Developing Reading Versatility

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ISBN: 9781413002553 | 1413002552
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Copyright: 6/22/2004

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This skills-based text, designed for the highest developmental reading course, is distinguished by its treatment of affective comprehension, that is, "the reader's intellectual and emotional response to what is read."

Preface

iii

To the Student

Unit One Literal Comprehension

(130)

Developing Vocabulary Skills

(54)

Introduction to Vocabulary Development

(1)

Introducing Malcolm X and ``How I Discovered Words: A Homemade Education''

(3)

Learning New Words: Three Methods

(4)

Method 1: A Vocabulary Notebook or Computer Compilation

(1)

Method 2: The Column Folds

(1)

Method 3: Vocabulary Cards

(2)

Application 1: Learning New Words

(1)

Check Test

(9)

Learning Words in Context

(1)

Practice B-1: Contextual Hints

(2)

Practice B-2: Signal Words

(1)

Practice B-3: Contextual Examples

(1)

Practice B-4: Definition Clues

(1)

Practice B-5: Contextual Clues in Paragraphs

(3)

Practice B-6: Quick Quiz

(12)

Learning Word Parts and Structure

(1)

Practice C-1: Prefixes That Express Negativity and Reversal

(1)

Practice C-2: Prefixes That Express Time and Place

(1)

Practice C-3: Miscellaneous Prefixes

(1)

Practice C-4: Quick Quiz

(1)

Practice C-5: Noun Suffixes

(1)

Practice C-6: More Noun Suffixes

(1)

Practice C-7: Miscellaneous Suffixes

(1)

Practice C-8: Roots

(1)

Practice C-9: More Roots

(1)

Application 2: Finding Word Parts in Other Readings

(1)

Practice C-10: Quick Quiz

(1)

Learning Dictionary Skills

(15)

Practice D-1: Pronunciation Keys

(2)

Practice D-2: Word Entry Knowledge

(2)

Practice D-3: Finding Information

(1)

Practice D-4: Quick Quiz

(2)

Practice D-5: How Words Get in the Dictionary: ``Give Us Your Scuzzbuckets''

(1)

Walter Kim

Andrea Sachs

Practice D-6: ``What You Should Look for in a Dictionary''

(6)

Robert M. Pierson

Application 3: Evaluating Your Own Dictionary

(1)

Putting It All Together

(10)

Practice E-1: Introducing Sherman Alexie and ``Superman and Me''

(4)

Practice E-2: Timed Reading: ``In Praise of the F Word''

(5)

Mary Sherry

Developing Literal Recall

(51)

Finding the Topic, Main Ideas, and Supporting Details

(16)

Practice A-1: Recognizing Topics, Main Ideas, and Supporting Details

(5)

Practice A-2: Separating Main Ideas from Supporting Details

(2)

Practice A-3: More on Main Ideas

(1)

Application 1: Finding Main Ideas and Supporting Details

(1)

Reading for Main Ideas: Paragraph Patterns

(15)

Practice B-1: Finding Main Ideas through Paragraph Patterns

(4)

Application 2: Finding Paragraph Patterns

(1)

Practice B-2: Main Ideas in Longer Passages

(5)

Finding an Author's Thesis

(5)

Practice C-1: ``Congress Must Send Spammers a Message''

(2)

Jonathan Turley

Practice C-2: ``War on Prejudice Starts with Ourselves''

(2)

Michael Yachnik

Summarizing as a Way to Test Your Understanding

(3)

Practice D-1: Practice in Summarizing

(1)

Practice D-2: More Summarizing

(1)

Practice D-3: And Still More on Summarizing

(1)

Application 3: Summarizing Materials of Your Own Choice

(1)

Flexible Reading Rates

(4)

Putting It All Together

103

(7)

Practice F-1: ``Thinking: A Neglected Art''

103

(3)

Carolyn Kane

Practice F-2: Timed Reading: ``Putting Reading in Its Proper Place''

106

(3)

Dominic F. Martia

Questions for Group Discussion

109

(1)

Developing Computer Reading Skills

110

(21)

Reading on the World Wide Web

110

(7)

Practice A-1: Reading on the World Wide Web

116

(1)

Practice A-2: Understanding Web Sites

116

(1)

Reviewing Summarizing

117

(2)

Practice B-1: Summarizing ``Web Reading Tips''

117

(1)

Practice B-2: Summarizing ``You've Got Mail! Oh, No!!''

