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Getting a Handle on College | |
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Introduction Your First Week in Class | |
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Assignment Sheets | |
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Are Your Ready for College? | |
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Margin Seligman, "Optimism and Success" | |
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Vocabulary: Introduction | |
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"Crickets" | |
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Chapter Summary and Review. | |
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How We Learn: Finding Out about Ourselves | |
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Auditory, Visual, or Kinesthetic: What Is Your Learning Style? | |
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Vocabulary: Words in Context | |
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Day versus Night People: Are You More of a Morning Lark or a Night Owl? | |
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"The Two Most Dangerous Hours of Your Day" | |
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Left-Brain and Right-Brain Orientation: Which One Are You? | |
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Multiple Intelligences: What Rea Your Strengths? | |
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"What Is Intelligence, Anyway?" | |
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Stress Inventory: How Much Stress Is There in Your Life? | |
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"An Easy Choice" | |
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Study Schedules | |
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SQ3R: A Classic Way to Study | |
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*Fred Hofstetter "Internet Etiquette" | |
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Chapter Review and Summary | |
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Discovering Meaning through Structure | |
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Topics, Main Ideas, and Details | |
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Description of Topics, Main Ideas, and Details | |
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Distinguishing between General and Specific | |
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Locating Topics and Main Ideas | |
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Paragraph Diagrams | |
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Main Idea: Location of the Main Idea | |
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Paraphrasing | |
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"Grandmother's Fable" | |
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Implied Main Ideas | |
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Your Gender Communication Quotient | |
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"What Women Don't Understand about Guys" | |
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U.S. News & World Report "This Is 911 . . . Please Hold" | |
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Determining an Author's Purpose | |
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Author's Purpose; To Entertain | |
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"The Shepherd's Daughter" | |
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Authors Purpose: To Inform | |
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"From a Melted Candy Bar to Microwaves" | |
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Author's Purpose: To Persuade | |
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"Students Who Push Burgers" | |
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What's Your Opinion? | |
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Writing Summaries | |
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"Letter to Olivia" | |
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Chapter Summary and Review | |
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Vocabulary: Word Structure and Unit 1 | |
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Transition Words and Patterns of Organization | |
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Description of Transition Words and Patterns of Organization | |
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Transition Words | |
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Classification | |
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Cause-and-Effect | |
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Comparison/Contrast | |
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Steps-in-a Process | |
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Examples | |
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Definition | |
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Chronological Order | |
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Listing | |
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Transition Worlds and Patterns of Organization(Continued) | |
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Nonverbal Communication: Topic Main Ideas, Details Exercise | |
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"Road Rage" (criminology textbook) | |
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"Identity Theft" (criminal justice textbook) | |
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Chapter Review and Summary | |
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Interpreting What We Read | |
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Inference | |
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Introduction to Drawing Inferences | |
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Fannie Flagg Excerpt from Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man | |
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"Inside the Vicious Heart" | |
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"Thomas Broderick" | |
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Chapter Review and Summary | |
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Vocabulary: Unit 2 | |
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Figurative Language | |
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Figures of Speech-Similes, Metaphors, and Personification | |
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"The Love of My Life" | |
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The Use of Symbols | |
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"The Road Not Taken" | |
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"Guernica" (art history textbook)) | |
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"The Yellow Ribbon" | |
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Literary Allusions | |
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Imagery | |
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"The Black Widow" | |
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"A Blizzard Under Blue Sky" | |
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Chapter Summary and Review | |
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Tone | |
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Inferring Tone | |
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"The Fixed" | |
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Irony | |
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"A Letter to God" | |
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Satire | |
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"The Animal School" | |
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"Hurts Rent-A-Gun" | |
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Chapter Summary and Review | |
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Vocabulary: Unit 3 | |
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Recognizing Modes of Writing | |
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Four Primary Modes | |
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An Introduction to Modes of Writing (Rhetorical Modes) | |
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Narrative | |
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"Checking on the Kids" | |
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Descriptive | |
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"What Is Poverty?" | |
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Expository | |
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"The Poor: Who and How Many?" (political science textbook) | |
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Persuasive | |
