Reading Matters - Softcover

Flemming, Laraine E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 061825661X ISBN 13: 9780618256617

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2004

This high-level developmental reader focuses on reading flexibility and how to analyze different genres of writing. Students learn different strategies for approaching textbooks, magazines, newspapers, and other genres. After a basic review of comprehension and critical-reading skills, the text introduces four units of thematically linked readings. Each reading is accompanied by a description of its specific features and some appropriate responses to those features. Readings that center on two or three related issues encourage students to develop informed opinions--allowing them to shape and revise their opinions as they receive, evaluate, and synthesize opposing points of view.

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About the Author:

After receiving her B.S. at Southern Connecticut State University, where she was certified as a teacher of secondary reading, Laraine Flemming went on to earn an M.A. in English literature at Boston College and a Ph.D. in American literature at the State University of New York in Buffalo. During her career, Flemming has taught students from elementary to graduate school covering subjects as varied as reading and writing, American literature, time management, speed reading, and study skills. She began writing textbooks while working as Director of the Reading and Writing Center at Dean Junior College. In need of a reading textbook that had lots of exercises combined with genuinely thought-provoking readings, Flemming decided to write her own. You can contact Laraine Flemming by emailing her at laflemm@comcast.net or by visiting her website at www.laflemm.com.

Review:

I. Getting Down to Basics Strategy 1. Use Questions to Discover the Main Idea Strategy 2. Look for Sentences That Summarize Main Ideas Strategy 3. Determine What Questions the Supporting Details Answer Strategy 4. Make Paraphrasing a Habit Strategy 5. Be Ready to Draw Inferences Strategy 6. Let Transitions Be Your Guide Strategy 7. Read to Uncover Patterns Strategy 8. Pay Attention to Tone Strategy 9. Get a Sense of the Writer's Purpose Strategy 10. Analyze Arguments Strategy 11. Be on the Lookout for Errors in Arguments Strategy 12. Watch for Allusions Strategy 13. Understand the Implications of Similes and Metaphors II. Strategy Tune-Up Practice 1. Use Questions to Discover Main Ideas in Paragraphs Practice 2. Use Questions to Discover Main Ideas in Longer Readings Practice 3. Look for Topic Sentences That Summarize Main Ideas in Paragraphs Practice 4. Look for Topic Sentences That Summarize Main Ideas in Paragraphs Practice 5. Look for Thesis Statements That Summarize Main Ideas in Longer Readings Practice 6. Identify the Questions Answered by Supporting Details Practice 7. Be Ready to Draw Inferences Practice 8. Be Ready to Draw Inferences Practice 9. Be Ready to Draw Inferences Practice 10. Read to Uncover Patterns in Paragraphs Practice 11. Read to Uncover Patterns in Longer Readings Practice 12. Let Transitions Be Your Guide Practice 13. Pay Attention to Tone Practice 14. Identify the Author's Purpose Practice 15. Analyze Arguments Practice 16. Be on the Lookout for Errors in Arguments Practice 17. Watch for Allusions III. Making a Match Between the Reader and the Text Unit I. The Mysteries of Memory Reading 1. The Nature of Memory Reading 2. Getting Information Into and Out of Long-Term Memory Reading 3. Can Repressed Memories Be Recovered? Reading 4. Can Eyewitness Testimony Be Trusted? Reading 5. Invasion of the Mind Snatchers Unit II. Media Watch Reading 1. Journalists Under Fire Reading 2. Ethical Issues in Journalism Reading 3. Creating a Culture of Fear Reading 4. Can the Press Keep the Government's Secrets During Wartime? Reading 5. The Media, the Military, and Striking the Right Balance Unit III. Terrorism Invades America Reading 1. Warning About Terrorism Reading 2. Unwitting Accomplices Reading 3. Arab and Muslim America: A Snapshot Reading 4. Airline Insecurity Reading 5. It's Not About the Money Unit IV. Individual Rights versus Public Safety Reading 1. Individual Rights and Public Order Reading 2. Internal Security Confronts Civil Liberties Reading 3. Time to Think About Torture Reading 4. No Tortured Dilemma Reading 5. The Truth About Confessions

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