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Making Reading Matter with MyReadingLab

by: Snyders, Sharon M

Making Reading Matter with MyReadingLab

by: Snyders, Sharon M

ISBN 13:
9780205865178
ISBN 10:
0205865178
Edition: 1st
Format: Package
Copyright: 02/13/2012
Publisher: Longman

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Summary

This skills-based Reading text/series addresses a major challenge -- engaging students -- by giving them interesting readings and providing them with multiple learning styles to choose from. This lower-level text is geared towards the 6-9th grade level course and revolves around student engagement. The focus of Making Reading Real I is fun, interesting readings, and learning styles!

Preface to Students

Unique Features of this Text

Organization

Get Ready to Learn

Learning Styles

Reading Techniques SQ3R

Note-taking Strategies

Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Theme Exploring College

Spotlight on Learning Styles –Listening

Shortcuts and time-savers to use while you read

How clues help you guess the meaning of unknown words

Synonyms and Definitions

Practice the New Skill

Antonyms

Practice the New Skill

Examples

Practice the New Skill

Experience, Prior Knowledge, and Perceptions

Practice the New Skill

Review What You Learned

Master the Lesson

Learning Styles Activities

Choosing a College Major: How to Chart Your Ideal Path from www.quintcareers.com

Readings

Reading 1 – Internet

High School Versus College Life: A Freshman Year Guide to Different Student Academic Expectations from Suite 101

Reading 2 – Textbook

Attitude from The Community College Experience: Plus

Reading 3 – Literature

College Talk from Chicken Soup for the College Soul: Inspiring and Humorous Stories about College

Reading 4 – Magazines/Periodicals

Leadership for the 21^st Century: Eleven High-Profile Women Share Their Trials and Triumphs. Leading the Way Gwen Sykes, Chief FinancialOfficer, NASA

Reading 5 – Visual Images

Diversity

Chapter 2 Vocabulary - Word Parts

Theme Staying Healthy

Spotlight on Learning Styles – Doing

How to Use Word Parts to Understand the Meaning of Words

How to Apply new Vocabulary Strategies to You Reading

Prefixes

Practice the New Skill

Review What You Learned

Roots

Practice the New Skill

Review What You Learned

Suffixes

Practice the New Skill

Review What You Learned

Master the Lesson –Vocabulary

Learning Styles Activities

Exercise your vocabulary from About.com Guide to Exercise

Readings

Reading 1 – Internet

5 Foods That Boost Your Mood from Self.com

Reading 2 – Textbook

Managing Stress from The Community College Experience Plus

Reading 3 – Literature

Exercise and Other Dirty Words from, Porch Talk: Stories of Decency, Common Sense, and Other Endangered Species by Philip Gulley

Reading 4 – Magazines/Periodicals

Your Own Brain can Sabotage Success

Reading 5 – Visual Images

Rhymes with Orange cartoon, using fish oil

Chapter 3 Main Ideas

Theme Life Relationships
Spotlight on Learning Styles –Writing

SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review for better comprehension)

Finding the Topic (What is this about?)

Practice the New Skill

Review What You Learned

Determining the Main Idea (What does the author want me to know?)

Practice the New Skill

Review What You Learned

Master the Lesson

Learning Styles Activities

You’ve Got a Friend

Readings

Reading 1 – Internet

Rule of Thumbs: Love in the Age of Texting from TheWashingtonPost.com

Reading 2 – Textbook

The Faces of Conflict from Cornerstone: Creating Success Through Positive Change

Reading 3 – Literature

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

Reading 4 – Magazines/Periodicals

Dr. Phil’s Six Rules of Talking & Listening from O, The Oprah Magazine.

Reading 5 – Visual Images

Friends hanging out together

Chapter 4 Supporting Details

Theme Using Your Time Wisely

Spotlight on Learning Styles – Looking

Reading the other sentences (What details are included in the paragraph?)

