PART ONE: PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTING MEANING 1. Active Learning: Doing Your Job as a Reader and Writer CHAPTER THEME: Learning to Learn Making Connections Reading : A Hunger for Books (Excerpt from Black Boy), Richard Wright Learning the Stages of Reading and Writing Understanding Your Own Reading and Writing Processes Reading : Preface to Enriching the Brain: How to Maximize Every Learner''s Potential, Eric Jensen What Really Happens When You Read? The Reading Process Readings Pieces That Vary in Difficulty Your Purpose for Reading The Role of Vocabulary What Really Happens When You Write? The Writing Process Your Purpose for Writing Improving Reading and Writing Paraphrase Connecting to the Topic Reading : Enhancing the Brain through Skill Learning, Eric Jensen 2. Planning to Read and to Write CHAPTER THEME: Learning in a Technological World Reading : Excerpt from The One World Schoolhouse, Education Reimagined, Salman Khan Planning to Read Getting Ready Beginning with the Survey Reading: Learning from Media (Excerpt from The World of Psychology), Samuel E. Wood, Ellen Green Wood, and Denise Boyd Identifying Limited Subjects Reading : An Early Report Card on Massive Open Online Courses, Geoffrey A. Fowler Using MetacognitionPlanning to Write Selecting and Limiting Your Subject Considering Your Audience Considering Your Topic Size Generating Ideas Focusing Your Ideas 3. Reading and Writing Paragraphs: Main Ideas CHAPTER THEME: What Is the Nature of Intelligence? Connecting to the Topic Reading : Excerpt from A Self-Portrait, Barbara Jordan Defining a Paragraph Paragraph TerminologyReading for Main Ideas How to Construct Main Ideas How to Use Clues and Hints to Construct Main Ideas How to Figure Out Implied Main Ideas Reading : Intelligence (Excerpt from The World of Psychology), Samuel E. Wood, Ellen Green Wood, and Denise Boyd Reading: Gifted Hands, Ben Carson Writing Paragraphs with Topic Sentences Checking for a Limited Subject Checking for an Assertion Checking for a Complete Sentence 4. Reading and Writing Multi-paragraph Passages and Essays CHAPTER THEME: Exploring New Models of Intelligence Reading : Paths Taken and Expectations Fulfilled, Wes Moore Reading Multi-paragraph Passages in Textbooks Introductory Paragraphs Body Paragraphs Concluding Paragraphs Reading : Emotional Intelligence (Excerpt from The World of Psychology), Ellen Green Wood and Samuel Wood Constructing Thesis Statements for Multi-paragraph Passages Summarizing Writing a Single-paragraph Summary for a Multi-paragraph Selection Reading : Excerpt from Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development, Carol Dweck Writing Multi-paragraph Passages and Essays Reading Textbooks Versus Writing College Papers Introducing a Multi-paragraph Paper Creating the Body of a Multi-paragraph Paper Concluding a Multi-paragraph Paper PART TWO: REVISING MEANING AS YOU READ AND WRITE 5.

Refining Meaning with Supporting Details CHAPTER THEME: Overcoming Stress Reading: You Love Him and You Hate Him, John FeinsteinReading Supporting Details Major and Minor Supporting Details Reading: Common Sources of Stress, Paul M. Insel and Walton T. Roth Taking Notes While Reading Reading: Techniques for Managing Stress, Paul M. Insel and Walton T. Roth Reading: Is Texting Stressing You Out?, Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D.Revising for Development and Unity in Your Writing Development Unity 6. Making Sense with Coherence CHAPTER THEME: Overcoming Addiction Understanding Coherence Reading : Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines His Former Life on Drugs, Marc Lewis, Ph.

