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| Preface | |
| Student Success | |
| Think Succes | |
| Set Goals | |
| Create a Positive Attitude | |
| Seek Excellence | |
| Reading 1: Making Choices for Success | |
| From Live Your Dream by Les Brown | |
| "Ask yourself if you are leaving a trail that others may want to follow."? | |
| Plan for Succes? | |
| Reading 2: Making the Most of Priorities | |
| From How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life by Alan Lakein | |
| "People at the top and people at the bottom both know about To Do Lists, but one difference between them is that the people at the top use a To Do List every single day...."? | |
| Plan Your Week | |
| Study the Syllabus | |
| Use a Calendar to Decode a Syllabus | |
| Act Successful | |
| College Professor "Takes" American History | |
| Attend Class | |
| Be on Time for Class | |
| Be Aware of Essential Class Sessions | |
| Be Equipped for Success | |
| Mark Your Text | |
| Communicate with Your Instructor | |
| Review Your Lecture Notes | |
| Network with Other Students | |
| Collaborate to Divide Work | |
| Look at an "A" Paper | |
| Use Technology to Communicate | |
| Consider a Tape Recorder | |
| Pass the First Test | |
| Watch Videos or DVDs | |
| Predict Exam Question? | |
| Reading 3: Life Law #5: Life Rewards Action | |
| From Life Strategies by Phillip C. McGraw | |
| "People don't care about your intentions. They care about what you do." | |
| Summary Point? | |
| Everyday Reading Skills: Searching the Internet | |
| Stages of Reading | |
| What Is the Reading Process? | |
| Stages of Reading | |
| Stage One: Previewing | |
| Stage Two: Integrating Knowledge | |
| Stage Three: Recalling | |
| Assess Your Progress as a Learner | |
| Levels of Reading Comprehension | |
| Summary Points | |
| Selection 1: Psychology | |
| "Loneliness" | |
| From Psychology Applied to Modern Life, Seventh Edition by Wayne Weiten and Margaret Lloyd | |
| "Telephone hotlines for troubled people report that complaints of loneliness dominate their calls."? | |
| Selection 2: Essay | |
| "Medical Care for Prisoners"? | |
| From Morality Play by Jessica Pierce | |
| "You commit a serious crime, and you are likely to get most of the medical care you need all paid for by taxpayers."? | |
| Selection 3: Business | |
| "Contract-Free Calling" | |
| From The New York Times, 8/11/05, by Mark Walsh | |
| "Providing a simpler alternative to complex and confusing cellular plans is a major selling point." | |
| Vocabulary Lesson: Not , Not, and No? | |
| Everyday Reading Skills: Reading News and Feature Stories in the Newspaper | |
| Vocabulary | |
| Learning New Word? | |
| Remembering New Words | |
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