LEARN: TEST-TAKING	248	(1)
Overcoming Test Anxiety	248	(1)
Anticipating Test Questions	248	(1)
Following Directions	249	(1)
Objective Questions	249	(1)
Essay Questions	249	(1)
WORKING WITH WORDS: VOCABULARY CLUES FOR TEST-TAKING	250	(1)
In Objective Questions	250	(1)
In Essay Questions	250	(1)
Practice Test Questions (Exercise 9)	251	(1)
Anticipate the Questions	251	(1)
Objective Questions	252	(1)
Essay Questions	253	(1)
Essays and Use of Facts	253	(5)
Don't Just Stand There	253	(5)
Evaluating Facts and Opinions (Exercise 10)	258	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 11)	258	(1)
CHAPTER REVIEW	258	(2)
Skills Review (Exercise 12)	258	(1)
Critical Reflections (Exercise 13)	259	(1)
Writing (Exercise 14)	259	(1)
Collaborative Project (Exercise 15)	259	(1)
Extending Your Thinking	259	(1)
8 LOOKING BACK/LOOKING FORWARD Critical Thinking	260	(45)
Preparing to Read	261	(1)
OBJECTIVES/SKILLS TO LEARN	261	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	261	(1)
RAISING ISSUES: LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD	262	(4)
"This Is the End of the World": The Black Death	263	(3)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 1)	265	(1)
CRITICAL THINKING	266	(1)
Analysis	266	(1)
Synthesis	266	(1)
Evaluation	267	(1)
Using Critical Thinking to Solve Problems	267	(9)
Using Critical Thinking (Exercise 2)	268	(1)
The Black Death: Fourteenth Century Perspective	269	(6)
Critical Thinking (Exercise 3)	274	(1)
The Black Death	275	(1)
Using Critical Thinking (Exercise 4)	276	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 5)	276	(1)
ORGANIZING TO LEARN: RESEARCH READING	276	(2)
CRITICAL THINKING AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD	278	(6)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 6)	279	(1)
Ethics: A Matter of Survival	280	(4)
Discussion Questions (Exercise 7)	283	(1)
Using Critical Thinking (Exercise 8)	283	(1)
WORKING WITH WORDS: CHOOSING YOUR VOCABULARY STRATEGIES	284	(1)
ORGANIZING TO LEARN: CHOOSING YOUR LEARNING STRATEGIES	284	(2)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	286	(9)
Recombinant DNA and Genetic Engineering	286	(1)
Preparing to Read	286	(1)
Make Way for Designer Genes	286	(9)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 9)	294	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 10)	294	(1)
CRITICAL THINKING: EVALUATING ARGUMENTS	295	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	295	(4)
New Genetic Technology: Prospects and Hazards	295	(4)
Preparing to Read	296	(2)
Skills Review (Exercise 11)	298	(1)
Vocabulary (Exercise 12)	298	(1)
Checking Your Understanding (Exercise 13)	298	(1)
Evaluating Arguments (Exercise 14)	299	(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS	299	(3)
Why I Support Gene Therapy	299	(3)
Skills Review (Exercise 15)	301	(1)
Evaluating Arguments (Exercise 16)	301	(1)
Making Connections (Exercise 17)	302	(1)
CHAPTER REVIEW	302	(3)
Skills Review (Exercise 18)	302	(1)
Critical Reflections (Exercise 19)	302	(1)
Writing (Exercise 20)	302	(1)
Collaborative Project (Exercise 21)	303	(1)
Extending Your Thinking	303	(2)
APPENDIX: EXTENDING YOUR THINKING	305	(58)
LIVING ON EARTH	305	(9)
Owls Are Not Threatened, Jobs Are	305	(4)
Checking Your Understanding	308	(1)
Ancient Forests: America's Irreplaceable Heritage	309	(5)
Checking Your Understanding	313	(1)
Making Connections	314	(1)
STAYING HEALTHY	314	(7)
Creativity and Longevity	315	(6)
Checking Your Understanding	320	(1)
Making Connections	321	(1)
LIVING IN THE CITY AND IN THE COUNTRY	321	(10)
Working with Our Hands	321	(10)
Checking Your Understanding	330	(1)
Making Connections	331	(1)
WORKING AND CHOOSING A CAREER	331	(6)
To Each Her Own	331	(4)
From Imagination to Reality	335	(2)
Checking Your Understanding	337	(1)
Making Connections	337	(1)
DEALING WITH GENDER	337	(8)
An Eskimo Takes a Bride	337	(8)
Checking Your Understanding	344	(1)
Making Connections	345	(1)
LIVING IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY	345	(10)
A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe	345	(4)
Checking Your Understanding	348	(1)
Making Connections	348	(1)
How It Feels to Be Colored Me	349	(3)
Checking Your Understanding	351	(1)
Making Connections	352	(1)
Like Mexicans	352	(3)
Checking Your Understanding	355	(1)
Making Connections	355	(1)
LOOKING BACK/LOOKING FORWARD	355	(8)
Matter of Fact	356	(7)
Checking Your Understanding	361	(1)
Making Connections	361	(2)
Credits	363	(2)
Index	365