117

(2)

Practices Using the Internet

119

(1)

Practice C-1: Using Search Engines

119

(1)

Practice C-2: On Your Own: An Internet Training Guide

120

(1)

Practice C-3: Visiting Sites on the Internet

120

(1)

Putting It All Together

120

(11)

Practice D-1: Reading about Internet Literacy ``Case Study: The State of the Onion''

121

(5)

R. W. Burniske

Practice D-2: Timed Reading: ``How Students Get Lost in Cyberspace''

126

(4)

Steven R. Knowlton

Questions for Group Discussion

130

(1)

Unit Two Critical Comprehension

131

(126)

Distinguishing Fact from Opinion

134

(40)

Fact-Finding

136

(7)

Practice A-1: Fact-Finding

136

(1)

Practice A-2: More Fact-Finding

137

(1)

Practice A-3: Fact versus Opinion

138

(1)

Practice A-4: Interpreting ``Facts''

139

(1)

Practice A-5: Comparing ``Facts'': ``Do We Need God in the Pledge?'' Jay Sekulow and ``Government Shouldn't Impose Religion on Citizens''

140

(3)

Barry Lynn

Reading Opinions of Others

143

(12)

Practice B-1: ``How Good Are Your Opinions?''

143

(6)

Vincent Ryan Ruggerio

Practice B-2: Evaluating Differing Opinions:

149

(1)

Part A: ``Should Executions Be Televised?''

149

(2)

Richard Moran

Part B: ``The Victim Will Not Get Equal Time''

151

(2)

Harriet Salarno

Practice B-3: Quick Quiz on Fact/Opinion

153

(2)

Detecting Propaganda

155

(9)

Practice C-1: Detecting Propaganda Techniques

156

(1)

Practice C-2: ``Detecting Propaganda''

157

(7)

Richard D. Altick

Andrea A. Lunsford

Application 1: Recognizing Propaganda at Work

164

(1)

Putting It All Together

164

(10)

Practice D-1: Introducing Ishmael Reed and ``America: The Multinational Society''

166

(4)

Practice D-2: Timed Reading: ``Cloning Could Halt Human Evolution''

170

(3)

Michael Mautner

Questions for Group Discussion

173

(1)

Recognizing Tone, Figurative Language, and Point of View

174

(35)

Recognizing Intent, Attitude, and Tone

175

(4)

Practice A-1: ``How Much Is Enough?''

176

(1)

Alan Durning

Practice A-2: ``It's an Embarrassment of Stuff, Not Riches''

177

(2)

Suzan Nightingale

Questions for Group Discussion

179

(1)

Recognizing Figurative Language

179

(9)

Practice B-1: Identifying Literal versus Figurative Language

180

(1)

Practice B-2: Recognizing Tone through Figurative Language

180

(2)

Practice B-3: ``Thirst for a Hero'' from the Philadelphia Inquirer

182

(3)

Practice B-4: ``Hollywood Plays to the Pimply''

185

(3)

Frank Pierson

Application 1: Finding Figurative Language in Other Materials

188

(1)

Comparing Biased Points of View

188

(11)

Practice C-1: Comparing Two Authors

194

(1)

Practice C-2: Are We Overemphasizing the Importance of a Four-Year College Degree? ``There Are Other Ways to Win''

195

(2)

Kenneth Gray

Practice C-3: ``It's about Empowerment, Not Jobs''

197

(2)

Susan J. Kaufman

Questions for Group Discussion

199

(1)

Putting It All Together

199

(10)

Practice D-1: ``Gods are Created in Our Own Image''

200

(4)

Randy Alcorn

Practice D-2: Timed Reading: ``Press Freedom under Assault at Home and Abroad''

204

(4)

Jim Ottaway, Jr.

Questions for Group Discussion

208

(1)

Recognizing Inferences, Drawing Conclusions, and Evaluating Arguments

209

(48)

Recognizing Inferences

210

(7)

Practice A-1: Drawing Inferences

213

(2)

Practice A-2: Recognizing Inferences

215

(2)

Recognizing Inferences and Facts

217

(7)

Practice B-1: Drawing Inferences from Facts

219

(3)

Practice B-2: Drawing Inferences from Descriptive Passages

222

(2)

Drawing Conclusions Using Induction and Deduction

224

(16)

Practice C-1: Drawing Conclusions from Paragraphs

226

(3)

Practice C-2: Arguments and Responses

229

(2)

Questions for Group Discussion

231

(1)

Practice C-3: Identify Logical Fallacies

232

(1)

Practice C-4: Evaluating Pros and Cons of an Argument: Is School Violence Caused by Gun Availability?

