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Preface | |
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A Word to Students About This Book | |
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Discovering Reading and Writing | |
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Your Goals and Needs | |
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Learning Styles | |
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What Is Reading? | |
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Becoming a Better Reader | |
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The Stages of Reading | |
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What Is Writing? | |
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Becoming a Better Writer | |
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The Stages of Writing | |
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A Final Note About the Writing Process | |
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Increasing Your Vocabulary | |
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Application: The Road Less Traveled | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Preparing for Reading and Writing | |
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Theme: Motivation and Emotion | |
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Reading Strategies | |
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Prior Knowledge | |
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Surveying | |
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Organizing Textbook Information | |
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Writing Strategies | |
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Stage 1: Discovering Topics | |
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Stage 2: Discovering Ideas | |
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Increasing Your Vocabulary | |
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Context Clues | |
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Definitions | |
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Application | |
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Textbook Selection 1: Motivation | |
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Textbook Selection 2: Emotion | |
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Additional Readings | |
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The Paring Knife | |
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Unfair Game | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Working with Topics and Main Ideas | |
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Theme: Physiological Needs | |
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Topics and Main Ideas for Readers | |
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Identifying Topics | |
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Identifying Main Ideas | |
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Writing Paragraphs | |
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Writing Main Idea Sentences | |
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Writing Supporting Details | |
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Writing Concluding Sentences | |
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Application | |
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Textbook Selection 1: A Primary Drive: Hunger | |
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Textbook Selection 2: Eating Disorders | |
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Textbook Selection 3: Sleep and Dreaming | |
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Additional Reading | |
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To Sleep, Perchance to Stay Awake in Class | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Working with Details | |
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Theme: Safety | |
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The Relationship Between Readers and Writers | |
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Patterns of Organization and Signal Words | |
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Lists | |
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Examples | |
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Comparisons | |
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Definitions | |
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Cause and Effect | |
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Major and Minor Details | |
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Writing Coherent Paragraphs | |
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Time Order | |
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Place Order | |
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Order of Importance | |
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Application | |
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Textbook Selections on The Bill of Rights | |
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Newspaper Articles Dealing with Civil Rights | |
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Making Inferences | |
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Theme: Belonging | |
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Making Inferences from Experience | |
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Making Inferences About Causes and Effects | |
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Making Inferences About Purpose | |
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Making Inferences About Tone | |
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Making Inferences About Motive and Character | |
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Understanding Figurative Language | |
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Writing for an Audience | |
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Application | |
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Textbook Selection 1: Socialization | |
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Textbook Selection 2: Social Structure | |
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Textbook Selection 3: Conformity | |
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Additional Readings | |
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La Migra | |
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Obedience to Authority | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Organizing Essays | |
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Theme: Love | |
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Elements of an Essay | |
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Thesis and Thesis Statement | |
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Introduction to an Essay | |
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Body of an Essay | |
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Conclusion of an Essay | |
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Revising an Essay | |
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Revision Through Reading | |
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Revision Through Collaboration | |
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First Draft | |
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Revised Draft | |
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Summarizing Passages | |
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Types of Essays and Passages | |
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Description | |
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Narration | |
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Cause-Effect | |
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Comparison-Contrast | |
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Problem-Solution | |
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Persuasive Essays | |
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Mixed Patterns | |
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Application | |
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Textbook Selection: Relationships | |
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Additional Reading | |
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Poem for a Divorced Daughter | |
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Additional Readings | |
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How I Learned to Read and Write | |
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Cesar Chaves and La Causa | |
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from America and Its People: A Mosaic in the Making | |
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It's Not Easy Bein' Green | |
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Loving Your Enemies | |
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Sunday in the Park | |
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Harvest Bound, Ramon "Tianguis" Perez | |
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No Speak English | |
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The Correct English Handbook | |
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Parts of Speech | |
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Sentence Components | |
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Subject and Verb Agreement | |
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Using Pronouns Properly | |
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Active and Passive Voice | |
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Phrases | |
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Clauses | |
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Avoiding Common Errors | |
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Parallelism | |
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Punctuation | |
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Capitalization | |
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Spelling | |
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Usage | |
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Proofreading Sentences | |
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Credits | |