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Making Meaning: Building Strategies for College Reading, 1/e

Janeen Myers, University of Central Oklahoma
Dr. Evelyn Eskridge
Barbara Tucker, Oklahoma State University – Oklahoma City
Patricia Smart Richardson
©2007
ISBN: 0321355601
Format: Paper; 464 pages

Table of Contents

Preface: To the Instructor

Introduction: Making Meaning from What You Read

1. Preparing to Read

Chapter Preview
Making Meaning
Introduction
STRUCTURED INSTRUCTION AND EXERCISES
Pre-reading
—Reading: Choosing a Job in a Nursing Home
Title, Headings, Bullets, and Visuals
Connecting to Prior Knowledge
Predicting What a Reading is About
—Reader Response 1-1
—Reader Response 1-2
Everyday Pre-reading
Pre-reading and Visual Information
How to Preview (or Pre-read) a Textbook
Reading a Textbook Chapter
PRACTICING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
—Practice 1-1 through 1-4: The Struggle for Civil Rights
—Practice 1-5: Reading a Chart, African-American Voter Registration in The South, 1960–1970
—Practice 1-6 through 1-9: Pre-reading a Play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
Summary
MASTERY TESTS
—Mastery Test 1-1: American History: The Struggle for Civil Rights
—Mastery Test 1-2: Reading a Map, USA Time Zones
—Mastery Test 1-3: Reading a Chart, Stages of Human Development
—Mastery Test 1-4: Reading a Graph, "From the Bottom to the Top"
—Reader Response 1-3
—Mastery Test 1-5:Reading a Webpage, Recycling
—Reader Response 1-4
Progress Chart

2. Recognizing Consonants and Vowels

Chapter Preview
Making Meaning
Introduction
Structured Instruction and Exercises
Consonants
Vowels
—Reading: A Long Night Ahead, M. C. Dore
Practicing What You Have Learned
—Practice 2-1: Consonants, The Search Goes On, M. C. Dore
—Reader Response 2-1
—Practice 2-2: Consonants, The Evening Dress, Tina Page
—Practice 2-3: Comprehension The Evening Dress, Tina Page
—Practice 2-4: Consonants, You Entered Me in What??? M. C. Dore
—Practice 2-5: Comprehension, You Entered Me in What??? M. C. Dore
—Reader Response 2-2
—Practice 2-6: Vowels, At Nighttime, Aileen Fisher
—Practice 2-7: Vowels, Marathon Dancing
Summary
Mastery Tests
—Mastery Test 2-1: Consonants, Directions to the Party
—Mastery Test 2-2: Consonants
—Mastery 2-3: Consonants and Comprehension, Ending Up at the Wrong Hotel in the Wrong Country, Christina Page
—Mastery 2-4: Vowels: Miss America
Looking Back
—Looking Back 2-1: Prereading, Vowels, and Comprehension, Purring Predators: Housecats and Their Prey, David Krough
—Looking Back 2-2: Outline, Purring Predators
—Looking Back 2-3: Asking Questions, When I Was Left Behind, M. C. Dore
—Looking Back 2-4: Comprehension, Body Art? Fashion Statement? Tattoos!
—Reader Response 2-3
—Looking Back 2-5: Comprehension, In Her Footsteps, Courtney Angela Brkic
Progress Chart

3. Recognizing Syllables and Word Parts

Chapter Preview
Making Meaning
Introduction
Structured Instruction and Exercises
Word Parts
Syllables
Syllabication
Practicing What You Have Learned
—Practice 3-1: Word Parts
—Practice 3-2: Syllabication
—Practice 3-3: Syllabication, Word Parts, and Comprehension, Medicine, Palmira Brimmett, et al
Summary
Mastery Tests
—Mastery Test 3-1: Using Words in Sentences
—Mastery Test 3-2: Dividing Words into Syllables
—Mastery Test 3-3: Suffixes
—Mastery test 3-4: Comprehension, Word Parts, and Syllabication, In Pain, Gorilla Puts in a Call to the Dentist
Looking Back
—Looking Back 3-1: Comprehension and Vowels, William Shakespeare, Palmira Brimmett, et al
—Looking Back 3-2: Comprehension, Vowels, Consonants, and Vocabulary, The Guardian: Enoch Kelly Haney, Rick J. Moore
Reader Response 3-1
Progress Chart

