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Preface | |
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Introduction: Active Reading | |
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Becoming A Skilled Reader | |
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A Reading System for Skilled Readers | |
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Prior Knowledge | |
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The Reading Process | |
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Textbook Skills: Before, During, and After Reading-Asking Questions and Recording Answers | |
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Vocabulary in Context | |
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The Importance of Words | |
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Context Clues: A SAGE Approach | |
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Textbook Skills: Visual Vocabulary | |
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Vocabulary-Building Skills | |
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Word Parts | |
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Additional Word Parts | |
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The Dictionary | |
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Textbook Skills: Textbook Aids for Learning Content Words | |
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Topics and Main Ideas | |
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Topics | |
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Main Ideas | |
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Supporting Details | |
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Textbook Skills: Topics in Headings | |
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Locating Stated Main Ideas | |
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The Flow of Ideas and Placement of Topic Sentences | |
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Textbook Skills: The Central Point and the Thesis Statement | |
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Supporting Details, Outlines, and Concept Maps | |
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Questions for Locating Supporting Details | |
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Major and Minor Details | |
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Textbook Skills: Ideas from General to Specific: Creating a Summary | |
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Outlines and Concept Maps | |
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Outlines | |
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Concept Maps | |
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Textbooks Skills: The Table of Contents in a Textbook | |
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Transitions and Thought Patterns | |
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The Purpose of Transitions and Thought Patterns | |
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Transition Words: Relationships Within a Sentence | |
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Thought Patterns: Relationships Between Sentences | |
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Textbook Skills: Transitions and Clear Information | |
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More Thought Patterns | |
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Comparison and Contrast Patterns | |
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Cause and Effect Pattern | |
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The Generalization-and-Example. Pattern | |
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Textbook Skills: The Definition Pattern | |
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Final Note: Though Patterns and Textbooks | |
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Implied Main Ideas | |
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An Introduction to Implied Main Ideas | |
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Studying Supporting Details to Identify the State and Topic | |
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Using Topics, Supporting Details, and Thought Patterns to Determine the Implied Main Idea | |
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Annotating the Paragraph to Determine the Implied Main Idea | |
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Creating a One-Sentence Summary from Supporting Details | |
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Textbook Skills: Pictures as Details | |
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Inferences | |
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Inferences: Educated Guesses | |
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What is a Valid Inference? | |
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Making VALID Inferences and Avoiding Invalid Conclusions | |
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Thinking Through an Inference and Drawing Conclusions | |
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Textbook Skills: Inferences and Photos | |
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Additional Readings | |
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The Connection Between Reading and Writing | |
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"What You Need to Know," | |
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"Stuff Is Not Salvation," | |
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"Hard Times, A Helping Hand," | |
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"Firestorm," | |
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"My Home at Mankiller Flats," | |
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"To Any Would-be Terrorists," | |
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"What is Islam?" | |
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"I Have a Dream" | |
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"Election Night Victory Speech" | |
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"A Man with No Eyes," | |
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Combined Skills Tests | |
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Reading Enrichment | |
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ESL Reading Tips | |
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Reading Graphics | |
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Word Parts; | |