Reading Connections

Theme I: GENDER. Skill Development: Expanding Your Vocabulary. Exercises 1-3: Words in Context. Definitions. Word Parts. Skill Development: Identifying Main Ideas. Exercises 4-7: Identifying Topics and Main Ideas. Writing Main Idea Statements. Sentence Restatements. Main Ideas of Paragraphs. Skill Development: Identifying Organizational Patterns. Exercises 8-9: Identifying the Definition/Example Pattern. Prereading Activity. Distinguishing Facts from Stereotypes. Skill Development: Guided Reading. Selection 1: Stereotyping. Exercise 10: Applying Stereotyping to Gender. Skill Development: Distinguishing Facts from Opinions. Exercises 11-13: Fact versus Opinion Statements. Writing Fact and Opinion Statements. Mixed Fact and Opinion Statements. Selections 2-4: The Development of Gender Roles. Women. Men. Theme II: ENVIRONMENT. Skill Development: Expanding Your Vocabulary. Exercises 1-3: Words in Context. Definitions. Glossary Use. Skill Development: Identifying Details. Exercises 4-5: Locating Details. Underlining or Highlighting Important Points. Skill Development: Outlining and Mapping. Exercises 6-7: Organizing Details into Outline Form. Mapping as a Visual Organizational Tool. Skill Development: Identifying Organizational Patterns. Exercises 8-9: Identifying the List Pattern. Identifying the Process Description Pattern. Selections 1-4: What Can We Do About All This Garbage? Energy Taxes - A Way To Increase Efficiency and Raise Revenue. Environmental Disasters. Endangered Species. Theme III: CIVIL RIGHTS. Skill Development: Expanding Your Vocabulary. Exercises 1-4: Words in Context. Definitions. Multiple Meanings. Figurative Language. Skill Development: Making Inferences. Exercises 5-8: Making Inferences. Contrasting Facts and Inferences. Drawing Conclusions. Making Judgments. Skill Development: Paraphrasing. Exercises 9-10: Paraphrasing Sentences. Paraphrasing Paragraphs. Skill Development: Identifying Organizational Patterns. Exercise 11: Identifying the Chronological or Sequential Pattern. Selections 1-4: What Are Civil Rights? The Desegregation of Baseball: Branch Rickey And Jackie Robinson. Latinos: A Growing Force In Our Culture. Civil Rights In An Age of Social Change. Theme IV: BUSINESS. Skill Development: Expanding Your Vocabulary. Exercises 1-5: Words in Context. Definitions. Dictionary Use. Pronunciation. More Dictionary Practice. Skill Development: Skimming and Scanning. Exercises 6-8: Previewing and Reviewing. Scanning to Locate Information. Applications. Skill Development: Note Taking and Summarizing. Exercises 9-10: Margin Notes. Steps in Summarizing. Skill Development: Identifying Organizational Patterns. Exercises 11-13: Identifying the Comparison/Contrast Pattern. Identifying the Cause/Effect writing Pattern. Practice in Identifying Organizational Patterns. Selections 1-4: Putting Money In Perspective. Advertising-Making A Living. Consumer Rights. Business Ethics. References.Reynolds, Marianne is the author of 'Reading Connections' with ISBN 9780155065338 and ISBN 0155065335.