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PART 1 Getting a Handle on College
Introduction Your First Week in Class
Assignment Sheets
*Taking Objective Tests
Are Your Ready for College?
Colin Powell Excerpt from My American Journey
Pablo Neruda Excerpt from “Ode to the Present”
Vocabulary: Introduction
Robert Olen Butler “Crickets”
Chapter Summary and Review.
CHAPTER 1 How We Learn—Finding Out about Ourselves
Auditory, Visual, or Kinesthetic: What Is Your Learning Style?
Vocabulary: Words in Context
Day versus Night People: Are You More of a Morning Lark or a Night Owl?
Lowell Ponte “The Two Most Dangerous Hours of Your Day”
Left-Brain and Right-Brain Orientation: Which One Are You?
Multiple Intelligences: What Rea Your Strengths?
Isaac Asimov “What Is Intelligence, Anyway?”
Stress Inventory: How Much Stress Is There in Your Life?
Rick Reilly “An Easy Choice”
Study Schedules
SQ3R: A Classic Way to Study
*Gregory Hamilton “Analyzing Internet Sites”
Chapter Review and Summary
PART 2 Discovering Meaning through Structure
CHAPTER 2 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
Tran Thi Nga “Grandmother’s Fable”
Implied Main Ideas
Your Gender Communication Quotient
Dave Barry “What Women Don’t Understand about Guys”
U.S. News & World Report “This Is 911 . . . Please Hold”
CHAPTER 3 Determining an Author’s Purpose
Author’s Purpose; To Entertain
William Saroyan “The Shepherd’s Daughter”
Authors Purpose: To Inform
Ira Flatow “From a Melted Candy Bar to Microwaves”
Author’s Purpose: To Persuade
Walter Minot “Students Who Push Burgers”
What’s Your Opinion?
Writing Summaries
Mel Allen “Letter to Olivia”
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary: Word Structure and Unit 1
CHAPTER 4 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
*Freda Adler, Gerhard O. W. Mueller, and William S. Laufer “Road Rage” (criminology textbook)
William Nack and Lester Munson “Out of Control”
Chapter Review and Summary
PART 3 Interpreting What We Read
CHAPTER 5 Inference
Introduction to Drawing Inferences
Fannie Flagg Excerpt from Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
Robert Devine “Inside the Vicious Heart”
Tom Brokaw “Thomas Broderick”
Chapter Review and Summary
Vocabulary: Unit 2
CHAPTER 6 Figurative Language
Figures of Speech—Similes, Metaphors, and Personification
Ann Landers “The Love of My Life”
The Use of Symbols
Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken”
Rita Gilbert “Guernica” (art history textbook))
Pete Hamill “The Yellow Ribbon”
Literary Allusions
Imagery
Bill Bryson “Terror in a Tent”
Pam Houston “A Blizzard Under Blue Sky”
Chapter Summary and Review
CHAPTER 7 Tone
Inferring Tone
Annie Dillard “The Fixed”
Irony
Gregorio Lopez y Fuentes “A Letter to God”
Satire
Dr. George H. Reavis “The Animal School”
Art Buchwald “Hurts Rent-A-Gun”
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary: Unit 3
PART 4 Recognizing Modes of Writing
CHAPTER 8 Four Primary Modes
An Introduction to Modes of Writing (Rhetorical Modes)
Narrative
*Michelle Kennedy “Checking on the Kids”
Descriptive
*Jo Goodwin Parker “What Is Poverty?”
Expository
*Thomas Patterson “The Poor: Who and How Many?” (political science textbook)
Persuasive
*Barbara Ehrenreich “Is Poverty Sustainable?”
Langston Hughes “Thank You Ma’m”
John Daniel “A Son’s Memoir”
*Peter Salovey “So What’s Your EQ?”
Maya Angelou “On Aging”
Daniel Goleman “Impulse Control: The Marshmallow Test”
Mary Pipher “TV”
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary: Unit 4
CHAPTER 9 Modes of Organization
An Introduction to the Modes of Organization
Cause and Effect
Comparison Contrast
*Wayne Weiten and Margaret Lloyd “The Roots of Happiness: An Empirical Analysis” (psychology textbook)
Listing
*Sonja Lyubomirsky “Eight Keys to a More Satisfying Life”
Chronological Order and Summaries of Longer Articles
Shannon Moon Leonetti “Charley’s Secret”
Categories
Russell W. Belk “My Possessions Myself”
Steps in a Process
*Ronald B. Adler, Russell F. Proctor, and Neil Towne “Developmental Stages in Intimate Relationships” (communications textbook)
Cause and Effect
John Collier “The Chaser”
Example
*Joshua Plven, David Borgenicht, and Jennifer Worick “The ‘It’s Not You, It’s Me’ Letter”
PART 5 Reading Critically
CHAPTER 10 Fact and Opinion
Learning to Read Critically
Shirley Haley-James and John Warren Stewig “Listening: To Tell Fact from Opinion”
*Thomas Patterson “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
CHAPTER 11 Bias
An Introduction to Bias
David G. Myers “The Defendant’s Characteristics” (psychology textbook)
Euphemism
*Hamilton Gregory “Beware of Doublespeak” (speech textbook)
Katharine Brush “A Birthday Party” (short story/Literature)
*Samuel Walker and Charles Katz “Beyond Stereotypes of Cops” (criminology textbook)
George Orwell “A Hanging”
Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing
George W. Bush “A Statement on Timothy McVeigh’s Execution”
CHAPTER 12 Propaganda Techniques
What Are They and How Are They Used?
More Propaganda Techniques
Last Major Propaganda Technique
*Stanley J. Baran “Boosting Smoking Among Women” (mass communications textbook)
Violence in the Media
*Robert S. Feldman “Violence in Television and Video Games: Does the Media’s Message Matter?” (psychology textbook)
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary: Unit 6
CHAPTER 13 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)
*Jennifer Thompson “Eyewitness Testimony” (psychology textbook)
Evaluating the Evidence in Editorials, Letters to the Editor, and Advertisement, and a Cartoon
*Paul M. Insel “Marijuana—Background Information” (health textbook)
*Associated Press “Medical Marijuana Ruling”
Arguments For and Against Legalizing the Use of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes:
*Ethan Madelmann “For” Argument
*John P. Walters “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 by
*John P. Walters “For” Argument by John P. Walters
Letters to the Editor
*Gary Storck Letter 1: For Legalizing the Use of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes
*The O’Reilly Factor Letter 2: Against Legalizing the Use of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes
*Mitch Earleywine Letter 3: Against the Current War on Drugs
*Kirk Muse Letter 4: Against the Current War on Drugs
Evaluating an Advertisement
Evaluating a Political Cartoon
Chapter Summary and Review
Part 6 Becoming Ready for Content-Area Classes
CHAPTER 14 Scanning and Skimming
Scanning
*Alan Brinkley “The American Environment: ‘Silent Spring’” (American history textbook)
Skimming
*Sylvia Mader “Pesticides: An Asset and a Liability” (biology textbook)
*Rachel Carson “A Fable for Tomorrow”
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary: Word Parts and Review
CHAPTER 15 Organizing Textbook Information
Annotating Your Textbook
Studying Textbook Chapters
Outlining
Mapping
Time Lines
Comparison-Contrast Chart
*Jean Ferris Excerpts from Chapters 9, 10, and 11, America’s Musical Landscape (music appreciation textbook)
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