1 1
Nonprose Reading:Menu 1
Word Study:Context Clues 3
Word Study:Dictionary Usage 6
Word Study:Stems and Affixes 9
Paragraph Reading:Main Idea 13
Discourse Focus:Scanning 22
2 30
Reading Selections 1A-1B:Essays 30
1A“Culture Shock and the Problem of Adjustment in New Cultural Environments” 30
1B“Your Actions Speak Louder…” 36
“The Midnight Visitor” 41
Reading Selection 2:Mystery 41
Reading Selection 3:Conversation 44
‘Toledo:A Problem of Menus” 44
3 50
Nonprose Reading:Newspaper Advertisements 50
Word Study:Stems and Affixes 53
Word Study:DictionaryUsage 57
Sentence Study:Introduction 60
Sentence Study:Comprehension 62
Paragraph Reading:Main Idea 64
Discourse Focus:Skimming 70
4 74
Reading Selections 1A-1c:News and Editorials 74
1A“World's Nonsmokers Take Up Fight for Cleaner Air” 74
1B“A Burning Issue on the Job and off” 78
1C“Smoking in Public:Live and Let Live” 82
Reading Selection 2:Newspaper Questionnaire 84
“How Do You Handle Everyday Stress?” 84
Reading Selection 3:Magazine Article 87
“Graveyard of the Atlantic” 87
5 92
Nonprose Reading:Questionnaire 92
Word Study:Context Clues 94
Word Study:Stems and Affixes 96
Sentence Study:Comprehension 100
Paragraph Reading:Restatement and Inference 102
Discourse Focus:Careful Reading/Drawing Inferences 106
Reading Selections 1A-1 B:News and Information 109
6 109
1A“American Values in Education” 110
1B“Parents Seeking Cool Classroom for Son” 112
Reading Selection 2:Magazine Article 116
“Conjugal Prep” 116
Reading Selection 3:Magazine Article 120
“Sonar for the Blind” 120
7 124
Nonprose Reading:Poetry 124
Word Study:Context Clues 128
Word Study:Stems and Affixes 130
Sentence Study:Restatement and Inference 134
Paragraph Analysis:Reading for Full Understanding 138
Discourse Focus:Prediction 147
8 151
Reading Selections 1A-1c:Technical Prose 151
1A“Crowded Earth—Billions More Coming” 151
1B“The Global Community:On the Way to 9 Billion” 154
1C“The Stork Has a Busier Time,but—” 156
Reading Selection 2:Magazine Article 160
“WhyWe Laugh” 161
Reading Selection 3:Short Story 167
“The Lottery” 167
9 174
Nonprose Reading:Bus Schedule 174
Word Study:Stems and Affixes 179
Sentence Study:Comprehension 182
Paragraph Reading:Restatement and Inference 184
Discourse Focus:Careful Reading/Drawing Inferences 187
10 190
Reading Selections 1A-1B:Feature Articles 190
1A“Japanese Style in Decision-Making” 190
1B“Happy Customers Matter of Honor among Japanese” 197
Reading Selection 2:Satire 200
“Pockety Women Unite?” 200
Reading Selection 3:Poetry 205
“How to Eat a Poem” 205
“Unfolding Bud” 205
“This Is Justto Say” 207
“in Just-” 208
“Sprlng and Fall:To a Young Child” 209
“The Chaser” 211
Reading Selection 4:Short Story 211
11 217
Nonprose Reading:Road Map 217
Word Study:Context Clues 224
Sentence Study:Restatement and Inference 226
Paragraph Analysis:Reading for Full Understanding 230
Discourse Focus:Prediction 236
12 241
Reading Selection 1:Textbook 241
“The Sacred‘Rac’” 241
Reading Selection 2:Essay 245
“The City” 245
3A“An Attack on the Family” 252
Reading Selections 3A-3B:Family Narratives 252
3B Adaptation from Cheaper by the Dozen 258
13 269
Longer Reading:Psychology 269
“The Milgram Experiment,”Ronald E.Smith,Irwin G.Sarason,and Barbara Sarason 273
14 282
Longer Reading:Suspense 282
“The Dusty Drawer,”Harry Miles Muheim 282
15 299
Longer Reading:Anthropology 299
“In the Shadow of Man,”Jane van Lawick-Goodall 299
Appendix 311
Answer Key 313