Essential Reading Skills, 3/E
ISBN-10: 0321429931
ISBN-13: 9780321429933
Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 512 pp
Published: 10/05/2006
We're sorry, this product is no longer available and has been replaced with Essential Reading Skills, 4/E.
Please contact your Pearson rep if you are using this product and need instructor resources.
Description
Essential Reading Skills, with its acute focus on what is quintessential to reading success, improves students' reading ability through concise instruction, guided practice, and skill application.
The lower-level text in a two-book series, Essential Reading Skills is intended for the 6th-to-9th grade reading levels. Each of the eleven chapters focuses on a specific reading and thinking skill, and contains exercises that get students applying the learned skill to textbooks and ends with a vocabulary enrichment exercise.
Features
New To This Edition
Table of Contents
Chapter Reading Selections
Preface
1. Reading Actively
Starting with a Positive Attitude
Improve Your Surroundings
Pay Attention
Previewing Before You Read
How to Preview
Demonstration of Previewing
Guide Questions
Putting Your Positive Attitude to Work
The Textbook Challenge
What Have You Learned?
What Vocabulary Have You Learned?
Test-Taking Tip #1: Active Test-Taking
Reading Selection: To Love and to Cherish by Michelle Kearns (Mastery Test 1-3)
2. Using Your Dictionary
Buying a Dictionary
Using a Dictionary
Abbreviations
Word Pronunciation
Etymology
Multiple Meanings
Spelling
Idioms
Other Aids
Pronouncing Unfamiliar Words
Using Word Mapping to Expand Your Vocabulary
The Textbook Challenge
What Have You Learned?
What Vocabulary Have You Learned?
Test-Taking Tip #2: Taking Vocabulary Tests
Reading Selection: We Don’t Have AIDS, But We Suffer, Too by Kerrel McKay (Mastery Test 1-3)
3. Building Vocabulary: Using Context Clues
What Is Context?
Types of Context Clues
Definition Clues
Synonym Clues
Example Clues
Contrast Clues
Inference Clues
Using All of the Context Clues
The Textbook Challenge
What Have You Learned?
Test-Taking Tip #3: Answering Vocabulary Questions
Reading Selection: Online Dating Sites Aren’t Holding People’s Hearts by Randy Dotinga (Mastery Test 3-3)
4. Building Vocabulary: Using Word Parts
What Are Word Parts?
Prefixes
Roots
Suffixes
Using Word Parts
The Textbook Challenge
What Have You Learned?
Test-Taking Tip #4: Using Word Parts
Reading Selection: Saved by the Kindness of a Virtual Stranger by Mark Zelermyer (Mastery Test 3-3)
5. Locating Main Ideas
What Is a Main Idea?
Understanding General versus Specific Ideas
Identifying the Topic
Finding the Main Idea
Tips for Finding the Main Idea
Tips for Locating the Topic Sentence
Learning More about Paragraphs
The Textbook Challenge
What Have You Learned?
What Vocabulary Have You Learned?
Test-Taking Tip #5: Questions on the Topic and Main Idea
Reading Selection: Don’t Ask by Deborah Tannen (Mastery Test 4-3)
6. Identifying Supporting Details and Transitions
What Are Supporting Details?
What Are Transitions?
Putting It All Together
The Textbook Challenge
What Have You Learned?
What Vocabulary Have You Learned?
Test-Taking Tip #6: Answering Detail Questions
Reading Selection: How to Ace a Job Interview by Richard Koonce (Mastery Test 5-3)
7. Understanding Implied Main Ideas
What Does Implied Mean?
Remembering the Difference between General and Specific Ideas
How to Find Implied Main Ideas in Paragraphs
Working with Paragraphs
The Textbook Challenge
What Have You Learned?
What Vocabulary Have You Learned?
Test-Taking Tip #7: Answering Questions about Implied Main Ideas
Reading Selection: Primary Colors by Kim McLarin (Mastery Test 6-3)
8. Keeping Track of Information
Why Keep Track of Information?
Highlighting and Marking
Outlining
Mapping
Summarizing
Good Reasons to Keep Track of Information
The Textbook Challenge
What Have You Learned?
What Vocabulary Have You Learned?