233

(7)

Application 1: Recognizing Attitude, Bias, and Inference in Other Materials

240

(1)

Putting It All Together

240

(17)

Practice D-1: ``The Debate over the Legalization of Marijuana: An Overview''

240

(4)

Paul Van Slambrouck

Practice D-2: Timed Reading: ``Self-Esteem Is Earned, Not Learned''

244

(4)

Mike Schmoker

Practice D-3: Timed Reading: ``Push for De-Emphasis of College Sports''

248

(3)

David Holahan

Practice D-4: Timed Reading: ``Women Have What It Takes''

251

(3)

Carol Barkalow

Ginny Carroll

Questions for Group Discussion

254

(3)

Unit Three Affective Comprehension

257

(74)

Developing Affective Awareness

261

(30)

Responding Affectively

262

(10)

Practice A-1: An Ad

263

(2)

Practice A-2: Another Ad

265

(2)

Practice A-3: An Essay: ``When Television Ate My Best Friend''

267

(3)

Linda Ellerbee

Practice A-4: A Modern Fable: ``The Princess and the Tin Box''

270

(2)

James Thurber

Application 1: Responding Affectively to an Advertisement

272

(1)

Recognizing Images and Analogies in Affective Language

272

(9)

Images and Analogies: ``The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner''

272

(3)

Randall Jarrell

Practice B-1: Lines from Poetry

275

(1)

Practice B-2: Images in a Poem: ``Oh, My Love Is like a Red, Red Rose''

276

(1)

Robert Burns

Practice B-3: Intent and Attitude in a Poem: ``Metaphors''

277

(1)

Sylvia Plath

Practice B-4: Two Versions of the Lord's Prayer

278

(1)

Practice B-5: Quick Quiz

279

(2)

Putting It All Together

281

(10)

Practice C-1: An Essay: ``Fresh Start''

281

(3)

Evelyn Herald

Practice C-2: A Poem: ``Introduction to Poetry''

284

(3)

Billy Collins

Practice C-3: Narration: Introducing Langston Hughes and ``Salvation''

287

(3)

Application 2: Recognizing Images in Affective Language

290

(1)

Questions for Group Discussion

290

(1)

Reading Affectively Effectively

291

(40)

Reading Short Stories Affectively

291

(20)

Practice A-1: Images in Fiction

295

(1)

Practice A-2: Reacting to Fictional Passages

296

(3)

Practice A-3: ``The Story of an Hour''

299

(2)

Kate Chopin

Practice A-4: ``The Stolen Party''

301

(5)

Liliana Heker

Questions for Group Discussion

306

(1)

Practice A-5: Introducing Gary Soto and ``1, 2, 3''

307

(3)

Questions for Group Discussion

310

(1)

Reading Exposition Affectively

311

(8)

Practice B-1: ``Time to Look and Listen''

311

(3)

Magdoline Asfahani

Practice B-2: ``The Barrio''

314

(5)

Robert Ramirez

Application 1: Practicing Aesthetic Awareness

319

(1)

Putting It All Together

319

(12)

Practice C-1: Introducing Barbara Kingsolver and ``Queen of Nothing''

321

(4)

Practice C-2: ``Paradise''

325

(4)

Rick Bragg

Questions for Group Discussion

329

(2)

Appendices

331

(32)

Study-Reading Strategies

331

(27)

The SQ3R Study Technique

331

(1)

Surveying Textbooks

332

(1)

Surveying Chapter Assignments in Textbooks

333

(1)

Marking and Underlining Textbooks

334

(1)

Taking Reading Notes

335

(1)

Mapping: Another Type of Note Taking

336

(3)

Scanning Graphic Aids

339

(8)

Test-Taking Strategies

347

(6)

Scoring Well on Essay Tests

353

(4)

What to Do with Tests after You Get Them Back

357

(1)

Timed Readings Conversion Charts

358

(2)

Student Record Chart

360

(3)

Photo Credits

363

(1)

Index

364

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Developing Reading Versatility

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