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Student Supplement

 
Skilled Reader, The, Updated Edition 1/e

D.J. Henry

Published December 2004 by Longman
Copyright 2006, 768 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0-321-32918-X
List Price:
$35.33

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Features

  • Integration of the Reading Process and Reading Skills. Based on popular demand, the Updated Edition now begins with the chapter on   "A Reading System for Effective Readers".   Stages of the SQ3R are explained thoroughly followed by ample practice opportunities, showing students how to apply the skills they acquire in each of the chapters.  
  • Get Ready to Read Each chapter opens with "Get Ready to Read", pre-reading chapters that guide students to review important concepts studied earlier and preview upcoming material.
  • Stop and Think Each chapter ends with "Stop and Think", review activities that appear after the review tests in each chapter, allowing students to reflect on their achievements and assume responsibility for learning.
  • New chapter 6, Supporting Details. Now in its own chapter, Supporting Details now includes a new section on Textbook Skills: The Table of Contents.
  • New chapter 7, Outlines and Concept Maps. Now in its own chapter, Outlines and Concept Maps reinforces the skills of locating main ideas an identifying major and minor supporting details. This chapter now includes a new section on "Textbook Skills: The Table of Contents in a Textbook".
  • Updated chapter 8, Transitions and Thought Patterns C ontinued coverage of fundamental thought patterns and the words that signal those patterns is supported by new coverage of space order patterns.  
  • High-interest readings. Readings address issues relevant and interesting to students: music, socialization, drug use, gang membership, “personal success” stories for motivation, parenting, exercise and health, for example.
  • Textbook excerpts. Numerous readings are excerpts and adaptations of textbooks from across the disciplines, so that students can gain experience in reading across the content areas. All textbook excerpts are marked with a “Textbook Skills” icon.
  • “Textbook Skills” sections in each chapter. One section of each of the first eleven chapters is devoted to an aspect of the chapter topic as it relates to reading college textbooks. These lessons offer students motivation and information on how to get the most out of their textbooks.
  • “Visual Vocabulary.” More than fifty photographs and drawings are accompanied by captions for the student to complete as a quick test of vocabulary development and reading comprehension. The Visual Vocabulary feature was developed to help visual learners use images to develop their college vocabularies.
  • Lab Manual. A built-in Lab Manual at book's end provides a direct link to the book's Website. For each Part I chapter, five enrichment activities are provided-fifty-five activities in all, plus two additional activities that focus on exit exams in Texas and Florida. Each activity has two sections: a printed component in the textbook, and an online component on the Website (at http://www.ablongman.com/henry). Marginal cross-references throughout Chapters 1-11 show which lab activity supplements the specific section(s) of a chapter. All Lab Manual activities are creatively designed to reinforce and extend the chapter skills.
  • Classroom management available for Lab Manual . There are two versions of the Lab Manual Online: A Companion Website version and a Course Compass version. Instructors who prefer a full suite of classroom management tools, including an online gradebook, can choose the Course Compass version at no additional cost to their students.
  • Concept maps and outlines . Chapter 3 includes concept maps and outlines to give visual and verbal learners alike a way to understand the structure of reading passages. In many subsequent chapters, students are asked to complete concept maps and/or outlines to further their comprehension of the reading passages.
  • Combined skills tests . Part III provides fifteen combined-skills tests that allow students to apply all the skills they've learned to longer (multi-paragraph) reading passages. Part II provides ten additional, full-length readings with questions on all of the reading skills (vocabulary, main idea, supporting details, patterns of organization, inference, critical reading, and so on).
  • Additional reading enrichment . Part IV provides an overview of college textbook reading, graphics, and reading for logic.
  • Extensive book-specific supplementary package . An annotated instructor's edition provides answers to all questions, exercises, and tests. The Instructor's Manual provides teaching tips, handouts, quizzes, and transparency masters for each chapter of The Effective Reader. The Test Bank (available both in printed format and on a Test-Gen EQ CD-ROM) provides four pre-formatted tests for each chapter, plus a midterm and final examination. PowerPoint Presentations for each chapter can be downloaded from the “Instructor Resources” section of the Henry Website.
  • No more supplementing! Instructors often complain that they have to photocopy additional materials for their students because the textbook doesn't provide enough practice. With The Effective Reader, no supplementing is necessary! This textbook provides more practice, more review tests, and more pre-formatted mastery tests than any other book on the market.


