Effective Reader, The, Updated Edition (with Study Card for Vocabulary)
D.J. Henry, Daytona State College

ISBN-10: 0321469631
ISBN-13: 9780321469632

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2005
Format: Paper Package; 944 pp
Published: 05/17/2006

Suggested retail price: $45.60
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The second in a three book series, The Effective Reader, Updated Edition offers students step-by-step reading instruction, a wide range of practice and test materials, and a rich selection of readings from textbooks and other sources.

 

The Updated Edition now offers more extensive coverage of key concepts such as main ideas, supporting details, thought patterns, bias, argument, and the reading process.   In response to instructors overwhelming request to address reading process first, "A Reading System for Effective Readers" is now chapter one.   Each chapter, helps students frame the reading skill it covers with practice toward developing a system for reading.

 

Numerous practices, review and application sets, review tests, and mastery tests in each chapter provide teachers and students with extensive assessment materials. Each chapter concludes with a chapter summary, three or four Applications, six Review Tests, and eight Mastery Tests. All practice materials are formatted for easy grading.

 

Ten additional readings in Part II (from both textbook and non-textbook sources) are accompanied by an extensive apparatus, with questions on all of the reading skills (main idea, patterns of organization, vocabulary, supporting details, inferences, critical reading, and so on) for each individual reading. Fifteen additional combined-skills tests are provided in Part III. Part IV includes materials on reading textbooks and reading graphics

 

A supplementary Lab Manual ends the book. Each of the book's 65 lab activities has a printed component (in the textbook) and an online component (on the Companion Website at http://www.ablongman.com/henry). Instructors can choose to use only the print component (for those who are not Web-savvy) or both the print and online components.


  • High-interest readings. Readings address issues relevant and interesting to students: music, socialization, drug use, gang membership, “personal success” stories for motivation, parenting, exercise and health, for example.
  • Textbook excerpts. Numerous readings are excerpts and adaptations of textbooks from across the disciplines, so that students can gain experience in reading across the content areas. All textbook excerpts are marked with a “Textbook Skills” icon.
  • “Textbook Skills” sections in each chapter. One section of each of the first eleven chapters is devoted to an aspect of the chapter topic as it relates to reading college textbooks. These lessons offer students motivation and information on how to get the most out of their textbooks.
  • “Visual Vocabulary.” More than fifty photographs and drawings are accompanied by captions for the student to complete as a quick test of vocabulary development and reading comprehension. The Visual Vocabulary feature was developed to help visual learners use images to develop their college vocabularies.
  • Lab Manual. A built-in Lab Manual at book's end provides a direct link to the book's Website. For each Part I chapter, five enrichment activities are provided-fifty-five activities in all, plus two additional activities that focus on exit exams in Texas and Florida. Each activity has two sections: a printed component in the textbook, and an online component on the Website (at http://www.ablongman.com/henry). Marginal cross-references throughout Chapters 1-11 show which lab activity supplements the specific section(s) of a chapter. All Lab Manual activities are creatively designed to reinforce and extend the chapter skills.
  • Classroom management available for Lab Manual . There are two versions of the Lab Manual Online: A Companion Website version and a Course Compass version. Instructors who prefer a full suite of classroom management tools, including an online gradebook, can choose the Course Compass version at no additional cost to their students.
  • Combined skills tests. Part III provides fifteen combined-skills tests that allow students to apply all the skills they've learned to longer (multi-paragraph) reading passages. Part II provides ten additional, full-length readings with questions on all of the reading skills (vocabulary, main idea, supporting details, patterns of organization, inference, critical reading, and so on).
  • Additional reading enrichment. Part IV provides an overview of college textbook reading, graphics, and reading for logic.
  • Extensive book-specific supplementary package. An annotated instructor's edition provides answers to all questions, exercises, and tests. The Instructor's Manual provides teaching tips, handouts, quizzes, and transparency masters for each chapter of The Effective Reader. The Test Bank (available both in printed format and on a Test-Gen EQ CD-ROM) provides four pre-formatted tests for each chapter, plus a midterm and final examination. PowerPoint Presentations for each chapter can be downloaded from the “Instructor Resources” section of the Henry Website.
  • No more supplementing! Instructors often complain that they have to photocopy additional materials for their students because the textbook doesn't provide enough practice. With The Effective Reader, no supplementing is necessary! This textbook provides more practice, more review tests, and more pre-formatted mastery tests than any other book on the market.