4. Using a Dictionary

Chapter Preview
Making Meaning
Introduction
Structured Instruction and Exercises
Pre-reading a dictionary
Spelling
Syllables
Syllabication
Pronunciation
Meaning
Parts of Speech
Word Origins
Practicing What You Have Learned
—Practice 4-1 through 4-9: Dictionary skills
—Practice 4-10: Dictionary Skills, Beauty from a Distance
—Practice 4-11: Parts of Speech, Marly
—Practice 4-12: Language of Origin, My nephew Andre
Summary
Mastery Tests
—Mastery Test 4-1: Spelling
—Reader Response 4-1
—Mastery Test 4-2: Syllables
—Reader Response 4-2
—Mastery Test 4-3: Pronunciation, Obesity
—Mastery Test 4-4: Vocabulary, Job Hunting
—Reader Response 4-3
—Mastery Test 4-5: Comprehension, Appointment in Samarra, W. Somerset Maugham
—Mastery Test 4-6: Parts of Speech
—Mastery Test 4-7: Origin of Words
—Reader Response 4-4
—Mastery Test 4-8: Comprehension and Word Parts, Big Mac Attack, James M. Rubenstein
Reader Response 4-5
Looking Back
—Looking Back 4-1: Pre-reading, After the Suspect
—Looking Back 4-2: Parts of Speech and Root Words
—Looking Back 4-3: Consonants
—Looking Back 4-4: Vowel Sounds
—Reader Response 4-6
Progress Chart

5. Discovering Context Clues

Chapter Preview
Making Meaning
Introduction
—Reader Response 5-1
Structured Instruction and Exercises
Types of Context Clues
Definition Clues
—Example Clues
—Antonyms (opposites) Clues
—Synonyms (similar to) Clues
—General Sense of the Passage
Practicing What You Have Learned
—Practice 5-1: Context Clues, How Cold Is It? (Part One), Han Rue
—Reader Response 5-2
—Practice 5-2: Comprehension, How Cold Is It? (Part Two), Han Rue
—Reader Response 5-3
—Practice 5-3: Comprehension, How Cold Is It? (Part Three), Han Rue
—Reader Response 5-4
—Practice 5-4 through 5-7: Context Clues, excerpts from Small Steps, Peg Kehret
—Reader Response 5-5
Summary
Mastery Tests
—Mastery Test 5-1 and 5-2: Context Clues in Sentences
—Mastery Test 5-3: Comprehension, Unplanned, Laura Ream
—Mastery Test 5-4: Context Clues, Trapping the Tsetse Fly
—Mastery Test 5-5: Comprehension and Context Clues, University Days, James Thurber
—Reader Response 5-6
Looking Back
—Looking Back: 5-1 Word Study
Progress Chart

6. Finding the Main Idea

Chapter Preview
Making Meaning
Introduction
Structured Instruction and Exercises
Topics
Main Ideas in Paragraphs
Main Ideas in Longer Readings
—Reading: What is Ethnic Cleansing? James M. Rubenstein
—Reading: Marijuana
Practicing What You Have Learned
—Practice 6-1 through 6-3: General and Specific Ideas
—Practice 6-4: Alike and Different
—Practice 6-5: Topic, Run for Cover!
—Practice 6-6: Comprehension, Sports in Popular Culture, James M. Rubenstein
—Reader Response 6-1
—Practice 6-7: Organization and Comprehension, Out of the Way!
—Practice 6-8: Organization and Comprehension, The Hoover Dam
—Practice 6-9: Thesis, Main Ideas, and Details, Special Athletes
Summary
Mastery Tests
—Mastery Test 6-1: Main Idea and Details, Stingers
—Reader Response 6-2
—Mastery Test 6-2: Topic, Main Idea, and Details, River Drivers — On a Roll!
—Reader Response 6-3
—Mastery Test 6-3: Topic, Main Ideas, and Details, Cars That Think?
—Mastery Test 6-4: Topics, Main Ideas, and Details, A Modern Plague
Looking Back
—Looking Back 6-1: Context Clues, It's Not Funny!
—Looking Back 6-2: Word Skills, Dream Catcher
—Looking Back 6-3 Pre-reading & Predicting, American Monument
—Looking Back 6-4: Pre-reading & Predicting, Gardner Rules!
—Reader Response 6-4
Progress Chart

