Between the Lines

by Zukowski; Faust, Jean; Peltason, J. W.; Johnston, Susan S.; Atkinson, Clark S.

• ISBN13: 9780155997172
• ISBN10: 0155997173
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Harcourt College Pub

Summary

Between the Lines, Second Edition, offers the high intermediate college-bound learner intense and fascinating practice in the development of high-level reading skills for academic purposes. Over 50 different exercise types are found throughout eight thematic content area articles of contemporary relevance. These high-interest readings provide the basis for recognizing and mastering distinct skills, which include skimming, scanning, surveying, generalizing, synopsizing, inferring, and concluding. The new edition retains the strength of the original while adding innovative opportunities for implementation and expansion.

Table of Contents

Preface and Instructions for Use	v
Preliminary Unit Reading Strategically	1	(3)
Chaos or Order?	4	(3)
Learning to Read for Details	7	(2)
Critical Reading: Identifying Implications and Judgments	9	(6)
Finding Main Ideas	15	(2)
Sun-Cooking	17	(5)
Planet in Danger	22	(32)
Planet in Danger	24	(14)
Reading Between the Lines: What Does X Mean?	29	(9)
Tropical Rain Forest---Fragile Ecosystem	38	(5)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle	43	(5)
Indigenous Peoples	48	(6)
Increasing Reading Speed: Timed Readings	51	(3)
The Bottom Line	54	(28)
It's Good Business	56	(10)
The Deja Shoe Company	66	(3)
The Principles of Problem Solving	69	(4)
The Customer Service Representative	73	(9)
Reading Between the Lines: Understanding Sayings About Business	77	(2)
Increasing Reading Speed: Timed Readings	79	(3)
Agriculture: From the Ground Up	82	(28)
Breakthroughs in Agriculture	83	(9)
Seed Banking Against Famine	92	(5)
Grasslands	97	(13)
Reading Between the Lines: Understanding Sequence	104	(2)
Increasing Reading Speed: Timed Readings	106	(4)
The Earth Shakes	110	(30)
Plate Tectonics	111	(7)
The Earth Shakes	118	(4)
Predict, Prevent, Prepare	122	(4)
Where Did Antarctica Come From?	126	(4)
Reading Between the Lines: Cause and Effect	129	(1)
A Rocking, Rolling, Living Planet	130	(3)
The Big One	133	(7)
Increasing Reading Speed: Timed Readings	137	(3)
Peace Education	140	(30)
An Allegory	142	(10)
Don't Litigate, Mediate!	152	(4)
King Solomon's Way	156	(5)
Active Listening	161	(9)
Reading Between the Lines: The Meaning Behind the Words	164	(2)
Increasing Reading Speed: Timed Readings	166	(4)
Shards, Tells, and Excavations	170	(33)
Shards, Tells, and Excavations	171	(9)
The Mystery of Stonehenge	180	(3)
The Science of Archaeology	183	(6)
The Lost Continent: Atlantis	189	(14)
Reading Between the Lines: Recognizing Organization	194	(5)
Increasing Reading Speed: Timed Readings	199	(4)
Intelligence	203	(27)
The Human Brain	204	(7)
Reading Between the Lines: Understanding Scientific Style	208	(3)
Exercising the Brain: Solving Puzzles	211	(10)
Virtual Reality	221	(3)
A Super Man	224	(6)
Increasing Reading Speed: Timed Readings	227	(3)
The Human Expression of Beauty	230	(28)
The Human Expression of Beauty	231	(7)
Reading the Short Story	238	(2)
The Last Leaf	240	(6)
Reading Fables and Traditional Tales	246	(4)
Reading the Poem	250	(8)
Reading Between the Lines: The Moral of the Story	253	(2)
Increasing Reading Speed: Timed Readings	255	(3)
Timed Readings Chart	258	(1)
Index	259