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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 | |