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| Reading for Structure. (Theme: The Brain: Memory, Learning and Substance Use) | |
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| Understanding Structure: Active Reading Strategies | |
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| Pre Assessment: 5 Things You Must Never Forget by Greg Soltis | |
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| Study Strategies: Using Your Motivation, Time Management, and Learning | |
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| Styles Motivation: The Key to Success | |
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| On Your Own: Are You Motivated | |
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| Setting Achievable Goals Quick Tips: 10 Tips for Setting Goals | |
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| On Your Own: Setting Your Long-Term, Intermediate, & Short-Term Goals Time Management | |
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| Learning Styles VARK Quick Tips: Working with Your VARK | |
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| Learning Style Before, During, After Reading Multiple Intelligences | |
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| Quick Tips: Choose Your Study Environment | |
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| On Your Own: Applying Study Skills to Goal Setting | |
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| Active Reading Metacognition | |
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| Memory and How the Brain Processes Information Sensory | |
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| Memory Working (Short Term) | |
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| Memory Long | |
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| Term Memory Forgetting | |
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| Quick Tips: Memory and Study Strategies for College Success | |
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| Purpose for Reading Surveying and Previewing a Reading | |
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| Surveying a Reading Questioning: Creating Guide Questions | |
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| Thinking It Through: Formulating Good Guide Questions | |
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| On Your Own: Surveying a Reading Previewing a Reading | |
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| Identifying Topic | |
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| Thinking It Through: Identifying Topic | |
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| Quick Tips: Identifying Topic | |
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| On Your Own: Identifying Topic | |
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| Holistic Reading Strategies SQ3R and SQ4R PQ4R KWL | |
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| On Your Own: Applying Reading Strategies | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Using Context Clues | |
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| Thinking It Through: Using Context Clues | |
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| On Your Own: Using Context Clues | |
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| Understanding Graphics: Applying Topic and Questioning to Visual Aids | |
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| Thinking It Through: Applying Questioning to Graphs | |
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| On Your Own: Applying Questioning to Graphs | |
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| Applications | |
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| The Three R's of Remembering: Record, Retain, Retrieve | |
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| Increase Your Memory Power | |
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| Inside the Mind of a Savant | |
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| Post Assessment: The Spotless Mind by Michael Rosenwald | |
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| Understanding Structure: Patterns of Organization and Supporting Details | |
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| Pre Assessment: Alcohol Stunts Neuron Generation by Carolyn Seydel | |
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| Recognizing Patterns of Organization | |
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| The Importance of Patterns of Organization | |
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| Quick Tips: Benefits of Recognizing Patterns of Organization | |
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| How to View Patterns of Organization | |
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| What Function Do Patterns of Organization Serve | |
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| The Role of Transition Words | |
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| Supporting Details | |
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| Major and Minor Details | |
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| Categories of Organizational Patterns | |
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| Patterns That List | |
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| Quick Tips: When Is a List a List | |
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| Patterns That Explain | |
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| Patterns That Analyze | |
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| Quick Tips: Steps to Determining Organizational Pattern | |
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| Thinking It Through: Mixed Patterns | |
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| On Your Own: Identifying Patterns of Organization in Shorter Passages | |
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| Thinking It Through: Identifying an Overall Pattern of Organization in Longer Readings | |
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| Quick Tips: Patterns of Organization Facts On Your Own: Identifying Topic and Patterns | |
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| Relationships between Ideas | |
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| Thinking It Through: Finding Relationships between Ideas On Your Own: Finding Relationships between Ideas | |
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| Study Strategy: Paraphrase to Aid Comprehension | |
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| Thinking It Through: Paraphrasing a Reading | |
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| On Your Own: Paraphrasing a Reading | |
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| Quick Tips: How to Paraphrase | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Identifying Prefixes and Suffixes | |
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| Prefixes | |
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| On Your Own: Using Prefixes to Alter the Meaning of a Word Suffixes | |
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| On Your Own: Using Suffixes to Alter the Part of Speech of a Word | |
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| Understanding Graphics: Identifying Patterns and Supporting Details | |
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| Thinking It Through: Seeing the Relationships between Ideas in Graphics | |