Test-Taking Tip #8: Using Highlighting and Summarizing
Reading Selection: Body Piercing and Tattooing by Rebecca Donatelle (Mastery Test 7-3)
9. Recognizing the Basic Patterns of Organization
What Are Patterns of Organization?
Example
Definition
Combining Definition and Example
Chronological Order and Process
Listing
Combining Patterns of Organization
The Textbook Challenge
What Have You Learned?
What Vocabulary Have You Learned?
Test-Taking Tip #9: Answering Questions about Patterns
Reading Selection: Right Place, Wrong Face by Alton Fitzgerald White (Mastery Test 8-3)
10. Recognizing Comparison/Contrast and Cause/Effect Patterns
Comparison/Contrast Patterns
Comparison
Contrast
Using Both Comparison and Contrast
Cause/Effect Patterns
Moving beyond Patterns
The Textbook Challenge
What Have You Learned?
What Vocabulary Have You Learned?
Test-Taking Tip #10: Answering Questions about Comparison/Contrast and Cause/Effect
Reading Selection: When Mommy Goes Off to Fight a War by Peter Madsen (Mastery Test 9-3)
11. Reading and Thinking Critically
What Is Inference?
How to Make Inferences
Understanding a Writer’s Purpose
Style
Intended Audience
Language: Denotation and Connotation
Identifying Tone
Distinguishing Fact and Opinion
Facts
Opinions
Judgment Words
Understanding More of What You Read
The Textbook Challenge
What Have You Learned?
What Vocabulary Have You Learned?
Test-Taking Tip #11: Critical Reading Questions
Reading Selection: The Beautiful Laughing Sisters by Mary Pipher (Mastery Test 10-3)
Student Resource Guide A
Introduction to College Textbook Reading
Textbook Excerpt 1: Civil Liberties and the Right to Privacy
Textbook Excerpt 2: Food Safety: A Growing Concern
Textbook Excerpt 3: Legible Clothing
Student Resource Guide B
Test-Taking strategies: A Review
Student Resource Guide C
A Guide for ESL Readers
Multicultural Reader
1. The Most Hateful Words, Amy Tan
2. Seoul Searching, Rick Reilly
3. Coming into My Own, Ben Carson, M.D.
4. Living Life to the Fullest, Maya Angelou
5. Samerican Indian Mascots Should Go, Rich Heffern
6. Hispanic USA: The Conveyor-Belt Ladies, Rose del Castillo Guilbault
7. I Have Had To Learn To Live With Peace, Alephonsion
Credits
Index
Next Edition(s)
McWhorter
©2007
|
Longman
|
On-line Supplement
|
Live
ISBN-10: 0321479068 |
ISBN-13: 9780321479068
More Info
McWhorter
©2007
|
Longman
|
On-line Supplement
|
Live
ISBN-10: 0321479068 |
ISBN-13: 9780321479068
More Info
McWhorter
©2007
|
Longman
|
On-line Supplement
|
Live
ISBN-10: 0321479068 |
ISBN-13: 9780321479068
More Info
Electronic Test Bank for Developmental Reading
Smith
©2000
|
Longman
|
CD-ROM Only
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 032108179X |
ISBN-13: 9780321081797
|
| | | More Info |
Longman Developmental Reading Test Item File for Blackboard
Pearson Longman
©2003
|
Longman
|
On-line Supplement
|
Live
ISBN-10: 0321199006 |
ISBN-13: 9780321199003
|
| | | More Info |
PowerPoint Presentation for Developmental Reading, 9/E
Smith & Morris
©2010
|
Longman
|
On-line Supplement
|
Live
ISBN-10: 0205747388 |
ISBN-13: 9780205747382
|
| | | More Info |
Printed Testbank for Developmental Reading
Addison Wesley Higher Education Group
©2001
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 0321085965 |
ISBN-13: 9780321085962
|
| | | More Info |
Test Item Files for WebCT for Reading (Download Only)
McWhorter
©2002
|
Longman
|
On-line Supplement
|
Live
ISBN-10: 0321148959 |
ISBN-13: 9780321148957
|
| | | More Info |
LASSI (H & H Publishing, Inc.), 2/E
Pearson Longman
©2007
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0321446755 |
ISBN-13: 9780321446756
More Info
Longman Study Skills Website (Open access), 2/E
Pearson Longman
©2005
|
Longman
|
On-line Supplement; 0 pp
|
Live
ISBN-10: 0321333721 |
ISBN-13: 9780321333728
More Info
Longman Vocabulary Website (Open access)
Pearson Longman
©2005
|
Longman
|
On-line Supplement; 0 pp
|
Live
ISBN-10: 0321331044 |
ISBN-13: 9780321331045
More Info
Study Card for Reading Skills