7. Finding Supporting Details

Chapter Preview
Making Meaning
Introduction
Structured Instruction and Exercises
Paragraph Organization and Supporting Details
—Reading: Easy Gardening
—Reading: Easy Traveling
Visual Supporting Details
Transitional Words and Phrases
Practicing What You Have Learned
—Practice 7-1: Supporting Details
—Practice 7-2: Topic and Details, Scamming the Shopper
—Practice 7-3: Main Ideas and Details, Storms (graphic organizer)
—Reader Response 7-1
—Practice 7-4 Topic, Main Idea, and Details, What Goes Down…? Don K. Scott
—Practice 7-5: Main Idea and Details, Travel Destinations by Distance from Oklahoma City (bar graph)
—Practice 7-6: Create a Chart
—Practice 7-7: Transitional Words, Friends Forever
—Practice 7-8 Write Paragraph with Transitions
Summary
Mastery Tests
—Mastery Test 7-1: Main Idea and Details, Miami Here We Come
—Mastery Test 7-2: Main Idea and Details, Lady of the Woods
—Mastery Test 7-3: Main Idea and Details, Babysitting Terrible Todd
—Mastery Test 7-4: Supporting Details
—Mastery Test 7-5: Main Idea and Details, Travel Destinations by Distance and Driving Time from Oklahoma City, Map
—Mastery Test 7-6: Main Idea and Details, Of Horrors and Heroes, Charles Ramsden
—Mastery Test 7-7: The Magic of Poetry
Looking Back
—Looking Back 7-1: Main Ideas
—Looking Back 7-2: Context Clues and Charts, Jenny's Science Project
—Looking Back 7-3: Pre-reading and Charts, College Student Living Arrangements
—Looking Back 7-4: Consonant and Vowel Sounds, Main Idea, and Supporting Details, Spring, William Blake
—Looking Back 7-5: Write about a photograph
Progress Chart

8. Additional Readings

Chapter Preview
Making Meaning
Readings
Reading 8-1: Omaha's First Water Company, Harold Whipple
Reading 8-2: Sawmill Revenge, Harold Whipple
Reading 8-3: Social Studies Problem Solving and Data Interpretation
Reading 8-4: Two Wolves
—Reader Response 8-1
Reading 8-5: Santa Clause Did Visit, Christina Page
Reading 8-6: Symbols of Christmas, Alice Doray
—Reader Response 8-2
Reading 8-7: Mars!
Reading 8-8: Wedding Charm, Deborah Cummings Doray (poem)
Reading 8-9: The Flower-fed Buffaloes, Vachel Lindsy (poem)
—Reader Response 8-3
Reading 8-10: Excerpt from Internet college journal, Laura Eskridge
—Reader Response 8-4
Reading 8-11: Excerpt from A Painted House, John Grisham
Reading 8-12: Language — A Code to Sail Dreams, Debby Dobbs (poem)
—Reader Response 8-5
Reading 8-13: A Vacation with Ghosts, Ruth Ozeki
—Reader Response 8-6
Reading 8-14: Hurricane Katrina
Reading 8-15: As Town for Deaf Takes Shape, Debate on Isolation Re-emerges, Monica Davey
—Reader Response 8-7
Reading 8-16: Next to the Express Checkout, Express Medical Care, Michelle Andrews
—Reader Response 8-8
Reading 8-17: Was It a Dream?, Guy De Maupassant (short story)
—Reader Response 8-9
Reading 8-18: The Tornado of the Century, Pat Richardson
—Reader Response 8-10

Appendix A: WORDNOTES and Student Vocabulary Log

Appendix B: Glossary of Technical Terms

Subject Index

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