Painless Reading Comprehension

by Jones, Darolyn E.

• ISBN13: 9780764127663
• ISBN10: 0764127667
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-19
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc

Summary

Designed for use in high school classrooms, as well as at home, transformingubjects that are normally dreaded by many students into challenging functivities.

Author Biography

Darolyn Jones is an Associate Faculty Member in the School of English at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) and an independent literacy consultant

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
Reading Attitudes and Patterns	1	(8)
What Kind of Reader Are You?	3	(1)
Types of Readers	4	(3)
Becoming a Better Reader	7	(2)
Preparations for Reading	9	(24)
What Should I Do Before I Start Reading?	11	(4)
Graphic Organizers	15	(9)
Warm Up for Reading	24	(2)
Mastering Multiple--Choice Questions	26	(7)
Your Reading Voices	33	(26)
What If I Don't Understand What I Am Reading?	35	(1)
Be a Good Reader	35	(3)
Using Graphic Organizers	38	(15)
How Teens Read	53	(6)
Decoding Versus Reading	59	(28)
Do You Really Get What You Are Reading?	61	(1)
How Do You Connect with the Words?	62	(1)
Flag Words	63	(7)
Help with Vocabulary	70	(3)
Reading Context Clues and Solving the Puzzle	73	(7)
Staircase to Vocabulary Success	80	(7)
How Do You Keep What You Read in Your Head?	87	(26)
What Do I Do When I Am Finished Reading?	89	(1)
Skimming for Information	90	(3)
Rereading Part of the Text	93	(11)
Raising Questions Aids Your Reading	104	(9)
Different Types of Reading	113	(34)
Reading for Information Versus Reading for Fun	115	(3)
How Is the Textbook Set Up?	118	(3)
Preparing for What's Next	121	(5)
The SQ3R Method	126	(5)
Textbook Response Sheet	131	(16)
Reading Strategies	147	(36)
How Can Graphic Organizers Help?	149	(1)
Before, During, and After You Read	149	(1)
The 3 Ds: Determine, Decide, and Deduce	150	(2)
Practicing with Graphic Organizers	152	(31)
Books, Books, and More Books	183	(14)
I Can't Find a Good Book to Read!	185	(4)
Books That Interest Teens	189	(8)
Further Reading for Teachers and Parents	197	(12)
Why Do Teens Struggle with Reading Anyway?	199	(2)
Improvement Strategies	201	(8)
Works Cited	209	(1)
Index	210