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Practicing Active Reading | |
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Getting Ready | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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Focusing Questions | |
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Everyday Reading | |
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Learning the Skills | |
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Thinking About Reading | |
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Basic Reading Strategies | |
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Reading Actively | |
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Analyzing the Skills | |
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Reading the Parts/Reading the Whole | |
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I'm a Barbie Girl | |
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Reading Textbooks: Political Science | |
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Reviewing | |
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Recall/Remember | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Learning Vocabulary from Context Clues | |
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Restatement Context Clues | |
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Example Context Clues | |
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Contrast Context Clues | |
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General Context Clues | |
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Reading the Parts/Reading the Whole | |
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Lost in Translation | |
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Reading Textbooks: American History | |
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Learning Vocabulary by Analyzing Words | |
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Word Roots | |
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Important Word Roots | |
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Prefixes | |
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Suffixes | |
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Reading the Parts/Reading the Whole | |
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Will Athletic Records Ever Stop Tumbling? | |
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Reading Textbooks: Sociology | |
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Recognizing Topics and Main Ideas in Paragraphs | |
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Finding Topics of Paragraphs | |
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Finding Main Ideas in Paragraphs | |
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Reading the Parts/Reading the Whole | |
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Reject the Racial Litmus Test | |
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Reading Textbooks: Child Psychology | |
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Understanding Major and Minor Supporting Details | |
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Identifying Supporting Details | |
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Identifying Major Supporting Details | |
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Identifying Minor Supporting Details | |
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Using Supporting Details to Understand Unstated Main Ideas | |
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Reading the Parts/Reading the Whole | |
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The Lost Art of Nicknaming | |
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Reading Textbooks: Marketing | |
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Identifying Main Ideas in Longer Selections | |
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Identifying Thesis Statements | |
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Thinking about Titles | |
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Identifying Supporting Paragraphs | |
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Looking at Introductions and Conclusions | |
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Identifying Unstated Main Ideas in Longer Selections | |
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Reading the Parts/Reading the Whole | |
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Alcohol | |
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Reading Textbooks: Biology | |
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Recognizing Patterns of Organization | |
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Recognizing Patterns of Organization | |
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Narration | |
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Description | |
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Definition | |
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Examples | |
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Comparison, Contrast, and Analogy | |
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Classification | |
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Cause and Effect | |
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Mixing the Patterns | |
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Reading the Parts/Reading the Whole | |
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Navigating My Eerie Landscape Alone | |
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Reading Textbooks: Psychology | |
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Making Observations and Connections | |
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Making Observations | |
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Using Writing to Develop Your Observation Skills | |
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Identifying Relationships | |
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Making Connections | |
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Reading the Parts/Reading the Whole | |
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Trigger Guards Are Not the Answer, But Moral Fiber Is | |
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Reading Textbooks: Political Science | |
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Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions | |
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Developing Inferences | |
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Reading Inferentially | |
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Practicing Making Inferences | |
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Drawing Conclusions | |
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Writing to Aid Reading Comprehension | |
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Reading the Parts/Reading the Whole | |
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Keeping the Flame Alive | |
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Reading Textbooks: World History | |
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Becoming a Critical Reader | |
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Identifying an Author's Purpose | |
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Determining an Author's Point of View | |
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Distinguishing between Facts and Opinions | |
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Recognizing and Making Judgements | |
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Reading the Parts/Reading the Whole | |
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Witnessing Execution | |
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Reading Textbooks: Psychology | |
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Skimming, Scanning, and Understanding the Parts of a Book | |
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Skimming a Reading Selection | |
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Scanning a Reading Selection | |
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Understanding the Parts of a Book | |
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Reading the Parts/Reading the Whole | |
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Every Symbol Tells a Story | |
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Reading Textbooks: American History | |
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Developing Visual Literacy | |
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Types of Graphics | |
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Understanding Texts and Graphics Together | |
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Reading the Parts/Reading the Whole | |
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Erectus Afloat | |
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Reading Textbooks: Biology | |
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Reading a Textbook Chapter | |
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Preparing to Read a Textbook | |
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Textbook Elements | |
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Reading/Writing Connection | |
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Skimming the Sample Chapter | |
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Finding the Main Idea and Comprehending the Chapter | |
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Reading Textbooks: Communication | |
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An Anthology of Readings | |
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How to Read Faster | |
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When Mommy or Daddy Dates | |
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The Downside of Hearing Whoopi at the Mall | |
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The Suspected Shopper | |
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Lawsuits Spur Rise in Employee Monitoring | |
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The Bull Shark | |
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The Water of the Moment | |
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You Can't Hide Those Lying Eyes in Tampa | |
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The Way She Died | |
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My Personal Bolt of Lightning | |
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Using a College Dictionary | |
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Index of Useful Terms | |