Full Description
This book is designed to help students become jazzed about reading. This introductory-to-intermediate reading text provides motivating and engaging readings selected to grab the reader's attention. "Reading and All That Jazz" also features clear explanations and a wide variety of well-developed practice exercises designed to provoke genuine thinking, interpretation, and even some improvisation on the part of the student and the instructor. The theme of jazz emphasizes a positive, exciting, personally involved approach to reading and learning.
Contents
** indicates material new to this editionPart 1: Getting A Handle on College Introduction: Your First Week In ClassAssignment SheetsAre You Ready for College?This Is the Week That Was Selection: excerpt from My American Journey by Colin PowellSelection: Ode to the Present by Pablo NerudaVocabulary: Introduction Selection: Crickets by Robert Olen Butler Chapter 1: How We Learn - Finding Out About OurselvesAuditory, Visual, or Kinesthetic - What is Your Learning Style?Vocabulary: Words in ContextDay versus Night PeopleSelection: The Two Most Dangerous Hours of Your Day by Lowell Ponte Left-Brain and Right-Brain Orientation - Which One Are You?Selection: What Is Intelligence, Anyway? by Isaac Asimov Stress Inventory: How Much Stress is There in Your Life? Selection: An Easy Choice by Rick Reilly Study SchedulesSQ3R - A Classic Way to Study**Selection: POWER Learning (study skills textbook) by Robert S. Feldman Vocabulary: Homonyms and Other Confusing WordsPart 2: Discovering Meaning Through Structure Chapter 2: Topics, Main Ideas, and DetailsUsing Textbook Material**Description of Topics and Main IdeasDistinguishing Between General and SpecificLocating Topics and Main IdeasParagraph DiagramsParaphrasingImplied Main Ideas**Aunt Caroline**Urban LegendsSelection: What Women Don't Understand About Guys by Dave Barry Selection: This is 911...Please HoldChapter 3: Determining the Author's PurposeTo EntertainSelection: The Shepherd's Daughter by William Saroyan To InformSelection: From a Melted Candy Bar to Microwaves by Ira Flatow To PersuadeSelection: Students Who Push Burgers by Wlater MinotWriting Summaries**Selection: Letter to Olivia by Mel AllenVocabulary: Word Structure and Unit 1Chapter 4: Transitions and Patterns of OrganizationTransition Word ListDescription of Transition Words and Patterns of OrganizationClassification PatternCause and Effect PatternCompare/Contrast PatternSteps in a Process PatternExamples PatternDefinition PatternChronological Order Pattern**Listing PatternAdditional Transition WordsSelection: Police Power in Japan (from sociology textbook) by Robert T. Shaefer and Robert P. Lamm**Selection: Out of Control by William Nack and Lester MunsonPart 3: Interpreting What We ReadChapter 5: Inferences Introduction and exercisesSelection: Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie FlaggSelection: Inside the Vicious Heart (from history textbook) **Selection: Thomas Broderick by Tom BrokawChapter 5 Test: "Inside the Vicious Heart"Vocabulary: Unit 2Chapter 6: Figurative LanguageFigures of Speech - similes, metaphors, and personification**Selection: Ann LandersThe Use of SymbolsSelection: Guernica (Art History textbook) by Rita Gilbert Selection: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete HamillLiterary AllusionsImagery**Selection: A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonSelection: Blizzard Under Blue Sky by Pam HoustonChapter 7: ToneInferring toneSelection: The Fixed by Annie Dillard Irony Selection: A Letter to God by Gregorio Lopez y Fuentes SatireSelection: The Animal School by Dr. George H. Reavis **Selection: Hurts Rent-A-Gun by Art Buchwald Vocabulary: Unit 3Part 4: Recognizing Modes of WritingChapter 8: Four Primary ModesAn Introduction to Modes of Writing (Rhetorical Modes)NarrativeSelection: "Thank You Ma'm" by Langston Hughes DescriptiveSelection: A Son's Memoir by John Daniel **Selection: On Aging by Maya AngelouExpositorySelection: Impulse Control: The Marshmallow Test, an excerpt from Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman Persuasion ArgumentationSelection: TV by Mary Pipher Vocabulary: Unit 4Chapter 9: Modes of OrganizationCause and EffectSelection: The Chaser by John Collier CategoriesSelection: My Possessions Myself by Russell W. BelkChronological Order and Summaries of Longer ArticlesOrder and Summaries of Longer Articles Selection: Charley's Secret by Shannon Moon Leonetti Part 5: Reading CriticallyChapter 10: Fact and OpinionLearning to Read CriticallySelection: Listening: To Tell Fact from Opinion (English textbook) by Shirley Haley-James and John Warren Stewig Selection: Truth is More than Skin Deep (from psychology textbook) **Selection: Superstitions Help Us Cope by Patricia WenVocabulary: Unit 5Chapter 11: BiasSelection: The Defendant's Characteristics (from Social Psychology textbook) by David G. MyersSelection: How Do I Fire Thee? Let Me Count the Ways by William Lutz Techniques and exercises**Selection: A Birthday Party by Katherine BrushSelection: A Hanging by George Orwell **Selection: A Speech by President George W. BushVocabulary: Unit 6Chapter 12: Propaganda TechniquesWhat Are They and How Are They Used?**Selection: (Communication textbook) - Celebrity Endorsements Can Mean a Lot for Advertisers by James R. WilsonSelection: (Psychology textbook) - Violence on Television and Film: Does the Media's Message MatterChapter 13: Evaluating the EvidenceEvaluating Persuasive WritingDrawing Conclusions: Inductive and Deductive ReasoningSelection: (Biology textbook) DNA Fingerprinting by Ruth Bernstein and Stephen Bernstein**Arguments For and Against Proposition**Andrea Yates--The Yates Tragedy Part 6: Becoming Ready for Content Area ClassesChapter 14: Scanning and SkimmingScanning exercisesSelection: Pesticides (Biology textbook) by Eli C. Minkoff and Pamela J. BakerSkimming exercisesSelection: The Greening of Java (from anthropology textbook) by Conrad Phillip KottakVocabulary: Word Parts and ReviewChapter 15: Organizing Textbook Information Organizing Textbook Materials in Different Ways Annotating Your Textbook Outlining Mapping Time Lines Compare-and-Contrast Chart **Venn DiagramSelection: Jazz (from music textbook) by Roger Kamien AppendicesDictionaries**Visual AidsTest-Taking Techniques The Multiple Choice Test Essay TestsExtra Assignment and Study Sheets