Practice the New Skill

Using PIE (Prove, Illustrate, or Explain the author’s point
Practice the New Skill

Review What You Learned

Master the Lesson

Learning Styles Activities

A Time for Everything

Readings

Reading 1 – Internet

Time Management -- Getting it Done from Careers and College

Reading 2 – Textbook

Use Scheduling Techniques from Keys to Success: Building Successful Intelligence for College, Career, and Life

Reading 3 – Literature

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Reading 4 – Magazines/Periodicals

Beating the Odds from the magazine, Real Simple: Life Made Easier

Reading 5 – Visual Images

Working on the beach

Chapter 5 Implied Main Idea

Theme Having Fun
Spotlight on Learning Styles – Doing

What is the Implied Main Idea

Putting Implied Main Ideas in Your Own Words

Practice the New Skill

Review What You Learned

Finding the Implied Central Idea in Longer Passages

Practice the New Skill

Review What You Learned

Master the Lesson

Learning Styles Activities

100 Things to Do During a Money Free Weekend from www.thesimpledollar.com

Readings

Reading 1 – Internet

On-the-Job Video Gaming from www.businessweek.com

Reading 2 – Textbook

The Art of Listening from Understanding Music

Reading 3 – Literature

Make a Decision: Tigger or Eeyore from The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

Reading 4 – Magazines/Periodicals

Cupcakes are Manning Up from Food Network Magazine

Reading 5 – Visual Images

Banana Slugs

Chapter 6 Patterns of Organizations

Theme Money Matters

Spotlight on Learning Styles – Doing

Writers have a plan (What are they trying to do?)

Paragraphs Developed with Definition

Practice the new Skill

Paragraphs Developed with Example

Practice the New Skill

Paragraphs Developed with Time Order/Sequence

Practice the New Skill

Paragraphs Developed with Simple Listing

Practice the New Skill

Review What You Learned

Master the Lesson – Patterns of Organization

Learning Styles Activities

Economic Readiness Assessment from Cornerstone: Creating success through positive change

Readings

Reading 1 – Internet

Money Trouble? It’s Your Own Fault from Money Central at www.msn.com

Reading 2 – Textbook

Small Costs Add Up and B is for Budgeting from Cornerstone: Creating Success through Positive Change

Reading 3 – Literature

Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Frank W. Abignale

Reading 4 – Magazines/Periodicals

Fuel economy: Save money on gas; Consumer Reports' Tests Show How to Get the Best Gas Mileage

Reading 5 – Visual Images

We Can Help You Save a Latte; advertisement from a credit union

Chapter 7 Patterns of Organizations – Part 2

Theme Job and Life Skills

Spotlight on Learning Styles –Listening
Paragraphs Developed with Classification

Practice the New Skill

Paragraphs Developed with Compare/Contrast

Practice the New Skill

Paragraphs Developed with Cause/Effect

Practice the New Skill

Paragraphs Developed with a Combination of Patterns

Practice the New Skill

Review What You Learned

Master the Lesson – Patterns of Organization

Learning Styles Activities

How to Live: Follow Your Heart, Risk Be Damned from www.cbsnews.com

Readings

Reading 1 – Internet

11 Warning Signs Your Interview is in Trouble from msn.careerbuilder.com

Reading 2 – Textbook

Focusing on your professional career and living well from Cornerstone: Creating Success through Positive Change

Reading 3 – Literature

Eyeing the Mountaintopfrom Of Beetles & Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Mawi Asgedom

Reading 4 – Magazines/Periodicals

Best of America from Readers’ Digest

Reading 5 – Visual Images

Body Language

Chapter 8 Facts and Opinions

Theme Staying Current

Spotlight on Learning Styles –Writing

How to Identify Facts and Opinions

Practice the New Skill

How to separate facts from opinions in persuasive text

Practice the New Skill

Review What You Learned

Master the Lesson – Fact and Opinions

Learning Styles Activities

Self-help online from USA Weekend

Readings

Reading 1– Internet

U.S. Army Dips a Toe in Wind Power Waters

Reading 2 – Textbook

Gay and Lesbian Couples from Society: The Basics

Reading 3 - Literature

Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual by Michael Pollan

Reading 4 - Magazine/Periodicals

Don’t Blame Ronald for Kids’ Weight.

Reading 5 -Visual Images

Farmer’s market

Chapter 9 Inferences

Theme What are My Dreams?

Spotlight on Learning Styles – Looking, Listening, Writing and Doing

How to Find Inferences (What can you see between the lines?)

Practice the New Skill

Separating Valid from Invalid Inferences (Can the inference be supported?)

Practice the New Skill

Review What You Learned

Master the Lesson – Inference

Learning Styles Activities

Attitude 101: What every leader needs to know by John Maxwell

Readings

Reading 1 – Internet

Sandra Cisneros from Gale: Free Resources: Hispanic Heritage: Biographies

Reading 2 – Textbook

Achievement from Psychology: An Introduction

Reading 3 – Literature

The Little Engine That Could: I Think I Can from The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That

Matter Most to Them

Reading 4 – Magazines/Periodicals

Inspire Your Kids with Stories of Heroes from USA Weekend

Reading 5 – Visual Image

The Essence of Achievement

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