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| On Your Own: Seeing the Relationship between Ideas in Graphics | |
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| Applications | |
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| Is Marijuana Dangerous? | |
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| Alcohol and the Adolescent Brain | |
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| Drugs and the Brain | |
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| Post Assessment: Trading for a High | |
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| Unit 1 Textbook Application | |
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| Laura Freberg, " Chapter 16 Psychological Disorders", from Discovering Biological Psychology | |
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| Reading for Main Ideas. (Theme: Communication and Conflict Across Cultures | |
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| Understanding Explicit Main Ideas | |
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| Pre-Assessment: The Differences between Boys and Girls | |
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| At the Office by Marjory Weinstein | |
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| Author'S Purpose | |
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| To Inform | |
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| To Instruct | |
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| To Persuade | |
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| To Entertain On Your Own: Determining an Author's Purpose | |
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| Main Idea | |
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| Purpose Is Linked to Main Idea Topic, Purpose, Pattern for Supporting Details and Main Idea Are Intertwined | |
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| The Difference between Topic and Main Idea | |
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| Quick Tips: Things to Remember about Main Idea Finding the Main Idea | |
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| Quick Tips: Steps to Finding the Main Idea | |
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| Quick Tips: Steps to Checking the Main Idea | |
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| Where Are Explicit Main Ideas Located | |
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| Explicit Main Idea in a Whole Reading | |
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| Explicit Main Idea in a Subsection of a Reading | |
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| Explicit Main Idea in a Paragraph--The Topic Sentence | |
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| On Your Own: Determining Topic Sentences within Paragraphs | |
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| Thinking It Through: Finding the Main Idea of a Whole Reading On Your Own: Finding the Main Idea | |
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| Study Strategy: Summarizing to Express Main Idea and Supporting Details | |
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| Quick Tips: Summary Essentials | |
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| How to Write a Summary Thinking It Through: Summarizing a Reading | |
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| On Your Own: Summarizing a Reading | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Recognizing Root Words | |
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| On Your Own: Recognizing Root Words | |
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| Understanding Graphics: Finding the Main Idea in Visual Aids | |
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| On Your Own: Finding the Main Idea in Bar Graphs | |
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| Applications | |
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| We Just Clicked | |
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| Diversity and Cultural Contacts: Interpreting through Different I's | |
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| MySpace Faces Stiff Competition in Japan | |
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| Post Assessment: The Pitfalls of E-mail | |
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| Understanding Implied Main Ideas | |
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| Pre-Assessment: Like Humans, Chimps Bow to Social Pressure by Bjorn Carey | |
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| Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions | |
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| Inferences and Your Background Knowledge Quick Tips: Steps to Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions | |
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| Thinking It Through: Making Reasonable Inferences & Drawing Logical Conclusions | |
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| On Your Own: Making Reasonable Inferences & Drawing Logical Conclusions | |
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| Implied Main Idea | |
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| Topic + Existing Sentence = Implied Main Idea | |
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| Sentence + Sentence = Implied Main Idea | |
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| General Statement Based on Supporting Details= Implied Main Idea | |
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| Steps to Finding the Implied Main Idea | |
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| Quick Tips: Writing Implied Main Idea Statements | |
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| On Your Own: Finding Implied Main Ideas in Paragraphs | |
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| Thinking It Through: Finding the Implied Main Idea of a Longer Reading | |
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| On Your Own: Finding the Implied Main Idea of a Whole Reading | |
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| On Your Own: Formulating Implied Main Ideas | |
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| Understanding Graphics: Finding Implied Main Ideas in Visual Aids and Cartoons | |
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| On Your Own: Finding Implied Main Ideas in Visual Aids and Cartoons | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Understanding Figurative Language | |
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| On Your Own: Recognizing Figurative Language | |
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| Study Strategy: Reading and Understanding Literature | |
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| Quick Tips: Steps to Finding the Main Idea of Literature Elements to Consider When Reading Literature | |
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| Quick Tips: Elements to Consider When Reading Literature | |
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| Thinking It Through: Analyzing a Poem | |
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| On Your Own: Analyzing a Poem | |
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| Applications | |
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| Organized Crime - American Mafia | |