Pearson Longman
©2006
|
Longman
|
Study Card; 0 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0321338332 |
ISBN-13: 9780321338334
More Info
Study Card for Vocabulary
Pearson Longman
©2006
|
Longman
|
Study Card
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0321318021 |
ISBN-13: 9780321318022
More Info
Vocabulary App
Pearson
©2013
|
Longman
|
APPS
|
Estimated Availability : 01/01/2013
ISBN-10: 0321847989 |
ISBN-13: 9780321847980
More Info
Longman Editing Exercises (Valuepack item only), The
Ingalls
©2000
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 0205317928 |
ISBN-13: 9780205317929
|
| | | More Info |
Longman Guide to Service Learning
Kessler
©2003
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0321127498 |
ISBN-13: 9780321127495
|
| | | More Info |
The Pearson Editing Exercises Answer Key, 2/E
Ingalls & Moody
©2009
|
Longman
|
On-line Supplement
|
Live
ISBN-10: 0205666175 |
ISBN-13: 9780205666171
|
| | | More Info |
CPS RF Classroom Performance System
eInstruction
©2010
|
Longman
|
Electronic Supplement
|
Available
ISBN-10: 020577864X |
ISBN-13: 9780205778645
More Info
Essential Study Card for Grammar and Documentation
Pearson Longman
©2007
|
Longman
|
Study Card; 10 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0321463137 |
ISBN-13: 9780321463135
More Info
iClicker Classroom Response System
iClicker & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2008
|
Longman
|
Electronic Supplement
|
Available
ISBN-10: 0205594506 |
ISBN-13: 9780205594504
More Info
Interactive Guide to Newsweek
Wachtel
©1999
|
Longman
|
Paper; 196 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0321055284 |
ISBN-13: 9780321055286
More Info
InterWrite PRS RF (Personal Response System)
InterWrite PRS & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2005
|
Longman
|
Electronic Supplement
|
Available
ISBN-10: 0205436951 |
ISBN-13: 9780205436958
More Info
Listening is an Act of Love
Isay
©2009
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0143114344 |
ISBN-13: 9780143114345
More Info
Longman Thea Study Guide
Harris
©2005
|
Longman
|
Paper; 192 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0321272404 |
ISBN-13: 9780321272409
More Info
On the Front Lines: A Practical Guide for Instructors of Developmental English (for Instructors)
Bontatibus
©2011
|
Longman
|
Paper; 136 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0205816800 |
ISBN-13: 9780205816804
More Info
Ordinary Man
Rusesabagina
©2009
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Estimated Availability : 02/01/2007
ISBN-10: 0143038605 |
ISBN-13: 9780143038603
More Info
Our Nig
Wilson
©2009
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0143105760 |
ISBN-13: 9780143105763
More Info
Pearson Student Planner, The (for Instructors)
McWhorter
©2009
|
Longman
|
Paper; 112 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 020566301X |
ISBN-13: 9780205663019
More Info
Pearson Writer's Journal & Student Planner, The
Markus
©2011
|
Longman
|
Paper; 202 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0205646654 |
ISBN-13: 9780205646654
More Info
PearsonReading.com
Pearson Education
©2011
|
Longman
|
On-line Supplement
|
Live
ISBN-10: 020581669X |
ISBN-13: 9780205816699
More Info
Preparing for the CLAST (Printed) (Valuepack item only), 7/E
Fowler
©1998
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0321019504 |
ISBN-13: 9780321019509
More Info
Preparing for the CUNY-ACT Reading and Writing Exam, 2/E
Ferretti & Levy
©2010
|
Longman
|
Paper; 157 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0205699367 |
ISBN-13: 9780205699360
More Info
Preparing for the CUNY-ACT Reading and Writing Test
Licklider
©2003
|
Longman
|
Paper; 192 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0321196082 |
ISBN-13: 9780321196088
More Info
SHADOW OF THE WIND
©2005
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0143034901 |
ISBN-13: 9780143034902
More Info
Soloist, The
Lopez
©2009
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Estimated Availability : 09/01/2008
