Structured Reading

by Troyka, Lynn Quitman; Thweatt, Joseph Wayne

• ISBN13: 9780136519775
• ISBN10: 0136519776
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

For courses in Developmental Reading or College Reading. The highly regarded, exceptionally effective approach of Structured Reading is grounded in psycholinguistic theory and based on the principle that readers improve their skills not by reading about reading, but rather by guided, hands-on experience with reading. Throughout the text readers encounter essays from books, magazines, and texts. They use this material to develop their critical thinking, reading, and vocabulary skills.

Table of Contents

Preface	xvii
How to Structure Your Reading	1	(30)
PART 1 Thinking: Getting Started	31	(54)
A Real Loss	35	(10)
Fern Kupfer
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	36	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	38	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	39	(1)
Major Details	40	(1)
Inferences	40	(2)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	42	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	42	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	43	(2)
The Death of a Farm	45	(8)
Amy Jo Keifer
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	46	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	47	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	48	(1)
Major Details	49	(1)
Inferences	50	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	50	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	51	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	51	(2)
Tyranny of Weakness	53	(6)
Eda LeShan
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	54	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	55	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	55	(1)
Major Details	56	(1)
Inferences	56	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	57	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	57	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	58	(1)
Darkness at Noon	59	(8)
Harold Krents
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	61	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	62	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	63	(1)
Major Details	63	(1)
Inferences	64	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	65	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	65	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	66	(1)
My World Now	67	(9)
Anna Mae Halgrim Seaver
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	69	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	71	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	72	(1)
Major Details	72	(1)
Inferences	73	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	73	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	74	(2)
My Mother's Blue Bowl	76	(9)
Alice Walker
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	78	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	80	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	81	(1)
Major Details	81	(1)
Inferences	82	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	82	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	83	(2)
PART 2 Thinking: Getting Started	85	(54)
Summer	89	(6)
Jonathan Schwartz
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	90	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	91	(1)
Main Idea and Images	91	(1)
Major Details	92	(1)
Inferences	92	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	93	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	94	(1)
My Father, the No-Show	95	(8)
Quassan T. Castro
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	97	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	98	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	99	(1)
Major Details	99	(1)
Inferences	100	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	100	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	101	(2)
The Girl with the Large Eyes	103	(8)
Julius Lester
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	105	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	106	(1)
Central Theme and Main Images	107	(1)
Major Details	108	(1)
Inferences	108	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	109	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	109	(2)
You Are How You Eat	111	(9)
Enid Nemy
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	113	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	114	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	115	(1)
Major Details	116	(1)
Inferences	117	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	117	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	118	(2)
Flour Children	120	(8)
Lexine Alpert
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	122	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	123	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	124	(1)
Major Details	124	(1)
Inferences	125	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	125	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	126	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	126	(2)
The Magic Words Are ``Will You Help Me?''	128	(11)
Michael Ryan
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	131	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	133	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	134	(1)
Major Details	134	(1)
Inferences	135	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	135	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	136	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	137	(2)
PART 3 Thinking: Getting Started	139	(66)
Genes and Behavior: A Twin Legacy	143	(9)
Constance Holden
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	145	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	146	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	147	(1)
Major Details	148	(1)
Inferences	149	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	150	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	150	(2)
Every Kid Needs Some Manual Arts	152	(8)
William Raspberry
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	154	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	155	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	156	(1)
Major Details	156	(1)
Inferences	157	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	157	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	157	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	158	(2)
Richard Cory, All Over Again	160	(2)
Roy Meador
Richard Cory	162	(8)
Edward Arlington Robinson
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	163	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	164	(2)
Central Theme and Main Images	166	(1)
Major Details	166	(1)
Inferences	167	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	168	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	169	(1)
Escaping the Daily Grind for Life as a House Father	170	(10)
Rick Greenberg
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	172	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	174	(2)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	176	(1)
Major Details	176	(1)
Inferences	177	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	178	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	178	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	179	(1)
A New Dawn	180	(12)
Sam Moses
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	184	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	185	(2)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	187	(1)
Major Details	188	(1)
Inferences	188	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	189	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	189	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	190	(2)
Out of Their Element	192	(13)
Bob Akin
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	196	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	198	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	199	(1)
Major Details	199	(1)
Inferences	200	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	201	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	201	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	202	(3)
PART 4 Thinking: Getting Started	205	(60)
Terror at Tinker Creek	209	(8)
Annie Dillard
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	210	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	212	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	213	(1)
Major Details	213	(1)
Inferences	214	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	215	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	215	(2)
Should a Wife Keep Her Name?	217	(10)
Norman Lobsenz
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	219	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	221	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	222	(1)
Major Details	223	(1)
Inferences	224	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	225	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	225	(2)
Restored to the Sea	227	(9)
Robin Micheli
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	229	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	230	(2)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	232	(1)
Major Details	233	(1)
Inferences	233	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	234	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	234	(2)
I Became Her Target	236	(10)
Roger Wilkins
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	238	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	240	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	241	(1)
Major Details	242	(1)
Inferences	243	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	244	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	244	(2)
She Made Her Dream Come True	246	(8)
Michael Ryan
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	247	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	249	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	250	(1)
Major Details	250	(1)
Inferences	251	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	252	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	252	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	252	(2)
The Babies of Bedford	254	(11)
Jean Harris
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	257	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	259	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	260	(1)
Major Details	261	(1)
Inferences	262	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	262	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	263	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	264	(1)
PART 5 Thinking: Getting Started	265	(74)
How to Stay Alive	269	(6)
Art Hoppe
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	270	(1)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	271	(1)
Central Theme	272	(1)
Major Details	273	(1)
Inferences	273	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	273	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	274	(1)
Houses to Save the Earth	275	(11)
Seth Shulman
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	278	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	280	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	281	(1)
Major Details	282	(1)
Inferences	283	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	283	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	283	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	284	(2)
Magnetism	286	(14)
Abraham Marcus
Charles M. Thomson
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	292	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	294	(1)
Special Textbook Vocabulary	295	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	296	(1)
Major Details	297	(1)
Inferences	298	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	298	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	299	(1)
Long-Term Memory	300	(13)
Joseph Calkin
Richard S. Perroto
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	305	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	307	(1)
Special Textbook Vocabulary	308	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	309	(1)
Major Details	310	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	310	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	311	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	311	(2)
A Personal Stress Survival Guide	313	(14)
Diana Hales
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	319	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	321	(1)
Speical Textbook Vocabulary	322	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	323	(1)
Major Details	324	(1)
Inferences	324	(1)
Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion	325	(1)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	325	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	326	(1)
The Chaser	327	(12)
John Collier
Vocabulary list with dictionary entries	329	(2)
Exercises:
Vocabulary	331	(1)
Central Theme and Main Ideas	332	(1)
Major Details	332	(1)
Inferences	333	(2)
Critical Reading: The Writer's Craft	335	(1)
Reader Response: To Discuss or to Write About	335	(4)
Appendix Progress Charts	339	(10)
Guide to Dictionary Use	349	(10)
Vocabulary Index	359	(2)
General Index	361