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