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Reading Themes and Skills: A Skills-based American Culture Reader [Minkštas viršelis]

  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, aukštis x plotis: 286x216 mm
  • Išleidimo metai: 06-Feb-2007
  • Leidėjas: The University of Michigan Press
  • ISBN-10: 047203071X
  • ISBN-13: 9780472030712
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, aukštis x plotis: 286x216 mm
  • Išleidimo metai: 06-Feb-2007
  • Leidėjas: The University of Michigan Press
  • ISBN-10: 047203071X
  • ISBN-13: 9780472030712
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
Reading Themes and Skills contains original engaging readings designed to help intermediate students develop stronger academic reading skills and build American cultural literacy.
 
The textbook’s introduction reviews the parts of speech and vocabulary. Each chapter of Reading Themes and Skills features pre-reading activities that develop skills like predicting and building background knowledge.  The chapter readings are linked by theme and followed by reading strategies and skills:
 
Skill Study—scanning, making inferences, reading for details, finding main ideas, and understanding voice and audienceGrammar in Context—review and practice of specific grammar points Focus on Parts of Speech—review of each part of speech Theme Study—discussion and vocabulary activities that deepen understanding of the theme and reading passages.   Each unit closes with vocabulary activities that reinforce the words practiced.
 
 
To the Instructor ix
Introduction: The Basics 1(11)
Eating Out/Eating In
12(37)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises
13(3)
Building Background Knowledge
13(1)
More Theme Study: Words about Dining
14(2)
Reading 1.1: Subs, Heroes, Grinders, and Hoagies
16(2)
Skill Study
18(2)
Reading for Details
18(1)
Reflecting on What You've Read
19(1)
Scanning Practice
19(1)
Vocabulary Study
20(2)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises
22(2)
Gathering Information from the Title
22(1)
Predicting/Analyzing the Title of the Reading
22(1)
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading
23(1)
Reading 1.2: Dear Mom: A College Student's Letter Home
24(3)
Skill Study
27(5)
Understanding the Reading
27(1)
Reading for Details
28(1)
Finding the Main Idea of a Paragraph
29(1)
Parts of Speech: Adjectives Study
30(1)
Text-Based Writing Assignment
31(1)
Theme Study: Analyzing Events/Chronology
32(1)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises
33(1)
Building Background Knowledge
33(1)
Reading 1.3: Leftovers
34(3)
Skill Study
37(2)
Understanding the Reading
37(1)
Summarizing
38(1)
Focus on Parts of Speech: Conjunctions
39(1)
Grammar in Context: Identifying Discourse Markers
40(4)
Vocabulary Review Activities
44(5)
In Style
49(38)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises
50(3)
Previewing the Vocabulary
50(2)
Building Background Knowledge
52(1)
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading
52(1)
Reading 2.1: Style in America
53(2)
Skill Study
55(6)
Understanding the Reading
55(1)
Reading for Details
56(1)
Making Inferences
57(2)
Reflecting on What You've Read
59(2)
Grammar in Context: Simple Sentences
61(3)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercise
64(1)
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading
64(1)
Reading 2.2: The Emperor's New Clothes
65(4)
Skill Study
69(3)
Understanding the Reading
69(1)
Reading for Details
70(1)
Scanning Practice
71(1)
Vocabulary Study
72(1)
Reading Skills: Understanding Fiction
73(3)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises
76(1)
Vocabulary Practice
76(1)
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading
77(1)
Reading 2.3: Halloween: Costumes and Customs
77(3)
Skill Study
80(4)
Understanding the Reading
80(2)
Reading for Details
82(1)
Finding the Main Idea of a Paragraph
83(1)
Text-Based Writing Assignment
83(1)
Identifying Parts of Speech
83(1)
Focus on Parts of Speech: Prepositions and Articles
84(1)
Vocabulary Review Activities
85(2)
At Home
87(34)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises
88(1)
Building Background Knowledge
88(1)
Vocabulary Study
89(2)
Reading 3.1: At Home with the Amish
91(2)
Skill Study
93(4)
Reading for Details
