Making Meaning Building Strategies for College Reading

by Myers, Janeen; Eskridge, Evelyn; Tucker, Barbara Smart; Richardson, Patricia Smart

• ISBN13: 9780321355607
• ISBN10: 0321355601
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-20
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

The text is designed to be visually appealing through the use of numerous photographs and other graphics that illustrate points made in the text, stimulate critical thinking, and teach students to read visual materials.Making Meaningis recursive, giving the opportunity in each chapter for students to practice and integrate skills learned from previous lessons and apply those reading strategies to many kinds of texts.Balance of phonics instruction and whole language. Highly visual design. Steps to make meaning of what is read.

Table of Contents

Preface	xvii
Introduction: Making Meaning from What You Read	1	(8)
Preparing to Read	9	(40)
Chapter Preview	9	(1)
Making Meaning	9	(1)
Introduction	10	(1)
Structured Instruction and Exercises	11	(16)
Prereading	11	(1)
Reading Choosing a Job in a Nursing Home	11	(1)
Title, Headings, Highlighted Print, Visuals, and Bullets	12	(1)
Connecting to Prior Knowledge	13	(1)
Predicting What a Reading Is About	14	(1)
Reader Response 1-1	14	(1)
Reader Response 1-2	15	(1)
Everyday Prereading	15	(1)
Prereading and Visual Material	16	(2)
How to Preview (or Preread) a Textbook	18	(6)
Reading a Textbook Chapter	24	(3)
Practicing What You Have Learned	27	(9)
Practice 1-1 through 1-4: Prereading a History Textbook: The Struggle for Civil Rights	27	(4)
Practice 1-5: Reading a Chart: African-American Voter Registration	31	(1)
Prereading a Play	31	(2)
Practice 1-6 through 1-9: Prereading a Play: Hamlet	33	(3)
Summary	36	(1)
Mastery Level Exercises	36	(10)
Mastery 1-1: Prereading a History Textbook: The Struggle for Civil Rights	36	(1)
Mastery 1-2: Reading a Map: Time Zones of the United States	37	(2)
Mastery 1-3: Reading a Chart: Stages of Psychosocial Development	39	(2)
Mastery 1-4: Reading a Graph: From the Bottom to the Top	41	(2)
Reader Response 1-3	43	(1)
Mastery 1-5: Reading a Web Page: Recycling	43	(3)
Reader Response 1-4	46	(1)
Online Practice	46	(3)
Progress Chart	47	(2)
Recognizing Consonants and Vowels	49	(32)
Chapter Preview	49	(1)
Making Meaning	49	(1)
Introduction	50	(1)
Structured Instruction and Exercises	51	(9)
Consonants	51	(4)
Reading A Long Night Ahead	55	(1)
Vowels	56	(4)
Practicing What You Have Learned	60	(5)
Practice 2-1: Consonants: The Search Goes On	60	(1)
Reader Response 2-1	61	(1)
Practice 2-2: Consonants: The Evening Dress	61	(1)
Practice 2-3: Comprehension: The Evening Dress	62	(1)
Practice 2-4: Consonants: You Entered Me in What?!	62	(1)
Practice 2-5: Comprehension: You Entered Me in What?!	63	(1)
Reader Response 2-2	64	(1)
Practice 2-6: Vowels: At Nighttime	64	(1)
Practice 2-7: Vowels: Marathon Dancing	64	(1)
Summary	65	(1)
Mastery Level Exercises	66	(3)
Mastery 2-1: Consonants: Directions to the Party	66	(1)
Mastery 2-2: Consonants	66	(1)
Mastery 2-3: Consonants and Comprehension: Ending Up at the Wrong Hotel in the Wrong Country	67	(1)
Mastery 2-4: Vowels: Miss America	68	(1)
Looking Back	69	(9)
Looking Back 2-1: Prereading, Vowels, and Comprehension: Purring Predators	69	(2)