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| A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials | |
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| The Lottery | |
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| Post Assessment: Study: Office Bullies Create Workplace 'Warzone | |
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| Unit 2 Textbook Application | |
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| Perry/Baker/Hollinger, "Chapter 24 World War I and Its Aftermath: The Last Generation and the Jazz Age" from The Humanities in the Western Tradition | |
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| Reading for Study. (Theme: Education and Responsibility) | |
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| Understanding Text Marking and Annotation | |
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| Pre Assessment: Losing Global Ground by Lynn Olson | |
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| Study Strategies: Critical Thinking and Using Question/Answer Relationships (QAR) As A Study Aid | |
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| Reading Rate | |
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| Quick Tips: Calculating Reading Rate | |
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| Using Textbook Features | |
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| On Your Own: Finding Textbook Features | |
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| Marking and Annotating Text | |
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| Why Use Text Marking | |
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| How to Mark a Text Quick Tips: Suggested Techniques for Marking a Text | |
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| Quick Tips: The "SOUL" Method of Taking Notes | |
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| Thinking It Through: Marking a Text | |
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| On Your Own: Marking a Text | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Improving Your College-level Vocabulary | |
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| Using a Dictionary Recognizing Common College Vocabulary | |
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| On Your Own: Using the Dictionary with the Top 100 Vocabulary Words | |
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| Quick Tips: Recognizing Commonly Misused Words | |
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| Understanding Graphics: Reading Complex Tables | |
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| Thinking It Through: Applying Inference to a Complex Table | |
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| On Your Own: Reading Complex Tables | |
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| Get In, Show Up, Drop Out | |
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| Math Anxiety Saps Working Memory Needed To Do Math | |
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| Development of Achievement Motivation | |
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| Post Assessment: Linking Learning to Earning by Lynn Olson | |
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| Understanding Text Note-Taking | |
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| Pre Assessment: Arguments For and Against Social Responsibility | |
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| Study Strategies: Taking Notes in Class and Succeeding on Tests in College | |
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| Double Column Notes | |
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| Cornell Notes | |
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| Quick Tips: Taking Good College Notes in College Classes How to Take Tests in College | |
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| Objective Tests | |
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| Quick Tips: General Tips for Taking Objective Tests | |
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| Essay Exams | |
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| Types of Essay Questions | |
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| College Reading in the Disciplines | |
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| Note-Taking from Reading | |
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| Quick Tips: Using the SOUL Method for Taking Notes | |
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| Outlines | |
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| Thinking It Through: Creating an Outline | |
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| On Your Own: Creating an Outline | |
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| On Your Own: Creating a Topic Outline | |
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| Graphic Organizers: Webs, Clusters, Maps Charts | |
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| Double Column Notes | |
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| Quick Tips: Note-Taking Methods | |
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| Thinking It Through: Taking Notes from a Reading | |
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| On Your Own: Taking Notes from a Reading | |
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| Vocabulary Strategies: Studying Vocabulary | |
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| Textbook Glossaries | |
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| Learning Key Terms | |
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| Dedicated Notebook for Vocabulary | |
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| Vocabulary Cards | |
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| On Your Own: Create Vocabulary Cards | |
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| Understanding Graphics: Reading and Understanding Diverse Graphic Formats | |
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| On Your Own: Reading and Understanding Diverse Graphic Formats | |
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| Report: Teen Birth Rate Hits Record Low | |
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| Racial Injustice | |
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| Planet's Population Hit | |
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| 6.5 Billion Saturday | |
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| Post Assessment Future Use of Natural Resources by Chernicoff, Fox, and Tanner | |
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| Unit 3 Textbook Application | |
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| Grace Huerta, " Chapter 4 Equity and Education Practice," from Diverse Histories, Diverse Perspectives | |
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| Reading Critically. (Theme: Crime, Medicine and Ethics) | |
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| Understanding Arguments | |
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| Pre Assessment: Innocent Suspects Confess Under Pressure By LiveScience Staff | |
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| Study Strategies: How to Read a Variety of Sources | |
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| How to Read an Essay | |
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| Quick Tips: Important Information to Note When Reading an Essay | |
