Active Reading Skills (with MyReadingLab)

by McWhorter, Kathleen T.; Sember, Brette M

• ISBN13: 9780205574841
• ISBN10: 020557484X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Active Reading Skills, based on the premise students learn best by doing, teaches essential reading and thinking skills using concise instruction, guided practice, extensive application, and feedback. Each of the twelve chapters focuses on a specific reading skill and includes instruction, practice exercises, quizzes, and mastery tests. Because the skill instruction is brief, students spend more time applying the skills through extensive practice. The actual instruction and exercise format were designed to accommodate a variety of learning styles to reach students.

Table of Contents

Improving your Skills

Reading Actively

Keys to Academic Success

Read and Learn Actively

Preview Before Reading

Use Guide Questions

Reading Selection (Mastery Test 3) ldquo;Diversity in U.S. Families.rdquo;

Using Context and Word Parts

What is Context? Types of Context Clues

What Are Word Parts?

Reading Selection (Mastery Test 3) ldquo;Unfair Advantage.rdquo;

Locating Main Ideas

What Is a Main Idea?

Understanding General Versus Specific

Identifying the Topic

Finding the Main Idea

Finding the Central Thought

Learn More About Paragraphs

Reading Selection (Mastery Test 3) ldquo;Environmental Racism.rdquo;

Identifying Details and Transitions

What Are Supporting Details?

Recognizing Transitions

Putting It All Together

Reading Selection (Mastery Test 3) ldquo;Talking A Stranger Through the Night.rdquo;

Understanding Implied Main Ideas

What Does Implied Mean?

Remembering General Vs

Specific

How to Find Implied Main Ideas in Paragraphs

Working With Paragraphs

Reading Selection (Mastery Test 3) ldquo;Sex and Symmetry.rdquo;

Keeping Track of Information

Why Keep Track of Information?

Highlighting and Marking

Outlining

Mapping

Summarizing

Good Reasons to Keep Track Of Information

Reading Selection (Mastery Test 3) ldquo;Personal Safety Online.rdquo;

Recognizing PatternsI

What Are Patterns of Organization?

Combining Patterns of Organization

Reading Selection (Mastery Test 3) ldquo;Animals at Play,rdquo; (Textbook Excerpt)

Recognizing Patterns

Comparison/Contrast Patterns

Other Useful Patterns

Reading Selection (Mastery Test 3) ldquo;The Mind-Body Connection.rdquo;

Reading Critically: Inferences and Author's Purpose

What Is Inference?

Understanding Author's Purpose

Reading Selection (Mastery Test 3) ldquo;If Our Son is Happy, What Else Matters?rdquo;

Reading Critically: Fact and Opinion

Is It Fact or Opinion?

Mixing Fact and Opinion

Evaluating Fact and Opinion

Informed Opinion

Reading Selection (Mastery Test 3) ldquo;Canine Candy Stripers.rdquo;

Reading Critically: Tone and Bias

Tone. Bias

Reading Selection (Mastery Test 3) ldquo;Explaining Away Hate.rdquo;

Reading Argumen

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