  • Integration of the Reading Process and Reading Skills. Based on popular demand, the Updated Edition now begins with the chapter on   "A Reading System for Effective Readers".   Stages of the SQ3R are explained thoroughly followed by ample practice opportunities, showing students how to apply the skills they acquire in each of the chapters.  
  • Get Ready to Read Each chapter opens with "Get Ready to Read", pre-reading chapters that guide students to review important concepts studied earlier and preview upcoming material.
  • Stop and Think Each chapter ends with "Stop and Think", review activities that appear after the review tests in each chapter, allowing students to reflect on their achievements and assume responsibility for learning.
  • New chapter 5, Outlines and Concept Maps. Now in its own chapter, Outlines and Concept Maps reinforces the skills of locating main ideas an identifying major and minor supporting details. This chapter now includes a new section on "Textbook Skills: The Table of Contents in a Textbook".
  • Updated chapter 6, Transitions and Thought Patterns Continued coverage of fundamental thought patterns and the words that signal those patterns is supported by new coverage of space order patterns.  
  • Updated chapter 8, Implied Main Ideas and Implied Central Points   Furthering students understanding about the central idea of longer passages and the main idea by explaining unstated main ideas and unstated central idea, this chapter now includes a new section "Creating a Summary from the Supporting Details".
  • New Chapter 13, Advanced Argument: Persuasive Techniques Offering extensive explanations and practice of several common biased arguments that use logical fallacies and propaganda techniques, this chapter provides more coverage of argument than any competing text.

    • Preface.

     

    Introduction.

     

    I. BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE READER.

    1. A Reading System for Effective Readers.

    Prior Knowledge  

    The Reading Process                  

            Before Reading: Survey and Question                

                *Get Ready to Read                       

            During Reading: Read and Recite   

            After Reading: Review.

                *Stop and Think.

    Textbook Skills: Asking Questions and Reciting Answers Before, During, and After Reading.

    Chapter Review.

    Applications.

    Review Tests.

    Mastery Tests.

    2. Vocabulary Skills.

    *Get Ready to Read About Vocabulary Skills.

    Words Are Building Blocks.

    Context Clues: A SAGE Approach.

            Synonyms.

            Antonyms.

            General Context.

            Examples.

    Textbook Skills: Using a Glossary.

    Word Parts.

            Roots.

            Prefixes.

            Suffixes.

    Textbook Skills: Visual Vocabulary .

    Chapter Review.

    Applications.

    Review Tests.

    *Stop and Think.

    Mastery Tests.         

    3. Stated Main Ideas.

    *Get Ready to Read About Stated Main Ideas.

    The Traits of a Main Idea              

            Identifying the Topic of a Paragraph.

            Identifying a Topic Sentence.

    The Flow of Ideas and Placement of Topic Sentences.

            Topic Sentence at the Beginning of a Paragraph.

            Topic Sentence Within a Paragraph.

            Topic Sentence at the End of a Paragraph.

            Topic Sentence at the Beginning and the End of a Paragraph.

    The Central Idea and the Thesis Statement.

    Textbook Skills: Topics, Main Ideas, and Central Ideas in Textbooks.

    Chapter Review.

    Applications.

    Review Tests.

    *Stop and Think.

    Mastery Tests.

    4. Supporting Details.

    *Get Ready to Read About Supporting Details.

    Questions for Locating Supporting Details.

    Major and Minor Details.

    Creating a Summary from Annotations.

    Textbook Skills: Chapter-end Questions in a Textbook.

    Chapter Review.

    Applications.

    Review Tests.

    *Stop and Think.

    Mastery Tests.

    5. Outlines and Concept Maps.

    *Get Ready to Read About Outlines and Concept Maps.

    Outlines.

    Concept Maps

    Textbook Skills: The Table of Contents

    Chapter Review.

    Applications.

    Review Tests.

    *Stop and Think.

    Mastery Tests.

    6. Transitions and Thought Patterns.

    *Get Ready to Read About Transitions and Thought Patterns.                

    Transition Words: Relationships Within a Sentence.

    Thought Patterns: Relationships Between Sentences.

            The Time Order Pattern.

            The Space Order Pattern.

            The Listing Pattern.

            The Classification Pattern.

    Textbook Skills: Thought Patterns in Textbooks.

    Chapter Review.

    Applications.

    Review Tests.

    *Step and Think.

    Mastery Tests.

    7. More Thought Patterns.

    *Get Ready to Read About More Thought Patterns.

    The Comparison-and-Contrast Pattern.

            Comparison  

            Contrast .

            Comparison and Contrast .

    The Cause-and-Effect Pattern.

    The Generalization-and-Example Pattern.