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| How to Read a Newspaper Article Quick Tips: Important Information to Note When Reading a Newspaper Article | |
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| How to Read a Newspaper Editorial | |
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| Quick Tips: Important Information to Note When Reading an Editorial | |
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| How to Read a Research Study | |
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| The Structure of a Research Study | |
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| How to Approach Research Study Reading | |
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| Quick Tips: Important Information to Note When Reading a Research Study | |
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| Reading Controversial Text | |
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| Prescriptive Versus Descriptive Writing | |
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| Quick Tips: Distinguishing Prescriptive Writing from Descriptive Writing Mapping Arguments | |
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| Thinking It Through: Mapping an Argument | |
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| On Your Own: Mapping an Argument | |
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| Fact and Opinion | |
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| Quick Tips: Differences between Facts and Opinions | |
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| On Your Own: Recognizing Fact and Opinion | |
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| Types of Support for Arguments | |
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| Thinking It Through: Identifying Fact, Opinion, and Support for Point of View | |
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| On Your Own: Identifying Fact, Opinion, and Support for Point of View | |
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| Thinking It Through: Mapping an Argument and Recognizing Support | |
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| On Your Own: Mapping an Argument and Recognizing Support | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Recognizing | |
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| Bias and Tone: Denotation and Connotation and Loaded Language | |
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| Connotation and Denotation | |
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| Bias and Tone | |
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| Loaded Language On Your Own: Recognizing Loaded Language | |
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| Understanding Graphics: Distinguishing Fact from Opinion in Visuals | |
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| On Your Own: Distinguishing Fact from Opinion in Visuals | |
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| The Social Psychology of False Confessions: Compliance, Internalization, and Confabulation | |
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| Theory Links Lead Exposure, Crime | |
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| The Devil in Confessions | |
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| Post Assessment: The Real Crime: 1,000 Errors in Fingerprint Matching Every Year by LiveScience Staff | |
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| Evaluating Arguments | |
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| Pre Assessment: Doctors Back Plan to Store Medical Info Under Your Skin | |
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| Study Strategy: Recognizing Deductive and Inductive Reasoning | |
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| Deductive Reasoning Inductive Reasoning | |
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| Quick Tips: Recognizing Deductive and Inductive Reasoning | |
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| On Your Own: Recognizing Deductive and Inductive Reasoning | |
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| Deconstructing and Evaluating Arguments | |
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| Evaluating Reasoning in an Argument | |
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| Quick Tips: Steps to Evaluating an Argument | |
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| Determining If Support Is Relevant | |
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| Errors in Reasoning | |
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| Logical Fallacies: Unintentional Errors in Reasoning | |
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| Propaganda and Card Stacking: Intentional Errors in Reasoning | |
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| Quick Tips: Determining Validity or Relevance of Support | |
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| On Your Own: Identifying Errors in Reasoning | |
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| Determining If an Argument Is Sound | |
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| Quick Tips: Determining if an Argument Is Sound | |
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| Quick Tips: Recognizing Errors in Reasoning | |
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| On Your Own: Identifying Errors in Reasoning | |
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| Quick Tips: Evaluating an Argument | |
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| Thinking It Through: Evaluating an Argument | |
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| On Your Own: Evaluating an Argument | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Intended Meaning: Euphemisms and Doublespeak | |
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| Euphemisms | |
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| Doublespeak On Your Own: Identifying Euphemisms and Doublespeak | |
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| Understanding Graphics: Recognizing Propaganda in Advertisements | |
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| On Your Own: Identifying Propaganda in Advertisements | |
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| Preventing Memory Loss: Pro: Should we encourage use of scientific techniques to enhance memory and other cognitive functions? | |
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| Con: CON by Expert Group on Cognitive Enhancements | |
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| Our View: Organ Donations Fall Short | |
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| Financial Incentives Can Help by U.S.A Today editorial staff | |
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| Opposing view: Organs aren't commodities | |
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| Amnesia Is the New Bliss | |
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| Post Assessment: Hoping for a Girl | |
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| Unit 4 Textbook Application | |
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| Suzanne Samuels, "Chapter 14 Law and Medicine," from Law, Politics, and Society | |
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| Appendix | |
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| World & United States Maps | |