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9780472082650

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    9780472082650

  • ISBN10:

    0472082655

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1994-07-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr
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Table of Contents

Introduction xi(4)
To the Teacher xv
1 Nonprose Reading: Menu
1(29)
Word Study: Context Clues
3(3)
Word Study: Dictionary Use
6(3)
Word Study: Stems and Affixes
9(4)
Paragraph Reading: Main Idea
13(9)
Discourse Focus: Scanning
22(8)
2 Reading Selections 1A-1B: Essays
30(20)
Composition Foci: Description / Exemplification / Arguing a Position
31(10)
1A "Culture Shock and the Problem of Adjustment in New Cultural Environments
31(5)
1B "Your Actions Speak Louder..."
36(5)
Reading Selection 2: Mystery
41(3)
Composition Focus: Fiction "The Midnight Visitor"
41(3)
Reading Selection 3: Conversation
44(6)
Composition Foci: Presenting an Opinion / Critical Analysis "Toledo: A Problem of Menus"
44(6)
3 Nonprose Reading: Newspaper Advertisements
50(24)
Word Study: Stems and Affixes
53(4)
Word Study: Dictionary Use
57(3)
Sentence Study: Introduction
60(2)
Sentence Study: Comprehension
62(2)
Paragraph Reading: Main Idea
64(6)
Discourse Focus: Skimming
70(4)
4 Reading Selections 1A-1B: News and Information
74(16)
Composition Focus: Arguing a Position
75(6)
1A "American Values in Education"
75(2)
1B "Parents Seeking Cool Classroom for Son"
77(4)
Reading Selection 2: Newspaper Questionnaire
81(3)
Composition Focus: Comparison and Contrast "How Do You Handle Everyday Stress?"
81(3)
Reading Selection 3: Magazine Article
84(6)
Composition Focus: Using Supporting Data "Graveyard of the Atlantic"
84(6)
5 Nonprose Reading: Questionnaire
90(17)
Word Study: Context Clues
92(2)
Word Study: Stems and Affixes
94(4)
Sentence Study: Comprehension
98(2)
Paragraph Reading: Restatement and Inference
100(4)
Discourse Focus: Careful Reading / Drawing Inferences
104(3)
6 Reading Selections 1A-1D: News and Editorials
107(31)
Composition Foci: Arguing a Position / Writing an Advertisement
107(21)
1A "A Burning Issue on the Job and Off"
107(5)
1B "Smoking in Public: Live and Let Live"
112(3)
1C "Smoke Alert: Who's Puffing 5 Trillion Cigarettes"
115(3)
1D "America's New Merchants of Death"
118(10)
Reading Selection 2: Magazine Article
128(6)
Composition Focus: Comparison and Contrast "Conjugal Prep"
128(6)
Reading Selection 3: Magazine Article
134(4)
Composition Foci: Technical Description / Process "Sonar for the Blind"
134(4)
7 Nonprose Reading: Poetry
138(27)
Word Study: Context Clues
142(2)
Word Study: Stems and Affixes
144(4)
Sentence Study: Restatement and Inference
148(4)
Paragraph Analysis: Reading for Full Understanding
152(9)
Discourse Focus: Prediction
161(4)
8 Reading Selections 1A-1B: Technical Prose
165(20)
Composition Foci: Using Supporting Data / Developing a Proposal
165(6)
1A "Crowded Earth--Billions More Coming"
165(3)
1B "World Population Growth Rate Slows"
168(3)
Reading Selection 2: Magazine Article
171(7)
Composition Focus: Comparison and Contrast "Why We Laugh"
171(7)
Reading Selection 3: Short Story
178(7)
Composition Focus: Arguing a Position "The Lottery"
178(7)
9 Nonprose Reading: Bus Schedule
185(16)
Word Study: Stems and Affixes
190(3)
Sentence Study: Comprehension
193(2)
Paragraph Reading: Restatement and Inference
195(3)
Discourse Focus: Careful Reading/Drawing Inferences
198(3)
10 Reading Selections 1A-1B: Feature Articles
201(27)
Composition Foci: Presenting an Opinion / Arguing a Position / Description / Comparison and Contrast
201(10)
1A "Japanese Style in Decision-Making"
201(7)
1B "Happy Customers Matter of Honor among Japanese"
208(3)
Reading Selection 2: Satire
211(5)
Composition Foci: Exemplification / Satire "Pockety Women Unite?"
211(5)
Reading Selection 3: Poetry
216(6)
"How to Eat a Poem"
216(1)
"Unfolding Bud"
216(2)
"This is Just to Say"
218(1)
"in Just-"
219(1)
"Spring and Fall: To a Young Child"
220(2)
Reading Selection 4: Short Story
222(6)
Composition Foci: Analogy / Fiction "The Chaser"
222(6)
11 Nonprose Reading: Road Map
228(24)
Word Study: Context Clues
235(2)
Sentence Study: Restatement and Inference
237(4)
Paragraph Analysis: Reading for Full Understanding
241(6)
Discourse Focus: Prediction
247(5)
12 Reading Selection 1: Textbook
252(28)
Composition Focus: Description "The Sacred `Rac'"
252(4)
Reading Selection 2: Essay
256(7)
Composition Focus: Presenting an Opinion "The City"
256(7)
Reading Selections 3A-3B: Family Narratives Composition Focus: Narrative
263(17)
3A "An Attack on the Family"
263(6)
3B Adaptation from Cheaper by the Dozen
269(11)
13 Longer Reading: Psychology
280(13)
Composition Foci: Presenting an Opinion / Arguing a Position "The Milgram Experiment"
284(9)
Ronald E. Smith
Irwin G. Sarason
Barbara Sarason
14 Longer Reading: Suspense
293(17)
Composition Foci: Presenting an Opinion / Arguing a Position "The Dusty Drawer"
293(17)
Harry Miles Muheim
15 Longer Reading: Anthropology
310(11)
Composition Foci: Arguing a Point of View / Presenting an Opinion "In the Shadow of Man"
310(11)
Jane van Lawick-Goodall
Appendix 321(2)
Answer Key 323

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