    The Definition Pattern.

    Textbook Skills: Thought Patterns and Textbooks.

    Chapter Review.

    Applications.

    Review Tests.

    *Stop and Think.

    Mastery Tests.

    8. Implied Main Ideas and Implied Central Ideas.

    *Get Ready to Read About Implied Main Ideas and Implied Central Ideas.

    What Is an Implied Main Idea?.

    Using Supporting Details and Thought Patterns to Find Implied Main Ideas.

    Finding the Implied Main Ideas of Paragraphs.

    Creating a Summary from the Supporting Details.

    The Implied Central Idea.

    Textbook Skills: Graphics as Details That Imply a Main Idea.

    A Final Note about Experience and Perspective.

    Chapter Review.

    Applications.

    Review Tests.

    Mastery Tests.

    9. Fact and Opinion.

    *Get Ready to Read About Fact and Opinion.

    What Is the Difference Between Fact and Opinion?.

    Ask Questions to Identify Facts.

    Note Biased Words to Identify Opinions.

    Note Qualifiers to Identify Opinions.

    Think Carefully About Supposed "Facts".

    Read Critically: Evaluate Details as Fact or Opinion in Context.

            Evaluate the Context of the Passage.

            Evaluate the Context of the Author.

            Evaluate the Context of the Source.

    Textbook Skills: Fact and Opinion in Textbook Passages.

    Chapter Review.

    Applications.

    Review Tests.

    *Stop and Think.

    Mastery Tests.

    10. Tone and Purpose.

    *Get Ready to Read About Tone and Purpose.

    What Are Tone and Purpose?.

    Understand How Tone Is Established.

    Identify Subjective and Objective Tone Words.

    Discover the General Purpose in the Main Idea.

    Figure Out the Primary Purpose.

    Recognize Irony Used for Special Effects.

    Textbook Skills: Author’s Tone and Purpose .

    Chapter Review.

    Applications.

    Review Tests.

    *Stop and Think.

    Mastery Tests.

    11. Inferences.

    *Get Ready to Read About Inferences.            

    Inferences: Educated Guesses.

    What Is a Valid Inference?.

    Making VALID Inferences and Avoiding Invalid Conclusions.

            Step 1: Verify and Value the Facts.

            Step 2: Assess Prior Knowledge.

            Step 3: Learn from the Text.

            Step 4. Investigate for Bias.

            Step 5: Detect Contradictions.

    Inferences in Creative Expression.

    Textbook Skills: Inferences and Visual Aids.

    Chapter Review.

    Applications.

    Review Tests.

    *Stop and Think.

    Mastery Tests.

    12. The Basics of Argument.

    *Get Ready to Read About the Basics of Argument.

    What Is an Argument?.

    Step 1. Identify the Author’s Claim and Supports.

    Step 2. Decide Whether the Supports Are Relevant.

    Step 3. Decide Whether the Supports Are Adequate.

    Step 4: Check the Argument for Bias.

    Textbook Skills: The Logic of Argument.

    Chapter Review.

    Applications.

    Review Tests.

    *Stop and Think.

    Mastery Tests.

    13. Advanced Argument: Persuasive Techniques.

    *Get Ready to Read About Advanced Argument.

    Biased Arguments.

            What Is a Fallacy in Logical Thought?

            What Is Propaganda?

    Irrelevant Arguments: Fallacies.

            Personal Attack.

            Straw Man.

            Begging the Question.

    Irrelevant Arguments: Propaganda Techniques.

            Name-Calling.

            Testimonials.

            Plain Folks.

            Bandwagon.

    Inadequate Arguments: Fallacies.

            Either-Or.

            False Comparison.

            False Cause.

    Inadequate Arguments: Propaganda Techniques.

            Card Stacking.

            Transfer.

            Glittering Generalities.

    Textbook Skills: Examining Biased Arguments.

    Chapter Review.

    Applications.

    Review Tests.

    *Stop and Think.

    Mastery Tests.

    II. ADDITIONAL READINGS.

    The Connection Between Reading and Writing.

    Step 1: Prewrite.

    Step 2: Organize Your Ideas.

    Step 3: Write.

    Step 4: Edit and Revise.

    Annotating a Text.

    Writing a Summary.

