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| Improving Reading and Thinking | |
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| Goals for Chapter 1 | |
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| Reading and Academic Success | |
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| Reading and Professional Success | |
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| Reading and Personal Success | |
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| Reading and Better Thinking | |
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| How to Improve Reading Skills | |
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| Understand the Different Purposes for Reading | |
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| Understand the Mental Skills Required for Reading | |
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| Develop Individual Reading Skills | |
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| Learn and Use Different Reading Strategies | |
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| How This Book Will Help You Improve Your Reading | |
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| Goals of this Book | |
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| Organization and Features | |
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| Reading Strategy: Active Reading. Web Links | |
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| Reading Selection: Web Site Reading: “Ten Terrific Self-Motivating Tips,“ Mike Moore | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Using the Dictionary | |
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| Guide Words | |
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| Understanding a Dictionary Entry | |
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| Reading Visuals: Visual Aids | |
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| General Tips for Reading Visual Aids | |
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| Chapter 1 Review | |
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| Main Ideas | |
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| Goals for Chapter 2 | |
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| Pretest | |
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| General and Specific | |
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| Determining the Topic | |
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| Determining the Main Idea | |
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| The Topic Sentence | |
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| Locations of Topic Sentences | |
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| Topic Sentence as First Sentence | |
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| Topic Sentence in the Middle | |
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| Topic Sentence as Second or Third Sentence | |
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| Topic Sentence as Last Sentence | |
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| Topic Sentence as First and Last Sentence | |
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| Steps for Locating the Topic Sentence | |
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| Topic Sentences That Cover More Than One Paragraph | |
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| Reading Strategy: Creating an Effective Reading Environment | |
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| Web Link | |
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| Reading Selections | |
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| Biography: Boy Wonder: Mark Zuckerberg and the Beginning of Facebook | |
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| Textbook Reading: Hospitality: An Age-Old Industry | |
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| Textbook Reading: College Success: “Coping with Procrastination,“ Rebecca Moore, Barbara Baker, and Arnold S. Packer | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms. Reading Visuals: Tables | |
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| Chapter 2 Review | |
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| Supporting Details, Mapping, and Outlining | |
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| Goals for Chapter 3 | |
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| Pretest | |
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| Major and Minor Details | |
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| Mapping and Outlining | |
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| Reading Strategy: Reading and Time Management. Web Links | |
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| Reading Selections: Biography: The Navajo Code Talkers | |
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| Textbook Reading: Psychology: “Physical Attractiveness“ | |
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| Textbook Reading: College Success: Time Management for College Students | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Context and Meaning | |
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| Reading Visuals: Organizational Charts | |
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| Chapter 3 Review | |
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| Implied Main Ideas | |
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| Goals for Chapter 4 | |
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| Pretest | |
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| Understanding Implied Main Ideas | |
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| Determining Implied Main Ideas | |
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| Step 1 Find the Subject of Each Sentence | |
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| Step 2 Determine a General Topic Based on the Specific Details | |
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| Step 3 State an Implied Main Idea | |
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| Reading Strategy: SQ3R. Web Links | |
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| Reading Selections: Biography: Survival of the Fittest | |
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| Textbook Reading: Law Enforcement: Modern-Day Piracy: Organized Crime | |
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| Website Reading: Biology: A Whale of a Trip | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: The Definition/Restatement Context Clue | |
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| Reading Visuals: Flow Charts | |
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| Chapter 4 Review | |
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| Transitions | |
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| Goals for Chapter 5 | |
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| Pretest | |
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| Characteristics of Transitions | |
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| Transition Words that Indicate a List | |
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| Transition Words that Indicate Sequence | |
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| Transition Words that Indicate Cause/Effect | |
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| Transition Words that Indicate Comparison/Contrast | |
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| Transition Words that Indicate Definition | |
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| Transitions in Combinations of Patterns | |
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| Reading Strategy: Summarizing. Web Links | |
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| Reading Selections | |
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| Biography: Rosa Parks: An American Hero | |
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| Textbook Reading: Health Psychology: Environmental Stress: Health Psychology | |
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| Website Reading: Linguistics: Signing, Singing, Speaking: How Language Evolved | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: The Explanation Context Clue | |
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| Reading Visuals: Pie Charts | |
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| Chapter 5 Review | |
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| Patterns of Organization | |
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| Goals for Chapter 6 | |
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| Topic Sentences | |
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| List | |
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| Sequence | |
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| Cause/Effect | |
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| Comparison/Contrast | |
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| Definition | |
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| Combination of Patterns | |
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| Reading Strategy: Taking Notes | |
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| Web Links | |
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| Reading Selections | |
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| Biography: Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross | |
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| Textbook Reading: Fashion Design: Fashion Emphasis, 2000� | |
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| Present: You Make the Call!: Fashion Design | |
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| Newspaper Reading: Health: “Women React to Pain Differently Than Men,“ Rita Rubin | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: The Example Context Clue | |
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| Reading Visuals: Line Graphs | |
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| Chapter 6 Review | |
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| Inferences | |
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| Goals for Chapter 7 | |
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| Pretest | |