Reading Themes and Skills

by Altano, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780472030712
• ISBN10: 047203071X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-06
• Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr

Summary

Reading Themes and Skills contains original engaging readings designed to help intermediate students develop stronger academic reading skills and build American cultural literacy. The textbook's introduction reviews the parts of speech and vocabulary. Pre-reading activities develop skills like predicting and building background knowledge. Readings are linked by theme and followed by reading strategies and skills as well as: Skill Study-scanning, making inferences, reading for details, finding main ideas, and understanding voice and audience, Grammar in Context-review and practice of specific grammar points, Focus on Parts of Speech-review of each part of speech, Theme Study-discussion and vocabulary activities that deepen understanding of the theme and reading passages. A variety of activities are included that recycle and practice the vocabulary presented in the book. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

To the Instructor	p. ix
Introduction: The Basics	p. 1
Eating Out / Eating In	p. 12
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises	p. 13
Building Background Knowledge	p. 13
More Theme Study: Words about Dining	p. 14
Subs, Heroes, Grinders, and Hoagies	p. 16
Skill Study	p. 18
Reading for Details	p. 18
Reflecting on What You've Read	p. 19
Scanning Practice	p. 19
Vocabulary Study	p. 20
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises	p. 22
Gathering Information from the Title	p. 22
Predicting/Analyzing the Title of the Reading	p. 22
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading	p. 23
Dear Mom: A College Student's Letter Home	p. 24
Skill Study	p. 27
Understanding the Reading	p. 27
Reading for Details	p. 28
Finding the Main Idea of a Paragraph	p. 29
Parts of Speech: Adjectives Study	p. 30
Text-Based Writing Assignment	p. 31
Theme Study: Analyzing Events/Chronology	p. 32
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises	p. 33
Building Background Knowledge	p. 33
Leftovers	p. 34
Skill Study	p. 37
Understanding the Reading	p. 37
Summarizing	p. 38
Focus on Parts of Speech: Conjunctions	p. 39
Grammar in Context: Identifying Discourse Markers	p. 40
Vocabulary Review Activities	p. 44
In Style	p. 49
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises	p. 50
Previewing the Vocabulary	p. 50
Building Background Knowledge	p. 52
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading	p. 52
Style in America	p. 53
Skill Study	p. 55
Understanding the Reading	p. 55
Reading for Details	p. 56
Making Inferences	p. 57
Reflecting on What You've Read	p. 59
Grammar in Context: Simple Sentences	p. 61
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercise	p. 64
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading	p. 64
The Emperor's New Clothes	p. 65
Skill Study	p. 69
Understanding the Reading	p. 69
Reading for Details	p. 70
Scanning Practice	p. 71
Vocabulary Study	p. 72
Reading Skills: Understanding Fiction	p. 73
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises	p. 76
Vocabulary Practice	p. 76
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading	p. 77
Halloween: Costumes and Customs	p. 77
Skill Study	p. 80
Understanding the Reading	p. 80
Reading for Details	p. 82
Finding the Main Idea of a Paragraph	p. 83
Text-Based Writing Assignment	p. 83
Identifying Parts of Speech	p. 83
Focus on Parts of Speech: Prepositions and Articles	p. 84
Vocabulary Review Activities	p. 85
At Home	p. 87
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises	p. 88
Building Background Knowledge	p. 88
Vocabulary Study	p. 89
At Home with the Amish	p. 91
Skill Study	p. 93
Reading for Details	p. 93
More Reading for Details	p. 94
Comparing Two Genres	p. 95
Understanding Film Terms and Concepts	p. 96
Talking About the Ideas in the Film	p. 97
Video-Based Writing Assignment	p. 97
Focus on Parts of Speech: Nouns	p. 97
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercise	p. 100
Understanding Organization	p. 100
The Adventures of a Maple Leaf	p. 101
Skill Study	p. 104
Finding the Meaning of Words from Context	p. 104
Making a Chronological Outline	p. 105
Grammar in Context: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives	p. 106
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises	p. 108
Understanding the Narrator	p. 108
Building Background Knowledge	p. 108
Tippy, the War Hero	p. 109
Skill Study	p. 114
Reading for Details	p. 114
Understanding Discourse Markers	p. 114
Making a Chnronological Outline	p. 115
Text-Based Writing Assignment	p. 115
Vocabulary Review Activities	p. 116
In Shape	p. 121
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises	p. 122
Previewing the Vocabulary	p. 122
Building Background Knowledge	p. 123
Previewing the Reading	p. 124
The Super Bowl	p. 124
Skill Study	p. 126
Understanding the Reading	p. 126
Scanning Practice	p. 129
Finding the Main Idea of a Paragraph	p. 129
Reading for Details	p. 130
Finding Facts by Scanning	p. 131
Vocabulary Study	p. 131
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercise	p. 132
Understanding Symbolic Characteristics of Animals	p. 132
The Tortoise and the Hare	p. 133
Skill Study	p. 136
Reading for Details	p. 136
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading	p. 137
Vocabulary Study	p. 137
Grammar in Context: Irregular Past Tense Verbs	p. 139
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercise	p. 140
Predicting	p. 140
Analyzing Characteristics of Family	p. 141
A Chance for Glory	p. 142
Skill Study	p. 144
Making Inferences	p. 144
Reading for Details	p. 144
Literary Analysis	p. 145
Text-Based Writing Assignment	p. 145
Vocabulary Study	p. 146
Focus on Parts of Speech: Pronouns	p. 147
Vocabulary Review Activities	p. 149
Out of This World	p. 151
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises	p. 152
Previewing the Vocabulary	p. 152
Building Background Knowledge	p. 152
Skimming to Understand the Organization	p. 153
Ghosts in the White House	p. 154
Skill Study	p. 157
Telling Fact from Claim or Opinion	p. 157
Understanding the Reading	p. 158
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading	p. 160
Vocabulary Study	p. 161
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises	p. 162
Analyzing Differences	p. 162
Hanbu and Nobu: A Tale of Two Brothers	p. 164
Skill Study	p. 168
Analyzing Endings	p. 168
Reading for Details	p. 169
Understanding the Reading	p. 170
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading	p. 171
Vocabulary Study	p. 172
Grammar in Context: Sentence Types	p. 174
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises	p. 176
Building Background Knowledge	p. 176
The Vortex in Sedona, Arizona: A Trip out of This World	p. 176
Skill Study	p. 178
Understanding the Reading	p. 178
Reading for Details	p. 180
Scanning Practice	p. 181
Text-Based Writing Assignment	p. 182
Focus on Parts of Speech: Verbs	p. 183
Vocabulary Review Activities	p. 185
It's the Weekend!	p. 187
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises	p. 188
Building Background Knowledge	p. 188
Tailgating	p. 190
Skill Study	p. 193
Understanding the Reading	p. 193
Scanning Practice	p. 195
Finding Facts by Scanning	p. 196
Vocabulary Study	p. 197
Handy People and Home Improvement Projects	p. 198
Skill Study	p. 202
Understanding the Reading	p. 202
Understanding the Organization	p. 203
Vocabulary Study	p. 204
Focus on Parts of Speech: Adverbs	p. 205
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises	p. 207
Building Background Knowledge	p. 207
Weekend Dog	p. 208
Skill Study	p. 211
Understanding the Reading	p. 211
Reading for Details	p. 212
Reviewing Narrative Voice	p. 212
Finding the Main Idea of a Paragraph	p. 214
Grammar in Context: Time Words in Chronology	p. 215
Text-Based Writing Assignment	p. 218
Vocabulary Review Activities	p. 218
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