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Reading and All That Jazz
ISBN: 9780073385761 | 007338576X
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Pub. Date: 3/12/2009
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This introductory-to-intermediate reading text provides motivating and engaging readings selected to gain and hold readers' attention; clear explanations to help grasp basic concepts for successful reading; and a wide variety of well-developed practice exercise to provide genuine thinking, interpretation, and even some improvisation.
| Getting a Handle on College | |
| Introduction Your First Week in Class | |
| Assignment Sheets | |
| Are Your Ready for College? | |
| Margin Seligman, "Optimism and Success" | |
| Vocabulary: Introduction | |
| "Crickets" | |
| Chapter Summary and Review. | |
| How We Learn: Finding Out about Ourselves | |
| Auditory, Visual, or Kinesthetic: What Is Y... MORE | |
| Vocabulary: Words in Context | |
| Day versus Night People: Are You More of a Morning Lark or a Night Owl? | |
| "The Two Most Dangerous Hours of Your Day" | |
| Left-Brain and Right-Brain Orientation: Which One Are You? | |
| Multiple Intelligences: What Rea Your Strengths? | |
| "What Is Intelligence, Anyway?" | |
| Stress Inventory: How Much Stress Is There in Your Life? | |
| "An Easy Choice" | |
| Study Schedules | |
| SQ3R: A Classic Way to Study | |
| *Fred Hofstetter "Internet Etiquette" | |
| Chapter Review and Summary | |
| Discovering Meaning through Structure | |
| Topics, Main Ideas, and Details | |
| Description of Topics, Main Ideas, and Details | |
| Distinguishing between General and Specific | |
| Locating Topics and Main Ideas | |
| Paragraph Diagrams | |
| Main Idea: Location of the Main Idea | |
| Paraphrasing | |
| "Grandmother's Fable" | |
| Implied Main Ideas | |
| Your Gender Communication Quotient | |
| "What Women Don't Understand about Guys" | |
| U.S. News & World Report "This Is 911 . . . Please Hold" | |
| Determining an Author's Purpose | |
| Author's Purpose; To Entertain | |
| "The Shepherd's Daughter" | |
| Authors Purpose: To Inform | |
| "From a Melted Candy Bar to Microwaves" | |
| Author's Purpose: To Persuade | |
| "Students Who Push Burgers" | |
| What's Your Opinion? | |
| Writing Summaries | |
| "Letter to Olivia" | |
| Chapter Summary and Review | |
| Vocabulary: Word Structure and Unit 1 | |
| Transition Words and Patterns of Organization | |
| Description of Transition Words and Patterns of Organization | |
| Transition Words | |
| Classification | |
| Cause-and-Effect | |
| Comparison/Contrast | |
| Steps-in-a Process | |
| Examples | |
| Definition | |
| Chronological Order | |
| Listing | |
| Transition Worlds and Patterns of Organization(Continued) | |
| Nonverbal Communication: Topic Main Ideas, Details Exercise | |
| "Road Rage" (criminology textbook) | |
| "Identity Theft" (criminal justice textbook) | |
| Chapter Review and Summary | |
| Interpreting What We Read | |
| Inference | |
| Introduction to Drawing Inferences | |
| Fannie Flagg Excerpt from Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man | |
| "Inside the Vicious Heart" | |
| "Thomas Broderick" | |
| Chapter Review and Summary | |
| Vocabulary: Unit 2 | |
| Figurative Language | |
| Figures of Speech-Similes, Metaphors, and Personification | |
| "The Love of My Life" | |
| The Use of Symbols | |
| "The Road Not Taken" | |
| "Guernica" (art history textbook)) | |
| "The Yellow Ribbon" | |
| Literary Allusions | |
| Imagery | |
| "The Black Widow" | |
| "A Blizzard Under Blue Sky" | |
| Chapter Summary and Review | |
| Tone | |
| Inferring Tone | |
| "The Fixed" | |
| Irony | |
| "A Letter to God" | |
| Satire | |
| "The Animal School" | |
| "Hurts Rent-A-Gun" | |
| Chapter Summary and Review | |
| Vocabulary: Unit 3 | |
| Recognizing Modes of Writing | |
| Four Primary Modes | |
| An Introduction to Modes of Writing (Rhetorical Modes) | |
| Narrative | |
| "Checking on the Kids" | |
| Descriptive | |
| "What Is Poverty?" | |
| Expository | |
