Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Connect Now
Introduction to the New Strategy: Connect Now
Getting an Impression of the Topic
Your Experiences and Feelings
Your Purpose and the Author’s Purpose
Apply the New Strategy: Connect Now
Reading 1: The Voice You Hear When You Read Silently by Thomas Lux
Chapter One: Summary
How Does Strategy 1 Help You to Read from the Inside Out?
How Does the Connect Now Strategy Work?
Mastery Test
Reading 2: I Do Not Like to Read—Sam-I-Am! by Rebecca Grabiner
Connect Now Practice Pages
The One-Room Schoolhouse of the Nineteenth Century
Culture Wire
What Are They Reading? Matthew McConaughey: The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
Chapter 2: Respond
Introduction to the New Strategy: Respond
You, the Audience
Time for Responding
Space for Responding
Questions and Comments
Looking for Answers
Connections with Other Ideas
Apply the New Strategy: Respond
Reading 3: Forbidden Reading by Alberto Manguel
Chapter Two: Summary
How Does Strategy 2 Help You to Become a More Engaged Reader?
How Does the Respond Strategy Work?
Mastery Test
Reading 4: “See Spot Run”: Teaching My Grandmother to Read by Ellen Tashie Frisina
Respond Practice Pages
Think Big! by Ben Carson, M.D., with Cecil Murphey
Culture Wire
What Are They Reading? Sarah Jessica Parker: The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Chapter 3: Vital Vocabulary
Introduction the New Strategy: Vital Vocabulary
Tone, or the Author’s Voice
Context Clues
The Dictionary
Word Parts
A System for Learning New Words
Apply the New Strategy: Vital Vocabulary
Reading 5: Where English Words Come From by Deborah Silvey
Chapter 3: Summary
How Does Strategy 3 Help You to Become a More Engaged Reader?
How Does the Vital Vocabulary Strategy Work?
Mastery Test
Reading 6: Point. Shoot. See. by Jesse Blumberg
Vital Vocabulary Practice Pages
Does Media Violence Desensitize Children to Violence? by Madeline Levine
Culture Wire
What Are They Reading? Courtney Love: Trading Up by Candace Bushnell
Chapter 4: Get an Overview
Introduction to the New Strategy: Get an Overview
The Title: The Author’s Key to the Subject
Other Important Clues
Skimming
Predicting
Apply the New Strategy: Get an Overview
Reading 7: What Deprived Children Tell Us about Human Nature by James M. Henslin
Chapter 4: Summary
How Does Strategy 4 Help You to Become a More Engaged Reader?
How Does the Operation Overview Strategy Work?Mastery Test
Reading 8: The Good Person by Robert Coles
Get an Overview Practice Pages
Managing Workforce Diversity by Ronald J. Ebert and Ricky W. Griffin
Culture Wire
What Are They Reading? Madonna: The Night Listener by Armistead Maupin
Chapter 5: Ask Questions
Introduction to the New Strategy: Ask Questions
Questions for Connecting to the Reading
Questions for Predicting the Overall Point and Main Ideas
Questions That Get Useful Answers
Answers and New Questions
Apply the New Strategy: Ask Questions
Reading 9: How Babies Use Patterns to See by Laura E. Berk
Chapter Five: Summary
How Does Strategy 5 Help You Become a More Engaged Reader?
How Does the Asking Questions Strategy Work?
Mastery Test
Reading 10: talking back by bell hooks
Ask Questions Practice Pages
Powder by Tobias Wolff
Culture Wire
What Are They Reading? Kristin Cavallari: Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of An Anti-Hero by Jeff Pearlman
Chapter 6: Find and Mark Main Ideas
Introduction to the New Strategy: Find and Mark Main Ideas
Marking Ideas
Overall Point and Main Topics in a Reading
Main Ideas in Paragraphs
Supporting Ideas
Adjust your Marking
Apply the New Strategy: Find and Mark Main Ideas
Reading 11: How the Self-Concept Develops by Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe, and Diana K. Ivy
Sample Marking: How the Self-Concept Develops
Chapter 6: Summary
How Does Strategy 6 Help You to Be an Engaged Reader?
How Does the Find and Mark Main Ideas Strategy Work?
Mastery Test
Reading 12: School Is Bad for Children by John Holt
Sample Marking: School Is Bad for Children
Find Main Ideas Practice Pages
Learning the River by Mark Twain
Culture Wire
What Are They Reading? Kirsten Dunst: The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God by Carl Sagan
Chapter 7: Patterns of Thought
Introduction to the New Strategy: Patterns of Thought
Common Patterns
Patterns and the Overall Point
Patterns and Main Ideas
Signal Words and Phrases
Apply the New Strategy: Patterns of Thought
Reading 13: Optimism: The Great Motivator by Daniel Goleman
Chapter 7: Summary
How Does Strategy 7 Help You to Be an Engaged Reader?
