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| Improving Reading and Thinking | |
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| Goals for Chapter 1 | |
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| Reading and Academic Success | |
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| Reading and Professional Success | |
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| Reading and Personal Success | |
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| Man See No Dirt, Hear No Dirt, Clean No Dirt, Dave Barry | |
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| Reading and Better Thinking | |
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| How to Improve Reading Skills | |
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| Understand the Different Purposes for Reading | |
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| Be Aware of the Mental Skills Required for Reading | |
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| Develop Individual Reading Skills | |
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| Learn and Use Different Reading Strategies | |
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| How This Book Will Help You Improve | |
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| Goals of this Book | |
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| Organization and Features | |
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| Reading Strategy: Active Reading | |
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| Reading Selection: Website Selection, “Learning Styles and Maximizing Your Success in School.“ Web Link | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Using the Dictionary | |
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| Guide Words | |
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| Understanding a Dictionary Entry | |
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| Chapter 1 Review | |
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| Main Ideas | |
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| Goals for Chapter 2 | |
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| Pretest | |
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| General and Specific | |
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| General and Specific Sentences | |
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| Determining the Topic | |
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| Determining the Main Idea | |
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| The Topic Sentence | |
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| Locations of Topic Sentences | |
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| Topic Sentence as First Sentence | |
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| Topic Sentence as Second or Third Sentence | |
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| Topic Sentence in the Middle | |
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| Topic Sentence as Last Sentence | |
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| Topic Sentence as First and Last Sentence | |
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| Steps for Locating the Topic Sentence | |
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| Reading Strategy: Creating an Effective Reading Environment | |
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| Web Link | |
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| Reading Selections | |
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| Newspaper selection: “Is Gossip Beneficial or Harmful?“ Dr. Offra Gerstein | |
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| Biography: “My Life“ Golda Meir | |
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| Culinary Arts: “Foodservice at Sporting Events.“ | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms | |
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| Chapter 2 Review | |
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| Supporting Details, Mapping, and Outlining | |
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| Goals for Chapter 3 | |
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| Pretest | |
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| Major and Minor Details | |
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| Transitions | |
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| Mapping and Outlining | |
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| Reading Strategy: Reading and Time Management | |
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| Web Links | |
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| Reading Selections | |
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| College Success Textbook: “College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?“ Robert Holkeboer and Thomas Hoeksema | |
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| Agriculture: “A Brief History of Agriculture“ | |
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| Biography: “Juan Miguel Fangio: Formula One Race Car Driver.“ | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Context and Meaning | |
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| Chapter 3 Review | |
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| Implied Main Ideas | |
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| Goals for Chapter 4 | |
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| Pretest | |
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| Understanding Implied Main Ideas | |
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| Determining Implied Main Ideas | |
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| Step 1: Find the Subject of Each Sentence | |
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| Step 2: Determine a General Topic Based on the Specific Details | |
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| Step 3: State an Implied Main Idea | |
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| Reading Strategy: SQ3R | |
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| Web Links | |
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| Reading Selections | |
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| Biography: “Greatness Knows No Color,“ Angela G. King | |
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| Juvenile Justice: “Child Neglect“ | |
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| Newspaper Website: “Old Movie Houses Find Audience in the Plains.“ | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: The Definition/Restatement Context Clue | |
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| Chapter 4 Review | |
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| Transitions | |
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| Goals for Chapter 5 | |
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| Pretest | |
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| Characteristics of Transitions | |
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| Transition Words That Indicate a List | |
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| Transition Words That Indicate Time Order | |
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| Transition Words That Indicate Cause/Effect | |
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| Transition Words That Indicate Comparison/Contrast | |
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| Transition Words That Indicate Definition | |
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| Transition Words in Combinations of Patterns | |
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| Reading Strategy: Summarizing | |
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| Web Links | |
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| Reading Selections | |
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| Biography: “Sonia Sotomayor: Celebrity Status for a Supreme Court Judge“ | |
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| Newspaper: “The First Trimester“ | |
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| Fire Science: “Wildland Firefighters.“ | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: The Explanation Context Clue | |
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| Chapter 5 Review | |
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| Patterns of Organization | |
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| Goals for Chapter 6 | |
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| Pretest | |
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| Topic Sentences | |
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| List | |
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| Time Order | |
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| Cause/Effect | |
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| Comparison/Contrast | |
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| Definition | |
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| Combination of Patterns | |
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| Reading Strategy: Taking Notes | |
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| Web Links | |
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| Reading Selections | |
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| Biography: “Jumping Jack's Still a Flash,“ Rick Reilly | |
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| Hospitality: “History of Theme Parks“ | |
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| Newspaper Website: “Birth Order.“ | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: The Example Context Clue | |
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| Chapter 6 Review | |
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| Inferences | |
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| Goals for Chapter 7 | |
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| Pretest | |
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| Inferences | |
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| Guidelines for Making Accurate Inferences | |
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| Reading Strategy: REAP | |
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| Web Links | |
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| Reading Selections | |
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| Biography: “Reggie Love: Personal Assistant to Barack Obama“ | |
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| Sports Medicine: “Disordered Eating: Extreme Weight Control“ | |
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| Newspaper Website: “Americans with Accents Judged Less Credible than Native Speakers.“ | |
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| Vocabulary Strategy: Formal vs. Infor | |