Table of Contents

Preface.

 

Introduction.

 

I. BECOMING A SKILLED READER.

1. A Reading System for Skilled Readers.

Prior Knowledge.

The Reading Process.

        Before Reading: Survey and Question.

        During Reading: Read and Record.

After Reading: Review.

Textbook Skills: Before, During, and After Reading--Asking Questions and Recording Answers.

Chapter Review.

Applications.

Review Tests.

Mastery Tests.

2. Vocabulary in Context.

*Get Ready to Read About Vocabulary in Context.

The Importance of Words.

Context Clues: A SAGE Approach.

        Synonyms.

        Antonyms.

        General Context.

        Examples.

Textbook Skills: Visual Vocabulary.

Chapter Review.

Applications.

Review Tests.

*Stop and Think.

Mastery Tests.

3. Vocabulary-Building Skills.

*Get Ready to Read About Vocabulary-Building Skills.

Word Parts.

        Roots.

        Prefixes.

        Suffixes.

Additional Word Parts.

The Dictionary.

Textbook Skills: Textbook Aids for Learning Content Words.

        Content Words.

        Textbook Definitions.

        Glossaries.

Chapter Review.

Applications.

Review Tests.

*Stop and Think.

Mastery Tests.

4. Topics and Main Ideas.

*Get Ready to Read About Topics and Main Ideas.

Topics.

        General and Specific Ideas.

        Identifying the Topic of a Paragraph.

Main Ideas.

Supporting Details.

Textbook Skills: Topics in Headings.

Chapter Review.

Applications.

Review Tests.

*Stop and Think.

Mastery Tests.

5. Locating Stated Main Ideas.

*Get Ready to Read About Locating Stated Main Ideas.

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.

Textbook Skills: The Central Idea and the Thesis Statement.

Chapter Review.

Applications.

Review Tests.

*Stop and Think.

Mastery Tests.

6. Supporting Details.

*Get Ready to Read About Supporting Details.

Supporting Details.

Major and Minor Details.

Textbook Skills: Ideas from General to Specific: Creating a Summary.

Chapter Review.

Applications.

Review Tests.

*Stop and Think.

Mastery Tests.

7. Outlines and Concept Maps.

*Get Ready to Read About Outlines and Concept Maps.

Outlines.

Concept Maps.

Textbook Skills: The Table of Contents in a Textbook.

Chapter Review.

Applications.

Review Tests.

*Stop and Think.

Mastery Tests.

8. Transitions and Thought Patterns.

*Get Ready to Read About Transitions and Thought Patterns.

The Purpose of 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 Sills: Transitions and Clear Information.

Chapter Review.

Applications.

Review Tests.

*Stop and Think.

Mastery Tests.

9. More Thought Patterns.

*Get Ready to Read about More Thought Patterns.

The Comparison-and-Contrast Patterns.

        The Comparison Pattern.

        The Contrast Pattern.

        The Comparison-and-Contrast Pattern.

The Cause-and-Effect Pattern.

The Generalization-and-Example Pattern.

Textbook Skills: The Definition Pattern.

A Final Note: Thought Patterns and Textbooks.

Chapter Review.

Applications.

Review Tests.

*Stop and Think.

Mastery Tests.

10. Implied Main Ideas.

Get Ready to Read About Implied Main Ideas.

An Introduction to Implied Main Ideas.

Studying Supporting Details to Identify and State the Topic.

Using Topics, Supporting Details, and Thought Patterns to Determine the Implied Main Idea.

Annotating the Paragraph to Determine the Implied Main Idea.

Creating a One-Sentence Summary from Supporting Details.

Textbook Skills: Pictures as Details.

Chapter Review.