93(1)
More Reading for Details
94(1)
Comparing Two Genres
95(1)
Understanding Film Terms and Concepts
96(1)
Talking About the Ideas in the Film
97(1)
Video-Based Writing Assignment
97(1)
Focus on Parts of Speech: Nouns
97(3)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercise
100(1)
Understanding Organization
100(1)
Reading 3.2: The Adventures of a Maple Leaf
101(3)
Skill Study
104(2)
Finding the Meaning of Words from Context
104(1)
Making a Chronological Outline
105(1)
Grammar in Context: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
106(2)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises
108(1)
Understanding the Narrator
108(1)
Building Background Knowledge
108(1)
Reading 3.3: Tippy, the War Hero
109(5)
Skill Study
114(2)
Reading for Details
114(1)
Understanding Discourse Markers
114(1)
Making a Chronological Outline
115(1)
Text-Based Writing Assignment
115(1)
Vocabulary Review Activities
116(5)
In Shape
121(30)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises
122(2)
Previewing the Vocabulary
122(1)
Building Background Knowledge
123(1)
Previewing the Reading
124(1)
Reading 4.1: The Super Bowl
124(2)
Skill Study
126(5)
Understanding the Reading
126(3)
Scanning Practice
129(1)
Finding the Main Idea of a Paragraph
129(1)
Reading for Details
130(1)
Finding Facts by Scanning
131(1)
Vocabulary Study
131(1)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercise
132(1)
Understanding Symbolic Characteristics of Animals
132(1)
Reading 4.2: The Tortoise and the Hare
133(3)
Skill Study
136(1)
Reading for Details
136(1)
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading
137(1)
Vocabulary Study
137(2)
Grammar in Context: Irregular Past Tense Verbs
139(1)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercise
140(2)
Predicting
140(1)
Analyzing Characteristics of Family
141(1)
Reading 4.3: A Chance for Glory
142(2)
Skill Study
144(2)
Making Inferences
144(1)
Reading for Details
144(1)
Literary Analysis
145(1)
Text-Based Writing Assignment
145(1)
Vocabulary Study
146(1)
Focus on Parts of Speech: Pronouns
147(2)
Vocabulary Review Activities
149(2)
Out of This World
151(36)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises
152(2)
Previewing the Vocabulary
152(1)
Building Background Knowledge
152(1)
Skimming to Understand the Organization
153(1)
Reading 5.1: Ghosts in the White House
154(3)
Skill Study
157(4)
Telling Fact from Claim or Opinion
157(1)
Understanding the Reading
158(2)
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading
160(1)
Vocabulary Study
161(1)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises
162(2)
Analyzing Differences
162(2)
Reading 5.2: Hanbu and Nobu: A Tale of Two Brothers
164(4)
Skill Study
168(4)
Analyzing Endings
168(1)
Reading for Details
169(1)
Understanding the Reading
170(1)
Talking about the Ideas in the Reading
171(1)
Vocabulary Study
172(2)
Grammar in Context: Sentence Types
174(2)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises
176(1)
Building Background Knowledge
176(1)
Reading 5.3: The Vortex in Sedona, Arizona: A Trip out of This World
176(2)
Skill Study
178(5)
Understanding the Reading
178(2)
Reading for Details
180(1)
Scanning Practice
181(1)
Text-Based Writing Assignment
182(1)
Focus on Parts of Speech: Verbs
183(2)
Vocabulary Review Activities
185(2)
It's the Weekend!
187(31)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises
188(2)
Building Background Knowledge
188(2)
Reading 6.1: Tailgating
190(3)
Skill Study
193(4)
Understanding the Reading
193(2)
Scanning Practice
195(1)
Finding Facts by Scanning
196(1)
Vocabulary Study
197(1)
Reading 6.2: Handy People and Home Improvement Projects
198(4)
Skill Study
202(2)
Understanding the Reading
202(1)
Understanding the Organization
203(1)
Vocabulary Study
204(1)
Focus on Parts of Speech: Adverbs
205(2)
Theme Study: Pre-Reading Exercises
207(1)
Building Background Knowledge
207(1)
Reading 6.3: Weekend Dog
208(3)
Skill Study
211(4)
Understanding the Reading
211(1)
Reading for Details
212(1)
Reviewing Narrative Voice
212(2)
Finding the Main Idea of a Paragraph
214(1)
Grammar in Context: Time Words in Chronology
215(3)
Text-Based Writing Assignment
218(1)
Vocabulary Review Activities
218


Brian Altano teaches at Bergen Community College, New Jersey.