Title:
Activate : college reading
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Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Cengage Wadsworth, c2012
Physical Description:
xxx, 706 p. : ill. (some col.), col maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781413033151
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Summary
Summary
Taking a holistic approach to developmental reading, ACTIVATE: COLLEGE READING is the first book in a 3-book series. It guides students through a stepped and incremental approach, activating background or prior knowledge as many of the skills students need to become stronger readers are skills they already possess and use on a daily basis. Often using popular media as a springboard, Dole and Taggart show students how the skills used when watching television or movies can easily transfer to their reading. Reviewers have lauded the inclusion of varied, interesting readings that will stimulate students' interest in reading and will provide them with background knowledge needed for future college courses.
Table of Contents
| Part I Active Reading |
| Read and Talk: CSI's Adam Rodr?guez Looks Beyond 'Miami' |
| Reading Is an Active Process |
| Lesson 1 Before You Read or View, Take Four Actions |
| Survey to get an overview of what's coming |
| Guess the purpose of the program or reading selection |
| Predict what's going to happen |
| Think about your prior knowledge of the subject matter |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| Lesson 2 While You Read or View, Stay Active and Focused |
| Picture or hear what the author is saying |
| Put ideas into your own words |
| Predict what the author is going to say next |
| Search for connections to your own life and to other ideas and situations |
| Be open to learning something new |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| Lesson 3 After You Read or View, Think, Talk, and Write |
| Think about the ideas in the reading selection |
| Talk about the ideas in the reading selection |
| Write about the ideas in the reading selection |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| 2 Summary Activity: Active Reading |
| Application: Active Reading |
| No Michael Jacksons Here (Web site article) |
| Test 1 Reading Comprehension |
| A Fresh Solution, by Neil Postman (nonfiction book) |
| Part II Vocabulary Development |
| Read and Talk: Child Hero: Bethany Hamilton |
| Improve Your Vocabulary to Make Reading Easier |
| Lesson 4 Before You Read, Use Word Parts to Expand Your Vocabulary |
| Test your prior knowledge |
| Look for meaning in word parts |
| Look at prefixes for changes to meaning |
| Look at suffixes to see how words act in sentences |
| Word Parts Glossary |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| Lesson 5 While You Read, Define Words in Context |
| Find context clues while reading |
| Recognize four kinds of context clues |
| Look for signal words |
| Create EASY notecards to study words |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| Lesson 6 While You Read and After You Read, Use the Dictionary |
| Understand different types of dictionaries |
| Know what kinds of information you can find in a dictionary entry |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| Lesson 7 While You Read and After You Read, Examine the Author's Tone |
| Understand the difference between denotation and connotation |
| Consider a word's degree of intensity |
| Tone supports the author's purpose |
| Learn to use more specific tone words |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| 2 Summary Activity: Vocabulary Development |
| Application: Vocabulary Development |
| Mistakes, I've Made a Few, by Kyle Busch (online newspaper article) |
| Test 2: Reading Comprehension |
| Winning Every Day: Pat Summitt's Strategy Centers on Goal Setting (magazine article) |
| Part III MAPPs for Reading Comprehension |
| Read and Talk: "I Know What I Like" (music textbook) |
| MAPP: A Reading Plan |
| Lesson 8 Mark: Ask Questions and Mark the Answers |
| Step 1 Form questions from titles and headings |
| Step 2 Read for the answer to your question |
| Step 3 Mark the answer to your question |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| Lesson 9 About: Find the Topic |
| The A of MAPP is "About." What is the reading about? |
| The topic |
| The topic is repeated |
| The topic is general |
| Decide how broad or narrow the topic is |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| Lesson 10 Point: Identify the Main Idea |
