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Discourse Focus:Reading for Different Goals 1

Nonprose Reading:Airline Terminal Maps 6

Word Study:Context Clues 9

ContentsTo Students:Read This First 11

TotheTeacher 13

Word Study:Stems and Affixes 13

Sentence Study:Introduction 18

Sentence Study:Comprehension 21

Paragraph Reading:Main Idea 24

2 Reading selection 1:Newspaper Article 30

Composition Foci:Arguing a Position/Comparison and Contrast Is McDonald s Fair? 30

Reading Selection 2:Technical Prose 34

Composition Focus:Arguing a Position Language Mirrors Immigration,Provides Key to Nation s Past,Present 34

Reading Selections 3A-3C:Popular Social Science 38

Composition Foci:Arguing a Position/Comparison and Contrast/Writing a Review or Response3A Introduction 40

3B Jaime 42

Elliott 44

Eve 46

Jennifer 48

3C Postscript 49

Reading Selection 4:Technical Prose 52

Composition Foci:Arguing a Position/Comparison and Contrast Marriage Taking a Back Seat,Says Census 52

Reading Selection 5:Literature 55

Composition Focus:FictionExcerpt from Silas Marner 55

3 Nonprose Reading:Campus Map 60

Word Study:Stems and Affixes 65

Word Study:Dictionary Use 69

Sentence Study:Comprehension 74

Paragraph Reading:Restatement and Inference 77

Discourse Focus:Careful Reading/Drawing Inferences(Mysteries) 82

4 Reading Selection 1:Newspaper Article 87

Composition Focus:Arguing a Position Farmer Calls Hole His Home 87

Reading Selection 2:Popular Social Science 91

Composition Foci:Definition/Exemplification/Comparison and Contrast Lies Are So Commonplace,They AImost Seem Like the Truth 92

Reading Selections 3A-3C:Popular Press 97

Composition Foci:Comparison and Contrast/Arguing a Position/SummaryWriting from Data3A Who s Doing the Work around the House? 97

3B Sally Forth 104

3C The New Father :No Real Role Reversal 107

Composition Focus:Arguing a Position Summit to Save the Earth:The World s Next Trouble Spots 112

Reading Selection 4:Magazine Graphic 112

5 Nonprose Reading:College Application and Tuition Chart 123

Word Study:Context Clues 129

Word Study:Stems and Affixes 131

Sentence Study:Restatement and lnference 135

Paragraph Reading:Main Idea(Fables) 138

Discourse Focus:Careful Reading/Drawing Inferences(Mysteries) 143

6 Reading Selection 1:Advice Column 147

Composition Focus:Letter Writing Adamant Smoker Says Stop Nagging 147

Ann Landers s Response 148

Reading Selection 2:Newspaper Article 153

Bugs Make Skin Crawl in Midwest 154

Reading Selections 3A-3C:Popular Science 157

Composition Fo？Writing a Quiz Deseription3A What We Don t Know 158

3B Tornado in the Drain 160

3C Making Water Wetter 164

Reading Selection 4:Children s Literature 171

Composition Foci:Fiction Presenting an Opinion The Meeting from The Rescuers 171

Nonprose Reading:Maps 180

Word Study:Context Clues 186

Word Study:Stems and Affixes 188

Sentence Study:Restatement and Inference 192

Paragraph Reading:Main Idea 195

Paragraph Reading:Reading for Full Understanding 199

Discourse Focus:Prediction 207

8 Reading selections 1A-1B:Popular Press 210

Composition Foci:Presenting an Opinion/Comparison and Contrast1A Are You a Procrastinator? 211

1B Procrastination:What You Can Do about it....When You Get aroundto it 213

Reading Selections 2A-2D:Feature Articles 221

Composition Foci:Description/Arguing a Position/Fiction/Writing an Ad/Comparison and Contrast2A What s the Attraction? 221

2B Looking for a Mate in India 223

2C Japanese Marriage 228

2D The New Mating Game 235

Reading Selections 3A-3D:Questionnaire,Newspaper Articles,Proseand Poetry 237

Composition Foci:Supporting an Opinion/Comparison and Contrast/Letter Writing3A The Meaning of Success 237

3B Graduation Speech Protested 244

3C High School Honors Not Always Key to Life Success 247

3D Choices 250

The Road Not Taken 250

Appendix 255

Answer Key 257