How Does the Look for Patterns of Thought Strategy Work?
Mastery Test
Reading 14: How Conscious Is Thought? by Carole Wade and Carol Tavris
Patterns of Thought Practice Pages
Traveling by Grace Paley
Culture Wire
What Are They Reading? Jason Lee: Hunger by Knut Hamsun
Chapter 8: Map Main Ideas
Introduction to the New Strategy: Map Main Ideas
Placing the Overall Point, the Main Ideas, and the Supporting Ideas
Apply the New Strategy: Map Main Ideas
Reading 15: Why People Don’t Help in a Crisis by John M. Darley and Bibb Latané
Sample Informal Outline: “Why People Don’t Help in a Crisis”
Chapter 8: Summary
How Does Strategy 8 Help You to Be an Engaged Reader?
How Does the Map Main Ideas Strategy Work?
Mastery Test
Reading 16: Mother Tongue by Amy Tan
Map Main Ideas Practice Pages
Imprinting: A Form of Learning by Robert Wallace
Culture Wire
What Are They Reading? Shia LaBeouf: The Definitive Book of Body Language by Allan and Barbara Pease
Chapter 9: Make Inferences
Introduction to the New Strategy: Make Inferences
Inferences and Implied Ideas
Logical Connections
Details
Word Choice
Your Own Assumptions
Apply the New Strategy: Make Inferences
Reading 17: A Letter to My Teacher by Kate Boyes
Chapter 9: Summary
How Does Strategy 9 Help You to Be an Engaged Reader?
How Does the Make Inferences Strategy Work?
Mastery Test
Reading 18: Why Men Don’t Last: Self-Destruction as a Way of Life by Natalie Angier
Make Inferences Practice Pages
The Gorilla’s Embrace by Barbara Smuts
Culture Wire
What Are They Reading? Cassandra Wilson: Manuals on PHP
Chapter 10: Find Meaning in Metaphors
Introduction to the New Strategy: Find Meaning in Metaphors
Metaphorical Expressions
Interpreting Metaphors
Apply the New Strategy: Find Meaning in Metaphors
Reading 19: Terror Unlimited by Tim Cahill
Chapter 10: Summary
How Does Strategy 10 Help You to Be an Engaged Reader?
How Does the Find Meaning in Metaphors Strategy Work?
Mastery Test
Reading 20: Buckle Up. And Behave. by William Ecenbarger
Find Meaning in Metaphors Practice Pages
Victor by Julia Alvarez
Culture Wire
What Are They Reading? Casey Affleck: Short stories, including “Incident at Owl Creek” by Ambrose Bierce
Chapter 11: Determine the Writer’s Perspective
Introduction to the New Strategy: Determine the Writer’s Perspective
Styles of Writing
The Intended Audience
Perspective
Tone and Bias
Apply the New Strategy: Determine the Writer’s Perspective
Reading 21: A Global Green Deal by Mark Hertsgaard
Chapter 11: Summary
How Does Strategy 11 Help You to Be an Engaged Reader?
How Does the Determine the Writer’s Perspective Strategy Work?
Mastery Test
Reading 22: Infernal Paradise by Barbara Kingsolver
The Writer’s Perspective Practice Pages
Pitching Messages by John Vivian
Culture Wire
What Are They Reading? Kenny Melman, Herb of cabaret duo Kiki and Herb: Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture by Jon Savage
Chapter 12: Write a Summary
Introduction to the New Strategy: Write a Summary
Paraphrasing
Summarizing the Overall Point and Main Ideas
Apply the New Strategy: Write a Summary
Reading 23: Police and the Community by
George F. Cole and Christopher E. Smith
Chapter 12: Summary
How Does Strategy 12 Help You to Be an Engaged Reader?
How Does the Write a Summary Strategy Work?
Mastery Test
Reading 24: Don’t Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgments by Robert L Heilbroner
Write a Summary Practice Pages
The Argument Culture by Deborah Tannen
Culture Wire
What Are They Reading? Chris Rock: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Chapter 13: Analyze the Information
Introduction to the New Strategy: Analyze the Information
Fact and Opinion
Reliable Information
Testing the Support
Apply the New Strategy: Analyze the Information
Reading 25: Four for a Quarter by Kenneth R. Fletcher
Chapter 13: Summary
How Does Strategy 13 Help You to Be an Engaged Reader?
How Does the Analyze the Information Strategy Work?
Mastery Test
Reading 26: Buy This 24-Year-Old...