| The first P of MAPP is "Point." What is the point? |
| The main idea |
| The main idea isn't always stated |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| Lesson 11 Proof: Recognize the Supporting Details |
| The second P of MAPP Is "Proof." What is the proof for the author's point? |
| The supporting details |
| Major details are different from minor details |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| 2 Summary Activity: MAPP for Reading Comprehension |
| Application: MAPP for Reading Comprehension |
| The Mystery of Music, by Sting (commencement speech) |
| Test 3 Reading Comprehension |
| The Power of Music, by Judy Foreman (online magazine article) |
| Part IV Reading Textbooks |
| Read and Talk: Romanovs (1918) (Forensics textbook) |
| Reading Textbooks for Maximum Comprehension |
| Lesson 12 Recognizing Patterns of Organization |
| Major details are often organized in patterns |
| Time order: When did that happen? |
| Space order: Where are things located? |
| Definition: What does this mean? |
| Examples: What are examples of this general idea? |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| Lesson 13 Recognizing More Patterns of Organization |
| Cause and effect: What made this happen? |
| What does this lead to? |
| Comparison and contrast: How are these the same? |
| How do they differ? |
| Classification: What kinds are there? |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| Lesson 14 Studying Textbook Chapters |
| Make sense of the "text" in your textbook |
| Learn useful note taking strategies |
| Use the chapter resources to improve your comprehension |
| Interpret the meaning of visuals |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| 2 Summary Activity: Reading Textbooks |
| Application: Reading Textbooks |
| William Bass (textbook) |
| Test 4 Reading Comprehension |
| CSI Effect (magazine) |
| Part V Critical Reading |
| Read and Talk: Failure Is a Good Thing, by Jon Carroll (online article) |
| Thinking Critically About What You Read |
| Lesson 15 Asking Questions to Improve Your Thinking |
| Critical thinking is a learning process |
| Critical thinking level 1: Remember |
| Critical thinking level 2: Understand |
| Critical thinking level 3: Apply |
| Critical thinking level 4: Analyze |
| Critical thinking level 5: Evaluate |
| Critical thinking level 6: Create |
| Recognizing critical thinking verbs on tests |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| Lesson 16 Analyzing Facts, Opinions, and Inferences |
| Facts can be verified |
| Opinions cannot be verified |
| Facts and opinions often appear together |
| A fact is a fact, but an opinion needs to be supported by proof |
| Certain kinds of words indicate opinions |
| Inferences are made from the author's words and your logic |
| Activate Your Skills |
| 1 Activate Your Skills |
| 2 Master Your Skills |
| 1 Master Your Skills |
| 2 Summary Activity: Critical Reading |
| Application: Critical Thinking |
| Lessons from the Oscars: Turning Obstacles into OpportunitiesJill Koenig (online magazine) |
| Test 5: Reading Comprehension |
| Joe Kapp: Life Lessons from a, Football Superstar, from Yolanda Nava, ed. (nonfiction book) |
| Part VI Readings |
| Reading Comprehension Skills Review |
| Theme 1 Hunger Pangs |
| Reading 6-1 The Science of AppetiteJeffrey Kluger (newspaper article) |
| Reading 6-2 Why Do I Overeat? (health textbook) |
| Reading 6-3 Money Is Tight, and Junk Food BeckonsTara Parker-Pope (newspaper article) |
| Theme 2 Relating to Others |
| Reading 6-4 A Tense Moment in IraqDaniel Goleman (nonfiction book) |
| Reading 6-5 Your Facebook Relationship Status: It's ComplicatedClaire Suddath (magazine article) |
| Reading 6-6 Understanding Empathy: Can You Feel My Pain?Richard A. Friedman (newspaper article) |
| Theme 3 Making Healthy Choices |
| Reading 6-7 Bragging on MySpaceDina Fine Maron (online) |
| Reading 6-8 A Soap Opera's Sex Is All for a Good CauseJennifer V. Hughes(newspaper article) |
| Reading 6-9 Body Dysmorphic DisorderTeens Health (online article) |
| Theme 4 Going Green in the City |
| Reading 6-10 Landscaped Roofs Have Chicago Mayor Seeing GreenBrian Handwerk (online newspaper) |
| Reading 6-11 Introducing Nice Ride--A Bike Sharing Program (Web site) |
| Reading 6-12 The Greening of the Urban AnimalRichard Conniff (online newspaper) |
| Part VII More Tips for Reading and Taking Tests |
| Reading Fiction |
| Reading Online |
| Taking Tests |
