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The Effective Reader
ISBN: 9780321105424 | 0321105427
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2004
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"The Effective Reader" offers step-by-step reading instruction, a wide range of practice and test materials, and a rich selection of readings from textbooks and other sources." Discrete skill instruction, lots of practice exercises, and additional readings. For those interested in improving reading skills.
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Becoming an Effective Reader | |
| A Reading System for Effective Readers | |
| Prior Knowledge | |
| The Reading Process | |
| Before Reading: Survey and Question | |
| Get Ready to Read | |
| During Reading: Read and Recite | |
| After Reading: Review | |
| Stop and Think | |
| T... MORE | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Applications | |
| Review Tests | |
| Mastery Tests | |
| Vocabulary Skills | |
| Get Ready to Read About Vocabulary Skills | |
| Words Are Building Blocks | |
| Context Clues: A SAGE Approach | |
| Synonyms | |
| Antonyms | |
| General Context | |
| Examples | |
| Textbook Skills: Using a Glossary | |
| Word Parts | |
| Roots | |
| Prefixes | |
| Suffixes | |
| Textbook Skills: Visual Vocabulary | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Applications | |
| Review Tests | |
| Stop and Think | |
| Mastery Tests | |
| Stated Main Ideas | |
| Get Ready to Read About Stated Main Ideas | |
| The Traits of a Main Idea | |
| Identifying the Topic of a Paragraph | |
| Identifying a Topic Sentence | |
| The Flow of Ideas and Placement of Topic Sentences | |
| Topic Sentence at the Beginning of a Paragraph | |
| Topic Sentence Within a Paragraph | |
| Topic Sentence at the End of a Paragraph | |
| Topic Sentence at the Beginning and the End of a Paragraph | |
| The Central Idea and the Thesis Statement | |
| Textbook Skills: Topics, Main Ideas, and Central Ideas in Textbooks | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Applications | |
| Review Tests | |
| Stop and Think | |
| Mastery Tests | |
| Supporting Details | |
| Get Ready to Read About Supporting Details | |
| Questions for Locating Supporting Details | |
| Major and Minor Details | |
| Creating a Summary from Annotations | |
| Textbook Skills: Chapter-end Questions in a Textbook | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Applications | |
| Review Tests | |
| Stop and Think | |
| Mastery Tests | |
| Outlines and Concept Maps | |
| Get Ready to Read About Outlines and Concept Maps | |
| Outlines | |
| Concept Maps? | |
| Textbook Skills: The Table of Contents? | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Applications | |
| Review Tests | |
| Stop and Think | |
| Mastery Tests | |
| Transitions and Thought Patterns | |
| Get Ready to Read About Transitions and Thought Patterns | |
| Transition Words: Relationships Within a Sentence | |
| Thought Patterns: Relationships Between Sentences | |
| The Time Order Pattern | |
| The Space Order Pattern | |
| The Listing Pattern | |
| The Classification Pattern | |
| Textbook Skills: Thought Patterns in Textbooks | |
| Chapter Review | |
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