| Words and Their Meanings | |
| Context in Reading | |
| Context in Everyday Life | |
| Context Changes Meaning | |
| Breaking Words into Parts | |
| Digging Deeper: Good Grief | |
| Rounding Up the Keys | |
| Reviewing the Key Points | |
| Reviewing Word Parts | |
| Using Context Clues | |
| Using Word Parts and Context Clues | |
| Using Word Parts and Context Clues | |
| Clarifying Two Essential Terms: General and Specific | |
| General and Specific Words | |
| Putting General and Specific Words into Context | |
| General and Specific Sentences | |
| Combining General and Specific Sentences | |
| Digging Deeper: Hope, Laughter, and Positive Thinking | |
| Vocabulary Check-Out | |
| Rounding Up the Keys | |
| Reviewing the Key Points | |
| General and Specific Words | |
| Identifying Specific Sentences | |
| Recognizing General Sentences | |
| From Topics to Main Ideas What's the Topic? | |
| What's the Main Idea? | |
| Digging Deeper: On Being Latino, Then and Now | |
| Vocabulary Check-Out | |
| Rounding Up the Keys | |
| Reviewing the Key Points | |
| Identifying Topics | |
| Recognizing Main Ideas | |
| Identifying Topics and Main Ideas | |
| Identifying Topics and Main Ideas | |
| Discovering Main Ideas | |
| Recognizing Topic Sentences | |
| Topic Sentences at the Beginning | |
| Transitions and Topic Sentences | |
| Topic Sentences Closer to the Middle | |
| Topic Sentences at the End | |
| Get into the Habit of Paraphrasing | |
| Digging Deeper: Family Ties | |
| Vocabulary Check-Out | |
| Rounding Up the Keys | |
| Reviewing the Key Points | |
| Recognizing Topic Sentences | |
| Recognizing Topic Sentences | |
| Recognizing and Paraphrasing Topic Sentences | |
| The Reader Infers When the Author Implies Inferences in Reading: Inferences in Life | |
| Let the Pieces Fall into Place Inferences That Help Versus Inferences That Confuse | |
| Digging Deeper: The Future of Zero Tolerance | |
| Vocabulary Check-Out | |
| Rounding Up the Key Points | |
| Reviewing the Key Points | |
| Identifying the Implied Main Idea | |
| Identifying the Implied Main Idea | |
| Identifying the Implied Main Idea | |
| Inferring the Implied Main Idea | |
| Working Together: Topic Sentences and Supporting Details | |
| The Function of Supporting Details | |
| Major and Minor Details | |
| Evaluating Minor Details | |
| Clues to Major Details in Topic Sentences | |
| Digging Deeper: Online Therapy Clicks | |
| Vocabulary Check-Out | |
| Rounding Up the Keys | |
| Reviewing the Key Points | |
| Recognizing Supporting Details | |
| Recognizing Major and Minor Details | |
| Recognizing Major and Minor Details | |
| Connecting with Transitions | |
| Transitions Create Links Same Transition, Different Meaning Transitions | |
| Pave the Way for the Main Idea | |
| Transitional Sentences and Main | |
| Topic Sentences, Transitions, and Major Details | |
| Digging Deeper: When Shopping Becomes Addictive | |
| Vocabulary Check-Out | |
| Rounding Up the Keys | |
| Reviewing the Key Points | |
| Topic Sentences and Transitions | |
| Recognizing Transitions and Topic Sentences | |
| Transitions and Major Details | |
| Recognizing Patterns of Organization | |
| Time Order Definition Cause and Effect Comparison and Contrast Classification | |
| Digging Deeper: The Origins of Cinco de Mayo | |
| Vocabulary Check-Out | |
| Rounding Up the Keys | |
| Reviewing the Key Points | |
| Patterns and Topic Sentences | |
| Recognizing Patterns of Organization | |
| Recognizing Patterns of Organization | |
| Recognizing Patterns of Organization | |
| Mixing and Matching Patterns | |
| Pure Versus Mixed Patterns | |
| Combining Patterns in Longer Readings Common Combinations | |
| The Importance of Combinations | |
| Digging Deeper: The Kursk's Tragic End | |
| Vocabulary Check-Out | |
| Rounding Up the Keys | |
| Reviewing the Key Points | |
| Recognizing Patterns in Paragraphs | |
| Recognizing Patterns in Paragraphs | |
| Recognizing Mixed Patterns in Longer Readings | |
| Learning to Read Critically Fact Versus Opinion | |
| Mixing Opinion with Fact Informative and Persuasive Writing | |
| The Importance of Purpose Persuasive Arguments | |
| Spotting Shaky Arguments | |
| More Errors in Arguments | |
| Thinking About Tone | |
| Digging Deeper: The Uses of Critical Thinking | |
| Vocabulary Check-Out | |
| Rounding Up the Keys | |
| Reviewing the Key Points | |
| Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion | |
| Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion | |
| Mixing Fact and Opinion | |
| Mixing Fact and Opinion | |
| Recognizing the Writer's Purpose | |
| Recognizing Errors in Argument | |
| Recognizing Tone Combining Your Skills | |
| Stress Management | |
| The Seven-Day Antiprocrastination Plan | |
| Free Spirits | |
| Conversational Ballgames | |
| What Makes a Hero? | |
| Taylor's Miracle | |
| Living with a Hero | |
| We're All a Little Pudgier in 2025, So What? | |
| The Tragedy of Tuckegee | |
| Clergy Dilemma: Save Lives or Keep Secrets, Gerald | |
| Appendix: Using the Dictionary Answer Key to Test 1: Reviewing the Key Points | |
| Index | |
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