Looking Back 2-2: Outline: Purring Predators	71	(1)
Looking Back 2-3: Asking Questions: When I Was Left Behind	72	(1)
Looking Back 2-4: Comprehension: Body Art? Fashion Statement? Tattoos!	73	(2)
Reader Response 2-3	75	(1)
Looking Back 2-5: Comprehension: In Her Footsteps	75	(3)
Reader Response 2-4	78	(1)
Online Practice	78	(3)
Progress Chart	79	(2)
Recognizing Word Parts and Using Syllables	81	(36)
Chapter Preview	81	(1)
Making Meaning	81	(1)
Introduction	82	(1)
Structured Instruction and Exercises	83	(14)
Word Parts	84	(7)
Syllables	91	(2)
Syllabication	93	(4)
Practicing What You Have Learned	97	(4)
Practice 3-1: Word Parts	97	(1)
Practice 3-2: Syllabication	98	(1)
Practice 3-3: Syllabication, Word Parts, and Comprehension: Medicine	99	(2)
Summary	101	(1)
Mastery Level Exercises	101	(5)
Mastery 3-1: Using Words in Sentences	101	(1)
Mastery 3-2: Dividing Words into Syllables: The U.S. Flag	102	(1)
Mastery 3-3: Suffixes: The Double-the-Consonant Rule	102	(1)
Mastery 3-4: Comprehension, Word Parts, and Syllabication: In Pain, Gorilla Puts in a Call to the Dentist	103	(3)
Looking Back	106	(8)
Looking Back 3-1: Comprehension and Vowels: William Shakespeare	106	(2)
Looking Back 3-2: Comprehension, Vowels, Consonants, and Vocabulary: The Guardian	108	(6)
Reader Response 3-1	114	(1)
Online Practice	114	(3)
Progress Chart	115	(2)
Using a Dictionary	117	(36)
Chapter Preview	117	(1)
Making Meaning	117	(2)
Reading Will I Make It?	117	(2)
Introduction	119	(1)
Structured Instruction and Exercises	119	(13)
Prereading a Dictionary	119	(1)
Spelling	120	(4)
Syllables and Syllabication	124	(1)
Pronunciation	125	(1)
Meaning	126	(1)
Reading Moments to Remember	126	(3)
Parts of Speech	129	(2)
Word Origins	131	(1)
Practicing What You Have Learned	132	(5)
Practice 4-1: through Practice 4-9: Dictionary Skills	132	(3)
Practice 4-10: Dictionary Skills: Beauty from a Distance	135	(1)
Practice 4-11: Parts of Speech: Marly	136	(1)
Practice 4-12: Language of Origin: Andre	136	(1)
Summary	137	(1)
Mastery Level Exercises	137	(11)
Mastery 4-1: Spelling	137	(1)
Reader Response 4-1	138	(1)
Mastery Test 4-2: Syllables	138	(1)
Reader Response 4-2	138	(1)
Mastery Test 4-3: Pronunciation: Obesity	139	(2)
Mastery Test 4-4: Vocabulary: Job Hunting	141	(2)
Reader Response 4-3	143	(1)
Mastery Test 4-5: Comprehension: Appointment in Samarra	143	(2)
Mastery Test 4-6: Parts of Speech	145	(1)
Mastery Test 4-7: Origins of Words	145	(1)
Reader Response 4-4	145	(1)
Mastery Test 4-8: Prereading: Big Mac Attack	146	(1)
Mastery Test 4-9: Comprehension and Word Parts: Big Mac Attack	146	(2)
Reader Response 4-5	148	(1)
Looking Back	148	(2)
Looking Back 4-1: Prereading: After the Suspect	148	(1)
Looking Back 4-2: Parts of Speech and Root Words	149	(1)
Looking Back 4-3: Consonants	149	(1)
Looking Back 4-4: Vowel Sounds	149	(1)
Reader Response 4-6	150	(1)
Online Practice	150	(3)
Progress Chart	151	(2)
Discovering Context Clues	153	(32)
Chapter Preview	153	(1)
Making Meaning	153	(1)
Introduction	154	(1)
Reading Refinancing Your Car	154	(1)
Reading The Economy: Good or Poor	155	(1)
Reader Response 5-1	155	(1)
Structured Instruction and Exercises	155	(8)
Types of Context Clues	156	(1)
Definition Clues	156	(1)
Example Clues	157	(1)
Antonym Clues	157	(1)
