Steps to College Reading

by Seyler, Dorothy U.

• ISBN13: 9780321104045
• ISBN10: 0321104048
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-23
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Steps to College Reading provides students extensive practice developing basic reading skills at a new value price.Designed for the most basic developmental reading course (Grades 6),Steps to College Readingemphasizes the idea of reading as a three-step process through a "prepare -read -respond" strategy. More assistance is provided to students with the pre--reading step than in other texts. Pre-reading questions precede each selection. Reading passages cover a broad range of topics that will interest students and be relevant to their college work. Chapters contain numerous short pieces for illustration and practice and move to longer pieces for more sustained reading. However, because the book is designed for the more basic course, the readings are always of a manageable length for students.Steps to College Readingdiffers from its more advanced companion text,The Reading Context, by providing shorter and simpler explanations of key concepts; by using more visuals to accommodate alternate learning styles; by providing more vocabulary work; by covering reading rates; and by using simpler readings. This text offers more help with reading textbook material and provides full chapters on understanding the difference between specific and general statements, understanding implied ideas, reading graphics, and responding to expressive and persuasive writing.

Table of Contents

Most chapters begin with Prepare to Read and conclude with Chapter Review Quiz

Preface

Getting Started

Commit

Concentrate

Know about Reading

Be an Active Reader

How the Sun Came

Tips for Staying Well

Developing a Reading Strategy

Prepare to Read

Why Have a Reading Strategy? Prepare-Read-Respond: How the Steps Connect

Prepare

Read

Respond

Open Season: Children as Prey

Hydrogen and the Hindenburg

Word Power 1: Using Context Clues and Building Vocabulary

Context Clues

Learning New Words

A Brief Book List

Opposing Principles Help Balance Society

Word Power 2: Recognizing Word Parts and Knowing Your Dictionary

Compound Words

Learning from Word Parts: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes

Knowing Your Dictionary

Pronunciation

Abbreviations Used in Dictionary Entries

Working with Word Meanings

Defining English

Distinguishing between General and Specific Statements

General and Specific Statements

Levels of Specificity

Recognizing General and Specific Sentences

Understanding Complicated Sentences

In the Rain Forest

Understanding Main Ideas

Identifying a Paragraph's Topic

Identifying Main Ideas

Reading Longer Passages

The Summary

The Pyramids

Recognizing Strategies and Structures in Writing

Explaining by Listing

Time Sequence and Process

Definition

Comparison and Contrast

Cause and Effect

Mixed Patterns

Smoke and Mirrors

Neat People vs. Sloppy People

Reading Graphics

How to Read Graphics

Pictures and Photographs

Diagrams

Maps

Tables

Graphs and Charts

Graphs Can Lie, Easy as Pie

Reading and Studying for College Classes

Reading Textbooks

Writing-to-Learn Strategies

Learning from Three Textbook Sections

Reinforcing Learning in Class

Preparing for Testing

Reading More Efficiently

Scanning

Skimming

Improving Visual Skills

Improving Visual Skills through Improved Spelling

Efficient Reading through Aggressive Reading

Timed Reading I

Some Principles of Communication

Timed Reading II

The Rude Awaken

Timed Reading III: Lefton and Valvatne, Coping, Health, and a Positive Attitude

Drawing Inferences and Understanding Implied Main Ideas

What Are Inferences? Drawing Inferences from Reading

Connotation

Figurative Language

Characteristics of Appropriate Inferences

Understanding Implied Main Ideas

Drawing Inferences and Understanding Implied Meanings in Longer Passages

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