The Reading Portfolio

Contents Note: Each chapter begins with Focus on Strategies and short exercises and concludes with Portfolio Activities and a Chapter Summary Graphic Organizer. I. The Reading Process Theme of Readings: Relationships 1. Before Reading Theme of Readings: Family Bill Shore, Brick by Brick Ray Morris, Parents Are Strange Animals...Aren't We? Joyce Maynard, Four Generations 2. During Reading Theme of Readings: Friendship Catherine Weiskopf, Real Friends Catherine Walsh, Facing the Limitations of Long-Distance Friendships Can Be Downright Traumatic Jet Magazine, Can Men and Women Just Be Friends? 3. After Reading Theme of Readings: Love Dave Barry, Fear of Failure Helene Stapinski, Y Not Love? Patricia Jensen, True Love Unit I Review II. Vocabulary Stretegies Theme of Readings: Heroism 4. Vocabulary Strategies Theme of Readings: Contemporary Heroes William R. Newcott, John Glenn: Man with a Mission Robert Pamplin, Jr. and Gary Eisler, Oprah Winfrey Tom Brokaw, Joe Foss Unit II Review III. Main Ideas Theme of Readings: Fear 5. Topics and Main Ideas Theme of Readings: Phobias Psychology Today, Virtual Therapy Cathy Perlmutter, Red Flag Dr. Abbot Granoff, Help! I Think I'm Dying 6. Unstated Main Ideas Theme of Readings: Taking Risks Robert La Franco, Mud and Guts Nancy Prichard, On Her Own Terms Howard Bluestein, Riders on the Storm: Tornado Chasers Seek the Birthplace of an Elusive Monster 7. Supporting Details Theme of Readings: The Value of Fear Gavin DeBecker, Gift of Fear David Cornfield, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Fear (but were afraid to ask) Christine Bruun, Courage and Fear Unit III Review IV. Patterns of Organization Theme of Readings: Social Issues 8. Chronological Order and Listing Patterns Theme of Readings: Career Explorations Robin Ryan, For Liberal Arts Majors Only: The Road to Career Success Bob Adams, Making a Job Search Plan Stephen Warren, Contemplating a Career Change? Think Before You Leap! 9. Definition and Illustration/Example Patterns Theme of Readings: Health Issues Maya Bolton, Forever Frazzled? Cathy Weiskopf, Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Claudia Kalb, An Armful of Agony 10. Comparison and Contrast Patterns Theme of Readings: Censorship Sam Brownback, Free Speech: Lyrics, Liberty, and License Barbara Keeler, Textbooks and Fairy Tales: The Value of Classic Myths Art Hilgart, Stuff a Gag in the V-Chip 11. Cause and Effect Pattern Theme of Readings: Violence in America Jay Kist, Does TV Affect Your Psyche? Judy Monroe, 'Roofies': Horror Drug of the 90s Ted Gottfried, They Each Had a Gun 12. Problem and Solution Pattern Theme of Readings: Consumer Credit and Indebtedness Joshua Wolf Shenk, In Debt All the Way Up to Their Nose Rings Glinda Bridgeforth, Downsize Your Debt: Is Credit-Card Debt Cramping Your Cash Flow? Valerie Lynn Gray, Choose a Debt Consolidator Carefully Unit IV Review V. Reading Critically Theme of Readings: Search for Truth 13. Fact vs. Opinion Theme of Readings: Strange but True? Carl Sagan, Crop Circles and Aliens: What's the Evidence? Randall Floyd, Source of Mysterious Skyfalls Unknown Robert Todd Carroll, Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) 14. Inference Theme of Readings: Advertising Patrick G. Hays, Simple Solutions Office of National Drug Control Policy and Partnership for a Drug-Free America, What a Difference a Year Makes Mutual of America, Denver, Colorado: June 3, 1998 Unit V Review Appendices. A. Parts of Speech. B. Literacy Autobiography. C. Reader Response Journal. D. Concept of Definition Map Format. E. Word Parts. F. Reading Log. Limited Answer KeyBosco, Diane Perotti is the author of 'The Reading Portfolio' with ISBN 9780395967034 and ISBN 0395967031.