Synonym Clues	158	(1)
General Sense of the Passage	159	(1)
Reading A Time to Relax	160	(1)
Reading Egypt and the Nile River Valley	161	(2)
Practicing What You Have Learned	163	(8)
Practice 5-1: Context Clues: How Cold Is It? Part One	163	(2)
Reader Response 5-2	165	(1)
Practice 5-2: Context Clues and Comprehension: How Cold Is It? Part Two	166	(1)
Reader Response 5-3	166	(1)
Practice 5-3: Context Clues and Comprehension: How Cold Is It? Part Three	167	(1)
Reader Response 5-4	168	(1)
Practice 5-4 through Practice 5-7: Context Clues: Small Steps	168	(3)
Reader Response 5-5	171	(1)
Summary	171	(1)
Mastery Level Exercises	172	(9)
Mastery 5-1 and 5-2: Context Clues in Sentences	172	(2)
Mastery 5-3: Context Clues and Comprehension: Unplanned	174	(1)
Mastery 5-4: Context Clues: Trapping the Tsetse Fly	175	(1)
Mastery 5-5: Prereading: University Days	176	(1)
Mastery 5-6: Comprehension and Context Clues: University Days	177	(4)
Reader Response 5-6	181	(1)
Looking Back	181	(1)
Looking Back 5-1: Word Study	181	(1)
Online Practice	182	(3)
Progress Chart	183	(2)
Finding Main Ideas	185	(38)
Chapter Preview	185	(1)
Making Meaning	185	(1)
Introduction	186	(1)
Structured Instruction and Exercises	187	(11)
Topics	187	(1)
Reading The Equinox	188	(1)
Main Ideas in Paragraphs	188	(1)
Reading Stormchasers	189	(1)
Main Ideas in Longer Readings	190	(1)
Reading What is Ethnic Cleansing?	190	(3)
Reading Are You Sleeping?	193	(1)
Reading Hybrid Autos	194	(1)
Reading A Freedom Celebration	195	(1)
Reading Marijuana	196	(2)
Practicing What You Have Learned	198	(7)
Practice 6-1 through Practice 6-3: General and Specific Ideas	198	(1)
Practice 6-4: Alike and Different	199	(1)
Practice 6-5: Topic: Run for Cover!	199	(1)
Practice 6-6: Topic, Main Idea, Details, and Word Skills: Sports in Popular Culture	200	(1)
Reader Response 6-1	201	(1)
Practice 6-7: Organization, Topic, Context Clues, and Word Skills: Out of the Way!	201	(1)
Practice 6-8: Organization, Comprehension, Context Clues, and Word Skills: The Hoover Dam	202	(2)
Practice 6-9: Thesis, Main Ideas, and Details: Special Athletes	204	(1)
Summary	205	(1)
Mastery Level Exercises	206	(6)
Mastery 6-1: Prereading: Stingers	206	(1)
Mastery 6-2: Main Idea and Details: Stingers	206	(1)
Reader Response 6-2	207	(1)
Mastery 6-3: Topic, Main Idea, and Details: River Drivers--On a Roll!	207	(1)
Reader Response 6-3	208	(1)
Mastery 6-4: Topic, Main Ideas, and Details: Cars That Think?	208	(2)
Mastery 6-5: Topic, Main Ideas, and Details: A Modern Plague	210	(2)
Looking Back	212	(8)
Looking Back 6-1: Topic and Context Clues: It's Not Funny!	212	(1)
Looking Back 6-2: Prereading: Dream Catcher	213	(1)
Looking Back 6-3: Comprehension and Word Skills: Dream Catcher	213	(2)
Looking Back 6-4: Prereading and Predicting: American Monument	215	(1)
Looking Back 6-5: Comprehension: American Monument	215	(2)
Looking Back 6-6: Prereading and Predicting: Gardner Rules!	217	(1)
Looking Back 6-7: Comprehension, Main Idea, and Word Skills: Gardner Rules!	217	(3)
Reader Response 6-4	220	(1)
Online Practice	220	(3)
Progress Chart	221	(2)
Identifying Supporting Details	223	(36)
Chapter Preview	223	(1)
Making Meaning	223	(1)
Introduction	224	(1)
Structured Instruction and Exercises	225	(9)
