Reading for Thinking, International Edition - Softcover

Flemming, Laraine

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9781111349301: Reading for Thinking, International Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1111349304 ISBN 13: 9781111349301

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2011

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Incorporating a wealth of practice exercises and high-interest readings, READING FOR THINKING, International Edition focuses on improving reading skills at the “micro-level” and moving on to the “macro-level.” Over half of the book is devoted to evaluating, drawing inferences, and identifying tone, bias, and purpose. The Seventh Edition continues to focus on developing students’ comprehension and critical-thinking skills. Flemming uses a carefully designed sequence of explanations and exercises that allows students to approach critical reading as a natural extension of essential comprehension skills, rather than a discrete set of new strategies. Armed with the ability to both analyze and evaluate a writer’s work, students apply those twin intellectual tools to Flemming’s trademark high-interest readings to determine purpose, analyze evidence, detect bias, recognize tone, and compare opposing points of view. Vocabulary quizzes have been added to each chapter.

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1. Paving the Way for Academic Success. 2. Building an Academic Vocabulary. 3. Identifying Paragraph Elements. 4. Recognizing Clues in Organizational Patterns . 5. Outlining and Summarizing Extended Readings. Practice with Extended Readings. "Heredity or Environment". "Media Multitaskers Pay a Mental Price". "Property Rights: A Matter of Power". "Dealing with Conflict". 6. Drawing Inferences and Conclusions. 7. Synthesizing Readings on the Same Topic. 8. Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion. 9. Thinking about Tone in Relation to Purpose. 10. Understanding Arguments. Practice with Extended Readings. "Are Today's Students Lacking in Empathy?" "Down with Taxes". "HoldenWho?" "Dating Violence". Chapter 1 Tests. Chapter 2 Tests. Chapter 3 Tests. Chapter 4 Tests. Chapter 5 Tests. Chapter 6 Tests. Chapter 7 Tests. Chapter 8 Tests. Chapter 9 Tests. Chapter 10 Tests.

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.

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