| "The Poor: Who and How Many?" (political science textbook) | |
| Persuasive | |
| "Is Poverty Sustainable?" | |
| "Thank You Ma'm" | |
| "A Son's Memoir" | |
| "On Aging" | |
| "Sibling Relationships and Birth Order" (child development textbook) | |
| "TV" | |
| Chapter Summary and Review | |
| Vocabulary: Unit 4 | |
| Modes of Organization | |
| An Introduction to the Modes of Organization | |
| Cause and Effect | |
| Comparison Contrast | |
| "The Roots of Happiness: An Empirical Analysis" (psychology textbook) | |
| Listing | |
| "The Big Win: Life After the Lottery" | |
| Chronological Order and Summaries of Longer Articles | |
| "Charley's Secret" | |
| Categories | |
| "My Possessions Myself" | |
| Steps in a Process | |
| "Developmental Stages in Intimate Relationships" (communications textbook) | |
| Cause and Effect | |
| "The Chaser" | |
| Reading Critically | |
| Fact and Opinion | |
| Learning to Read Critically | |
| "Listening: To Tell Fact from Opinion" | |
| "The Nature of Public Opinion" by Thomas Patterson (political science textbook) | |
| Patricia Wen Excerpt from "Superstitions Help Us Cope" | |
| Chapter Summary and Review | |
| Vocabulary: Unit 5 | |
| Bias | |
| An Introduction to Bias | |
| "The Defendant's Characteristics" (psychology textbook) | |
| Euphemism | |
| "Beware of Doublespeak" (speech textbook) | |
| "A Birthday Party" (short story/Literature) | |
| "Beyond Stereotypes of Cops" (criminology textbook) | |
| "A Hanging" | |
| Propaganda Techniques | |
| What Are They and How Are They Used? | |
| More Propaganda Techniques | |
| Last Major Propaganda Technique | |
| "Boosting Smoking Among Women" (mass communications textbook) | |
| Violence in the Media | |
| "Violence in Television and Video Games: Does the Media's Message Matter?" (psychology textbook) | |
| Chapter Summary and Review | |
| Vocabulary: Unit 6 | |
| Evaluating the Evidence | |
| Introduction to Evaluating Persuasive Writing | |
| Drawing Conclusions: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning | |
| Selection: "DNA Fingerprinting" by Ruth Bernstein and Stephen Bernstein (biology textbook/Biology, Criminology) | |
| "Eyewitness Testimony" (psychology textbook) | |
| Evaluating the Evidence in Editorials, Letters to the Editor, and Advertisement, and a Cartoon | |
| "Marijuana-Background Information" (health textbook) | |
| Associated Press "Medical Marijuana Ruling" | |
| Arguments For and Against Legalizing the Use of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes: | |
| "For" Argument | |
| "Against" Argument | |
| Arguments For and Against the Current "War on Drugs" | |
| Analyzing the Editorials-Propaganda Techniques | |
| Analyzing the Editorials-Techniques for Appealing to Readers | |
| Arguments For and Against the Current "War on Drugs" | |
| USA Today Editorial Staff "Against" Argument | |
| "For" Argument by John P. Walters | |
| Letters to the Editor | |
| For Legalizing the Use of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes | |
| Against Legalizing the Use of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes | |
| Against the Current War on Drugs | |
| Against the Current War on Drugs | |
| Evaluating an Advertisement | |
| Evaluating a Political Cartoon | |
| Chapter Summary and Review | |
| Becoming Ready for Content-Area Classes | |
| Scanning and Skimming | |
| Scanning | |
| "The American Environment: ‘Silent Spring'" (American history textbook) | |
| Skimming | |
| "Pesticides: An Asset and a Liability" (biology textbook) | |
| "A Fable for Tomorrow" | |
| Chapter Summary and Review | |
| Vocabulary: Word Parts and Review | |
| Organizing Textbook Information | |
| Annotating Your Textbook | |
| Studying Textbook Chapters | |
| Outlining | |
| Mapping | |
| Time Lines | |
| Comparison-Contrast Chart | |
| "Jazz in America", from The World of Music (music appreciation textbook) | |
| Appendices | |
| Using the Dictionary | |
| Visual Aids | |
| Test Taking Techniques | |
| Sample Summaries | |
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