Paragraph Organization and Supporting Details	225	(1)
Reading Easy Gardening	225	(1)
Reading Easy Traveling	226	(3)
Visual Supporting Details	229	(2)
Transitional Words and Phrases	231	(3)
Reading Operating the Pontoon Boat	234	(1)
Practicing What You Have Learned	234	(7)
Practice 7-1: Supporting Details	234	(1)
Practice 7-2: Supporting Details and Concluding Sentence: Scamming the Shopper	235	(1)
Practice 7-3: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Storms	236	(1)
Reader Response 7-1	237	(1)
Practice 7-4: Topic, Main Idea, Supporting Details, and Conclusions: What Goes Down	237	(2)
Practice 7-5: Main Idea, Supporting Details, and Conclusions: Travel Destinations	239	(1)
Practice 7-6: Main Idea and Supporting Details	240	(1)
Practice 7-7: Transitional Words: Friends Forever	240	(1)
Practice 7-8: Transitional Words	241	(1)
Summary	241	(1)
Mastery Level Exercises	242	(11)
Mastery 7-1: Supporting Details and Conclusions: Miami, Here We Come	242	(1)
Mastery 7-2: Topic, Main Idea, Supporting Details, and Conclusions: Lady of the Woods	243	(2)
Mastery 7-3: Supporting Details and Conclusions: Babysitting Terrible Todd	245	(1)
Mastery 7-4: Supporting Details	246	(1)
Mastery 7-5: Main Idea, Supporting Details, and Conclusions: Travel Destinations	247	(1)
Mastery 7-6: Supporting Details: Of Horrors and Heroes	248	(4)
Mastery 7-7: Transitional Words: The Magic of Poetry	252	(1)
Mastery 7-8: Main Idea, Supporting Details, Concluding Sentence, and Transitional Words: Write About a Photograph	253	(1)
Looking Back	253	(3)
Looking Back 7-1: Topic Sentences	253	(1)
Looking Back 7-2: Context Clues and Charts: Jenny's Science Project	254	(1)
Looking Back 7-3: Prereading and Charts	255	(1)
Looking Back 7-4: Consonant Blends, Main Idea, and Supporting Details: Spring	255	(1)
Online Practice	256	(3)
Progress Chart	257	(2)
Additional Readings	259	(62)
Chapter Preview	259	(1)
Making Meaning	259	(1)
Readings	260	(58)
Reading 8-1: Omaha's First Water Company	260	(2)
Reading 8-2: Sawmill Revenge	262	(1)
Reading 8-3: Social Studies Problem Solving and Data Interpretation	263	(1)
Reading 8-4: Two Wolves	264	(2)
Reader Response 8-1	266	(1)
Reading 8-5: Santa Claus Did Visit	266	(1)
Reading 8-6: Symbols of Christmas	267	(2)
Reader Response 8-2	269	(1)
Reading 8-7: Mars!	269	(2)
Reading 8-8: Wedding Charm	271	(2)
Reading 8-9: The Flower-Fed Buffaloes	273	(2)
Reader Response 8-3	275	(1)
Reading 8-10: From the Online College Journal of Laura Eskridge, August 31, 2004	276	(1)
Reader Response 8-4	277	(1)
Reading 8-11: From A Painted House	277	(5)
Reading 8-12: Language--A Code to Sail Dreams	282
Reader Response 8-5	281	(3)
Reading 8-13: A Vacation with Ghosts	284	(4)
Reader Response 8-6	288	(1)
Reading 8-14: Hurricane Katrina	288	(5)
Reading 8-15: As Town for Deaf Takes Shape, Debate on Isolation Re-emerges	293	(5)
Reader Response 8-7	298	(1)
Reading 8-16: Next to the Express Checkout, Express Medical Care	298	(6)
Reader Response 8-8	304	(1)
Reading 8-17: Was It a Dream?	305	(6)
Reader Response 8-9	311	(1)
Reading 8-18: The Tornado of the Century	312	(6)
Reader Response 8-10	318	(1)
Online Practice	318	(3)
Progress Chart	319	(2)
Appendix A: Wordnotes and Student Vocabulary Log	321	(8)
Appendix B: Glossary of Technical Terms	329	(4)
Credits	333	(4)
Index	337