    1. One Person’s Path to Literacy, Richard Wanderman.

    2. Native American Sports Mascots.               

    3. Messages from a Welfare Mom, Ramona Parish.

    4. Darkness at Noon, Harold Krents.

    5. Curbing College Drinking Starts with a Change in Attitude, Sara Fritz.

    6. Time to Look and Listen, Magdoline Asfahani.

    7. The Day Language Came into My Life, Helen Keller.

    8. My Best Friend, Joe, Gersh Kuntzman.

    9. A World Safe for Babies, Ellen Goodman.

    10. Managing Your Time, Edwin Bliss.

    III. COMBINED-SKILLS TESTS.

     

    IV. READING ENRICHMENT.

    A Reading Graphics in Textbooks.

     

    Lab Manual.

    A Reading System for Effective Readers.

    1. Prior Knowledge.

    2. The Reading Process: Before Reading.

    3. The Reading Process: During Reading.

    4. The Reading Process: After Reading.

    5. Textbook Skills.

     

    Vocabulary Skills.

    6. Context Clues.

    7. Roots.

    8. Prefixes.

    9. Suffixes.

    10. Textbook Skills.

     

    Stated Main Ideas.

    11. Identifying Topics and Main Ideas.

    12. Topics, Main Ideas, and Supporting Details.

    13. Placement of Topic Sentences.

    14. Topic, Central Idea, and Details.

    15. Textbook Skills.

     

    Supporting Details.

    16. Questions for Locating Details.

    17. Supporting Details.

    18. Major and Minor Details.

    19. Creating a Summary from Annotations.

    20. Textbook Skills.

     

    Outlines and Concept Maps.

    21. Outlining.

    22. Formal Outlines.

    23. Concept Maps.

    24. More Concept Maps.

    25. Textbook Skills.

     

    Transitions and Thought Patterns.

    26. Time Order Patterns.

    27. The Space Order Pattern.

    28. The Listing Pattern

    29. The Classification Pattern.

    30. Textbook Skills.

     

    More Thought Patterns.

    31. The Comparison-and-Contrast Pattern.

    32. The Cause-and-Effect Pattern.

    33. The Generalization-and-Example Pattern.

    34. The Definition Pattern.

    35. Textbook Skills.

     

    Implied Main Ideas and Implied Central Ideas.

    36. Implied Main Ideas.

    37. Implied Main Ideas in Analogies.

    38. Implied Main Ideas in Literature.

    39. Implied Central Ideas.

    40. Textbook Skills.

     

    Fact and Opinion.

    41. Fact and Opinion.

    42. Biased Words and Qualifiers.

    43. Reading Critically in Context.

    44. Fact and Opinion in a Newspaper Article.

    45. Textbook Skills.

     

    Tone and Purpose.

    46. Subjective and Objective Tone.

    47. Author’s Purpose.

    48. Tone and Purpose in Nonfiction.

    49. Verbal and Situational Irony.

    50. Textbook Skills.

     

    Inferences.

    51. Inferences: Educated Guesses.

    52. Valid Inferences.

    53. Making VALID Inferences and Avoiding Invalid Conclusions.

    54. Inferences in Creative Expression.

    55. Textbook Skills.

     

    The Basics of Argument.

    56. Claim and Support.

    57. Relevant and Adequate Support.

    58. Argument in a Periodical Article.

    59. Bias in Political Cartoons.

    60. Textbook Skills.

     

    Advanced Argument.

    61. Irrelevant Arguments: Fallacies.

    62. Irrelevant Arguments: Propaganda Techniques.

    63. Inadequate Arguments: Fallacies.

    64. Inadequate Arguments: Propaganda Techniques.

    65. Textbook Skills.

     

    Practice Tests.

    66. Practice Tests for the Florida College Basic Skills Exit Reading Test.

    67. Practice Tests for the Texas Higher Education Assessment Test.

    68. Practice Tests for The Effective Reader.

    Text Credits.

    Photo Credits .

    Index.

     

      The Effective Reader combines solid skill instruction with a wealth of guided practice to develop the quintessential abilities students need to become effective readers and critical thinkers.

       

      The author integrates reading skills with the reading process (SQ3R) to produce more effective readers and lead students to discover the power and pleasure of reading.  Providing step-by-step reading instruction, a wide range of practice and test materials, and a rich selection of readings from textbooks and other sources, the author makes students responsible for their reading–improving their major reading skills while developing a system for reading.

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      • The Effective Reader combines solid skill instruction with a wealth of guided practice to develop the quintessential abilities students need to become effective readers and critical thinkers.

       

      The author integrates reading skills with the reading process (SQ3R) to produce more effective readers and lead students to discover the power and pleasure of reading.  Providing step-by-step reading instruction, a wide range of practice and test materials, and a rich selection of readings from textbooks and other sources, the author makes students responsible for their reading—improving their major reading skills while developing a system for reading.

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