ISBN-10: 042522600X |
ISBN-13: 9780425226001
More Info
Talk Talk
Boyle
©2009
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Estimated Availability : 06/01/2007
ISBN-10: 0143112155 |
ISBN-13: 9780143112150
More Info
Thinking Through the Test: A Study Guide for the Florida College Basic Exit Tests - Writing - without answers, 4/E
Bellas & Poland
©2011
|
Longman
|
Paper; 288 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0205771092 |
ISBN-13: 9780205771097
More Info
Thinking Through the Test: A Study Guide for the Florida College Basic Skill Exit Test, Reading and Writing - w/o Answers, 4/E
Bellas & Poland
©2011
|
Longman
|
Paper; 464 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0205771114 |
ISBN-13: 9780205771110
More Info
Thinking Through the Test: A Study Guide for the Florida College Basic Skills Exit Test-Reading (with answers), 4/E
Bellas & Poland
©2011
|
Longman
|
Paper; 208 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0205771076 |
ISBN-13: 9780205771073
More Info
Thinking Through the Test: A Study Guide for the Florida College Basic Skills Exit Tests, Reading - w/o answers, 4/E
Bellas & Poland
©2011
|
Longman
|
Unknown / Other; 184 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0205771068 |
ISBN-13: 9780205771066
More Info
What Every Student Should Know About Avoiding Plagiarism
Stern
©2007
|
Longman
|
Paper; 80 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0321446895 |
ISBN-13: 9780321446893
More Info
What Every Student Should Know About Citing Sources with APA Documentation: Updated for APA Sixth Edition, 2/E
Anderson, Carrell & Widdifield
©2010
|
Longman
|
Paper; 80 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0205795811 |
ISBN-13: 9780205795819
More Info
What Every Student Should Know About Citing Sources with MLA Documentation, Update Edition
Greer
©2010
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0205715117 |
ISBN-13: 9780205715114
More Info
What Every Student Should Know About Critical Reading
Baker & Richardi Beitman
©2012
|
Longman
|
Paper; 80 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0205869920 |
ISBN-13: 9780205869923
More Info
What Every Student Should Know About Online Learning
McNeill
©2012
|
Longman
|
Paper; 64 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 020524484X |
ISBN-13: 9780205244843
More Info
What Every Student Should Know About Practicing Peer Review
Trim
©2007
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0321448480 |
ISBN-13: 9780321448484
More Info
What Every Student Should Know About Preparing Effective Oral Presentations
Cox
©2007
|
Longman
|
Paper; 96 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0205505457 |
ISBN-13: 9780205505456
More Info
What Every Student Should Know About Procrastination
Hoffman
©2008
|
Longman
|
Paper; 64 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0205582117 |
ISBN-13: 9780205582112
More Info
What Every Student Should Know About Reading a Novel
Bonilla
©2013
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 020587052X |
ISBN-13: 9780205870523
More Info
What Every Student Should Know About Researching Online
Munger & Campbell
©2007
|
Longman
|
Paper
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0321445317 |
ISBN-13: 9780321445315
More Info
What Every Student Should Know About Study Skills
Pearson Longman
©2007
|
Longman
|
Paper; 72 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0321447360 |
ISBN-13: 9780321447364
More Info
What Every Student Should Know About Using a Handbook
Murray
©2009
|
Longman
|
Paper; 80 pp
|
Instock
ISBN-10: 0205563848 |
ISBN-13: 9780205563845
More Info
McWhorter
©2007
|
Longman
|
On-line Supplement
|
Live
ISBN-10: 0321479068 |
ISBN-13: 9780321479068
More Info
Pearson Higher Education offers special pricing when you choose to package your text with other student resources. If you're interested in creating a cost-saving package for your students contact your Pearson Higher Education representative.