Table of Content
(Before each chapter begins with a "Vocabulary Preview".) Preview Your Text. Preview Your Reading Habits. A Note to the Instructor. Pretests. Vocabulary Pretests. Comprehension and Rate Pretest. 1. Preparing to Read. I. How to understand More. Study Unit: Preparing to Read. Practice the Preview Method. Find the Topic Expand Topics into a Main Idea Paragraph Practice: Looking Closer at Famous People. Exercises 1A, 1B, 1C. II. How to Read Faster. Rate-Building Tips: Make Three Changes. Check Your Reading Rate. Phrase Practice: Exercise 1D, 1F. Timed Readings: Looking Closer at Famous People. Exercise 1F, Who Was Lincoln?, Gerald Parshall and Michael Barone. Exercise 1G, A Sly and Wry Humor, Hugh Sidey. Writing and Discussion Activities. Reviews (Vocabulary and Comprehension). 2. Finding the Main Idea. I. How to Understand More. Study Unit: Finding the Main Idea. Think of an Umbrella. Look for Topic Sentence in a Paragraph. Look at Other Locations for Topic Sentence. Look for Implied Main Idea. Study Notes. Paragraph Practice: Feeling Good. Exercises 2A, 2B, 2C. II. How to Read Faster. Rate-Building Tips: Read in Phrases, Not for Words. Phrase Practice: Exercise 2D, 2E. Timed Readings: Feeling Good. Exercise 2F, That Loving Feeling, Loraine O'Connell. Exercise 2G, Writing Your Wrongs, James W. Pennebaker, Ph.D. Writing and Discussion Activities. Reviews (Vocabulary and Comprehension). 3. Finding the Framework. I. How to Understand More. Study Unit: Finding the Framework. How We Remember Details. Key Words. Four Logic Patterns. Study Notes. Paragraph Practice: Problems with Progress. Exercises 3A, 3B, 3C, II. How to Read Faster. Rate-Building Tips: Avoid Margin Reading. Avoid Regressing. Phrase Practice: 3D, 3E. Timed Reading: Problems With Progress. Exercise 3F, Full Service, Wanda Maureen Miller. Exercise 3G, My Dead Dog May Already Be a Winner, Lee Coppola. Writing and Discussion Activities. Reviews (Vocabulary and Comprehension). 4. Connecting Logic Patterns. I. How to Understand More. Study Unit: Connecting Logic Patterns. Look for Transitions. Six More Logical Patterns. Study Notes. Paragraph Practice: Tracing Our Roots. Exercises 4A, 4B, 4C. II. How to Read Faster. Rate-Building Tips: Take Another Look at Phrase Reading. Break Bad Habits. Phrase Practice: Exercises 4D, 4E. Timed Readings: Tracing Our Roots. Exercise 4F, Discovering a Father, David Wilczyinski. Exercise 4G, from Who's Irish?, Gish Jen. Writing and Discussion Activities. Reviews (Vocabulary and Comprehension). 5. Organizing Details. I. How to Understand More. Study Unit: Organizing Details. Why Organize Details? How to Organize Details. Three Types of Outlines: Mapping, Topic, Sentence. Study Notes. Paragraph Practice
