For undergraduate first-level courses in Basic Reading.
This basic reading text offers the most opportunities for content area readings and practice of any basic reading
text written at the 7th-10th-grade level. The first of a three level reading series, this text focuses on the essential
reading skills and strategies needed for effective comprehension of content area and textbook readings. The 2nd
edition maintains its focus while providing more authentic practice material--numerous text excerpts and three
complete college textbook chapters--in addition to a variety of other readings.
Features
NEW - Full color design and format--Presents a more inviting appearance with the use of full color throughout
and printing the text chapters in their original designs.
Provides students with an easier to use text where key elements, issues and vocabulary are more easily identified.
NEW - Examples and chapter readings updated to include more content area readings.
Provides students with important information that they can use immediately to read in their other college courses;
as well as mimics "real" textbooks.
NEW - Concentrated emphasis on inferences and understanding main ideas and implied main ideas.
Enables students to focus on this key reading issue and to work on the underlying skills of making inferences,
main idea and implied main idea.
NEW - Revised treatment and new themes-- Includes new or revised material in Theme 1: It's All About Attitude;
Theme 2: A Healthy Environment and Theme 3: Speaking with Confidence are new to this edition.
Provides students with thoughtful themes that factor in such issues as student interests, current affairs,
readability level, and writing style.
NEW - Appendix material-- Includes a revised Facts, Opinions, and Reasoned Judgments section in Appendix A.
Provides students with a comprehensive reference work in an easy-to-use format.
Emphasis on textbook reading practice as the means to transfer skills and strategies to other classes.
Provides students with examples that show them how to apply these new skills in their future college careers
and beyond.
Sound chapter pedagogy--Includes "An Idea to Think About," objectives, a review with summary of key
ideas, a self-check section, "Putting It All Together" exercises, a crossword puzzle, and writing and
discussion ideas in each chapter.
Presents students with a strong, cohesive framework for each chapter, giving them ample opportunity to practice
and learn.
Instructor's Edition & Instructor's Manual with Test Bank--Contains answers to all exercises, with a Notes
for Instructors section that includes a syllabus suggestion, general principles to guide instruction, specific
ideas and activities, and the readability data on the text's multi-paragraph readings.
Provides instructors with extensive course support to cut down on preparation time and offer resources to best
prepare for class.
Table of Contents
1. Previewing Textbooks.
Previewing a Textbook. Table of Contents. Preface. Author Information. Index. Appendix. Glossary.
2. Understanding Vocabulary.
Using Context Clues to Define Words and Phrases. Using the Parts of a Word to Help Define It. Using a Dictionary
to Define Words and Phrases. Defining Words and Phrases While Reading. Remembering Words and Phrases.
3. Understanding Main Ideas.
Distinguishing between General and Specific Words and Ideas. Identifying a Topic. Identifying a Main Idea. Restating
the Main Idea in Your Own Words.
4. Understanding Implied Main Ideas.
Making Inferences While Reading. Understanding Implied Main Ideas.
5. Identifying Supporting Details and Using Relationships Among Ideas.
Understanding How the Ideas & Sentences in a Paragraph Relate to One Another. Understanding How the Ideas
and Sentences Are Organized.
6. Reading Multi-Paragraph Selections.
Plan to Be Successful. Read Actively.
Theme 1: It's All about Attitude.
Attitudes, Charles Swindoll. Is It Time for an Attitude Adjustment?, Barbara Bruce and Denise Foley. Why Aren't
We Happier?, Neil Rosenthal. Ziggy Cartoon, Tom Wilson. How To Be An Optimist, Lisa Funderburg. Hold on to Your
Positive Attitude, Elwood N. Chapman and Sharon Lund O'Neil. 'Little Engine' Holds a Valuable Life Lesson, Ana
Veciana-Suarez.
Theme 2: A Healthy Environment.
A Healthy Environment, Pruitt, Crumplert, & Prothrow-Stith. With Every Breath You Take, Kimi Eisele. Cartoon,
Clay Bennett. NASA Study Shows Common Plants Help Reduce Indoor Air Pollution, Zone 10 and Plants for Clean Air
Council. The Oil Was Everywhere, Bruce Gray. It's Everywhere and It's Worse Than You Think! Dorothy Lockhart Lawrence.
Are You Big Foot?, Kim Todd.
Theme 3: Speaking With Confidence.
Butterflies in Formation, Edwin Powell. Making a Winning Presentation Or How to Think Like a Listener, John
Graham. Deliver Your Message with Effective Oral Presentations, Bienvenu and Timm. Cartoon, Randy Glasbergen. What
You Can Say Without Speaking, Kare Anderson. Viva Voice, Lisa Murphy.
Appendix A: Facts, Opinions, and Reasoned Judgments.
Appendix B: Preparing for and Taking Standardized Reading Tests.
Glossary.