Applications.

Review Tests.

*Stop and Think.

Mastery Tests.

11. Inferences.

Get Ready to Read About Inferences.

Inferences: Educated Guesses.

What Is a Valid Inference?

Making VALID Inferences and Avoiding Invalid Conclusions.

        Step 1: Verify and Value the Facts.

        Step 2: Assess Prior Knowledge.

        Step 3: Learn from the Text.

        Step 4: Investigate for Bias.

        Step 5: Detect Contradictions.

Textbook Skills: Inferences and Visual Aids.

Chapter Review.

Applications.

Review Tests.

*Stop and Think.

Mastery Tests.

II. ADDITIONAL READINGS.

The Connection Between Reading and Writing.

Step 1: Prewrite.

Step 2: Organize Your Ideas.

Step 3: Write.

Step 4: Edit and Revise.

Annotating a Text.

Writing a Summary.

Shoulders, Nels Gould.

Finding My Voice, Maria Housden.

A Dad at the Final Frontier, Marc Parent.

Close Again, Marion Bond West.

I’ve Seen the Worst That War Can Do, Nikolay Palchikoff.

Iron Man Ripken Has a  Soft Spot for His Hometown, Alec Morrison.

Want to Do Better on the Job? Listen Up!, Diane Cole.

Sojourner Truth (Textbook Skills), John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes.

Emma Goldman (Textbook Skills), John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes.

The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin.

III. COMBINED-SKILLS TESTS.

 

IV. READING ENRICHMENT.

Appendix A: Fact and Opinion.

Appendix B: Reading Graphics.

Appendix C: Word Parts.

Lab Manual.

A Reading System for Skilled Readers.

1. Attitudes About Reading.

2. Everyday Contexts for Reading.

3. Using Prior Knowledge in Reading.

4. SQ3R.

5. Textbook Skills.

 

Vocabulary in Context.

6. Synonym Clues.

7. Antonym Clues.

8. General Context.

9. Example Clues.

10. Textbook Skills.

 

Vocabulary Building Skills.

11. Roots.

12. Prefixes.

13. Suffixes.

14. Dictionary Skills.

15. Using a Glossary.

 

Topics and Main Ideas.

16. General and Specific Ideas.

17. Identifying Topics.

18. Main Ideas.

19. Topics, Main Ideas, and Supporting Details.

20. Textbook Skills.

 

Locating Stated Main Ideas.

21. Determining the Main Idea.

22. Placement of Topic Sentences.

23. Locating the Central Idea.

24. Locating the Main Idea.

25. Textbook Skills.

 

Supporting Details.

26. Determining the Main Idea.

27. Supporting Details.

28. Outlining Major and Minor Details.

29. Outlines.

30. Textbook Skills.

 

Outlines and Concept Maps.

31. Creating Outlines from Questions.

32. Concept Maps.

33. The Table of Contents in a Textbook.

34. Supporting Details.

35. Textbook Skills.

 

Transitions and Thought Patterns.

36. The Time Order Pattern.

37. The Space Order Pattern.

38. List and Time Order Patterns.

39. Process and Classification Patterns.

40. Textbook Skills.

 

More Thought Patterns.

41. Comparison and Contrast Patterns.

42. Cause-and-Effect Pattern.

43. The Generalization and Example Pattern.

44. The Definition Pattern.

45. Textbook Skills.

 

Implied Main Ideas.

46. Adding Up Supporting Details.

47. Using Supporting Details.

48. Implied Main Ideas: Textbook Paragraphs.

49. Creating a One-Sentence Summary from Supporting Details.

50. Textbook Skills.

 

Inferences.

51. Inferences in Images and Words.

52. Inferences in Literature.

53. Inferences in Literary Nonfiction.

54. Inferences in News Articles and Textbook Passages.

55. Textbook Skills.

 

Practice Tests.

56. Practice Tests for the Florida College Basic Skills Exit Reading Test.

57. Practice Tests for the Texas Academic Skills Program Reading Test.

Text Credits.

Photo Credits.

Index.




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