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"Is Poverty Sustainable?" | |
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"Thank You Ma'm" | |
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"A Son's Memoir" | |
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"On Aging" | |
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"Sibling Relationships and Birth Order" (child development textbook) | |
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"TV" | |
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Chapter Summary and Review | |
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Vocabulary: Unit 4 | |
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Modes of Organization | |
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An Introduction to the Modes of Organization | |
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Cause and Effect | |
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Comparison Contrast | |
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"The Roots of Happiness: An Empirical Analysis" (psychology textbook) | |
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Listing | |
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"The Big Win: Life After the Lottery" | |
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Chronological Order and Summaries of Longer Articles | |
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"Charley's Secret" | |
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Categories | |
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"My Possessions Myself" | |
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Steps in a Process | |
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"Developmental Stages in Intimate Relationships" (communications textbook) | |
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Cause and Effect | |
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"The Chaser" | |
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Reading Critically | |
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Fact and Opinion | |
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Learning to Read Critically | |
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"Listening: To Tell Fact from Opinion" | |
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"The Nature of Public Opinion" by Thomas Patterson (political science textbook) | |
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Patricia Wen Excerpt from "Superstitions Help Us Cope" | |
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Chapter Summary and Review | |
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Vocabulary: Unit 5 | |
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Bias | |
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An Introduction to Bias | |
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"The Defendant's Characteristics" (psychology textbook) | |
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Euphemism | |
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"Beware of Doublespeak" (speech textbook) | |
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"A Birthday Party" (short story/Literature) | |
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"Beyond Stereotypes of Cops" (criminology textbook) | |
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"A Hanging" | |
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Propaganda Techniques | |
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What Are They and How Are They Used? | |
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More Propaganda Techniques | |
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Last Major Propaganda Technique | |
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"Boosting Smoking Among Women" (mass communications textbook) | |
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Violence in the Media | |
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"Violence in Television and Video Games: Does the Media's Message Matter?" (psychology textbook) | |
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Chapter Summary and Review | |
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Vocabulary: Unit 6 | |
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Evaluating the Evidence | |
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Introduction to Evaluating Persuasive Writing | |
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Drawing Conclusions: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning | |
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Selection: "DNA Fingerprinting" by Ruth Bernstein and Stephen Bernstein (biology textbook/Biology, Criminology) | |
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"Eyewitness Testimony" (psychology textbook) | |
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Evaluating the Evidence in Editorials, Letters to the Editor, and Advertisement, and a Cartoon | |
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"Marijuana-Background Information" (health textbook) | |
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Associated Press "Medical Marijuana Ruling" | |
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Arguments For and Against Legalizing the Use of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes: | |
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"For" Argument | |
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"Against" Argument | |
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Arguments For and Against the Current "War on Drugs" | |
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Analyzing the Editorials-Propaganda Techniques | |
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Analyzing the Editorials-Techniques for Appealing to Readers | |
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Arguments For and Against the Current "War on Drugs" | |
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USA Today Editorial Staff "Against" Argument | |
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"For" Argument by John P. Walters | |
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Letters to the Editor | |
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For Legalizing the Use of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes | |
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Against Legalizing the Use of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes | |
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Against the Current War on Drugs | |
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Against the Current War on Drugs | |
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Evaluating an Advertisement | |
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Evaluating a Political Cartoon | |
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Chapter Summary and Review | |
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Becoming Ready for Content-Area Classes | |
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Scanning and Skimming | |
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Scanning | |
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"The American Environment: ‘Silent Spring'" (American history textbook) | |
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Skimming | |
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"Pesticides: An Asset and a Liability" (biology textbook) | |
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"A Fable for Tomorrow" | |
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Chapter Summary and Review | |
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Vocabulary: Word Parts and Review | |
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Organizing Textbook Information | |
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Annotating Your Textbook | |
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Studying Textbook Chapters | |
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Outlining | |
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Mapping | |
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Time Lines | |
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Comparison-Contrast Chart | |
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"Jazz in America", from The World of Music (music appreciation textbook) | |
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Appendices | |
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Using the Dictionary | |
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Visual Aids | |
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Test Taking Techniques | |
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Sample Summaries | |