D. Understanding Coherence in Reading Five Techniques for Understanding Coherence Organization of Details Transitional Words and Phrases Reading : Drug Facts: Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction, National Institute on Drug Abuse Repetition of Key Words or Phrases for Coherence Parallel Structure Transitional Sentences or Paragraphs Annotation Reading : The Rational Choices of Crack Addicts, John Tierney Using Coherence in Writing Achieving Coherence through Organization of Details Achieving Coherence through Transitional Words and Phrases Achieving Coherence through Repetition of Key Words or Phrases Achieving Coherence through Parallel Structure Achieving Coherence through Transitional Sentences or Paragraphs 7. Making Sense with Text Patterns Text Patterns CHAPTER THEME: Adjusting to College Reading : Excerpt from My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor Taking a Closer Look at Text Patterns Definition Example/Illustration Classification/Division Reading : First Generation Focus, Teresa Heinz Housel Narrative Process Cause and Effect Description Comparison and ContrastPutting the Patterns Together for Reading Reading : The College Fear Factor: How Students and Professors Misunderstand One Another, Rebecca Cox Putting the Patterns Together for Writing Patterns in the Disciplines Implied Patterns Combined Patterns PART THREE: CRITICAL READING AND WRITING 8. Making Sense with Audience, Purpose, Point of View, and Tone CHAPTER THEME: Learning in a Diverse College Community Reading: Excerpt from Whistling Vivaldi, Claude SteeleReading for Audience, Purpose, Point of View, and Tone Audience Purpose Reading: Schools Push a Curriculum of Propaganda, George F. Will Point of View Tone Reading: The Native American Mascot: Tribute or Stereotype?, Sam Sommers Using Audience, Purpose, Point of View, and Tone in Writing Unnecessary Shifts in Point of View An Exception: Intentionally Changing Your Point of View Techniques for Adding Tone to Writing 9. Making Sense with Facts, Inferences, Opinions, and Arguments CHAPTER THEME: Committing to College Reading : Excerpt from The Working Poor, David Shipler Using Facts, Inference, Conclusions, and Opinions Understanding Facts Facts Are Verifiable Facts Are Reported by Competent Observers Facts Are Unbiased Facts Are Not Guesses Facts Are Expressed in Neutral Words Reading : Is Borrowing Money to Go to College Still Worth It?, Heather Williams Understanding Inferences Understanding Opinions, Conclusions, and Arguments What Distinguishes Facts, Inferences, and Opinions? When Should You Express an Opinion?Reading for Facts, Inferences, and Opinions Reading for Inference Reading : Why Those Student Loans Are Still Worth It, Elaine Pofeldt Understanding More about Opinions Identifying Illogical Support Emotional Appeals Fallacies in Reasoning Reading : Time to Treat College Athletes Fairly, Leigh Steinberg Reading : The Problems with Paying College Athletes, Kristi Dosh Writing with Facts, Inferences, Opinions, and Claims Persuasive Writing (Argumentation) Framework for a Persuasive Paper PART FOUR: VOCABULARY WORKSHOP 10. Improving Your Vocabulary with Context Clues Using Context Clues Avoid Stop-and-Start Reading Use Dictionaries Last, Not First Using Synonym Context CluesUsing Antonym Context Clues Using Example Context Clues Using Logical Context Clues 11. Improving Your Vocabulary by Learning Word Parts Understanding Word Parts Common Word PartsUnderstanding Prefixes Understanding Roots Prefixes, Roots, and PlacementUnderstanding Suffixes 12.

Improving Your Vocabulary by Exploring Word Meanings Using the Dictionary The Parts of a Dictionary EntryDenotation and Connotation Denotation, Connotation, and Meaning Word Choice and Tone PART FIVE: SKILLS FOR LEARNING: INFORMATION LITERACY 13. Identifying and Locating Information Distinguishing Popular Sources From Scholarly Sources Finding Sources Library Catalogs and Finding a Source''s Address Search Engines Research Databases 14. Evaluating Books and Articles as Information Sources Evaluating Sources 15. Using Information from Library and Online Resources in Papers Defining Plagiarism Common Knowledge Consequences of Plagiarism Avoiding Plagiarism Using Direct and Indirect Quotations Guidelines for Including Direct Quotations General Rules for Punctuation and Capitalization of Quotations Giving Credit to Authors PART SIX: SKILLS FOR STUDYING 16. Creating a Study-reading System Using Annotation Surveying a Text Annotating a Text Highlighting Studying from Annotations 17. Creating Study-reading Systems with SQ3R, Cornell Notes, and Study Cards SQ3R Step 1: Survey Step 2: Question Step 3: Read Step 4: Record Step 5: Review Why SQ3R Works Cornell Notes The Study Card System.