Reading Matters

by Flemming, Laraine E.

• ISBN13: 9780618256617
• ISBN10: 061825661X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-22
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This high-level developmental reader focuses on reading flexibility and how to analyze different genres of writing. Students learn different strategies for approaching textbooks, magazines, newspapers, and other genres. After a basic review of comprehension and critical-reading skills, the text introduces four units of thematically linked readings. Each reading is accompanied by a description of its specific features and some appropriate responses to those features. Readings that center on two or three related issues encourage students to develop informed opinions--allowing them to shape and revise their opinions as they receive, evaluate, and synthesize opposing points of view. Consistent vocabulary instruction appears throughout the text. Discussion questions and writing assignments have been carefully designed to help students become more aware of issues such as the influence of the media, the consequences of 9/11, the workings of memory, and the limits of civil liberties.

Table of Contents

Getting Down to Basics Strategy

Use Questions to Discover the Main Idea Strategy

Look for Sentences That Summarize Main Ideas Strategy

Determine What Questions the Supporting Details Answer Strategy

Make Paraphrasing a Habit Strategy

Be Ready to Draw Inferences Strategy

Let Transitions Be Your Guide Strategy

Read to Uncover Patterns Strategy

Pay Attention to Tone Strategy

Get a Sense of the Writer's Purpose Strategy

Analyze Arguments Strategy

Be on the Lookout for Errors in Arguments Strategy

Watch for Allusions Strategy

Understand the Implications of Similes and Metaphors

Strategy Tune-Up Practice

Use Questions to Discover Main Ideas in Paragraphs Practice

Use Questions to Discover Main Ideas in Longer Readings Practice

Look for Topic Sentences That Summarize Main Ideas in Paragraphs Practice

Look for Topic Sentences That Summarize Main Ideas in Paragraphs Practice

Look for Thesis Statements That Summarize Main Ideas in Longer Readings Practice

Identify the Questions Answered by Supporting Details Practice

Be Ready to Draw Inferences Practice

Be Ready to Draw Inferences Practice

Be Ready to Draw Inferences Practice

Read to Uncover Patterns in Paragraphs Practice

Read to Uncover Patterns in Longer Readings Practice

Let Transitions Be Your Guide Practice

Pay Attention to Tone Practice

Identify the Author's Purpose Practice

Analyze Arguments Practice

Be on the Lookout for Errors in Arguments Practice

Watch for Allusions

Making a Match Between the Reader and the Text

The Mysteries of Memory Reading

The Nature of Memory Reading

Getting Information Into and Out of Long-Term Memory Reading

Can Repressed Memories Be Recovered? Reading

Can Eyewitness Testimony Be Trusted? Reading

Invasion of the Mind Snatchers

Media Watch Reading

Journalists Under Fire Reading

Ethical Issues in Journalism Reading

Creating a Culture of Fear Reading

Can the Press Keep the Government's Secrets During Wartime? Reading

The Media, the Military, and Striking the Right Balance

Terrorism Invades America Reading

Warning About Terrorism Reading

Unwitting Accomplices Reading

Arab and Muslim America: A Snapshot Reading

Airline Insecurity Reading

It's Not About the Money

Individual Rights versus Public Safety Reading

Individual Rights and Public Order Reading

Internal Security Confronts Civil Liberties Reading

Time to Think About Torture Reading

No Tortured Dilemma Reading

The Truth About Confessions

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