Description
Book SynopsisREADING KEYS the first in a three-book reading series by Laraine Flemming offers a comprehensive introduction to reading skills and strategies, from using context clues to identifying purpose and bias. Clear, accessible explanations present reading concepts without oversimplifying the process of reading comprehension. To ensure students' understanding, reading "keys" or summaries follow the explanations, breaking them down into manageable chunks. Throughout each chapter, a variety of steadily more difficult exercises assess students' understanding of the material and promote improved comprehension and critical-thinking skills. This incremental approach to instruction and assessment makes it easier for beginning readers to absorb and master new information. The Fourth Edition includes new chapters on analyzing arguments and sentence relationships. In addition, there is a greater emphasis on recognizing and understanding verbal clues to meaning, new discussions on how the brain learns
Trade Review1. Getting into a Textbook State of Mind. 2. More on Words and Meanings. 3. Understanding Sentence Relationships. 4. Identifying Topics, Main Ideas, and Topic Sentences. 5. Working Together: Topic Sentences adn Supporting Details 6. Drawing Inferences About Implied Main Ideas 7. Recognizing Patterns of Organization 8. Mixing and Matching Organizational Patterns 9. Analyzing Arguments. Combining Your Skills.
Table of Contents1. Getting into a Textbook State of Mind. 2. More on Words and Meanings. 3. Understanding Sentence Relationships. 4. Identifying Topics, Main Ideas, and Topic Sentences. 5. Working Together: Topic Sentences adn Supporting Details 6. Drawing Inferences About Implied Main Ideas 7. Recognizing Patterns of Organization 8. Mixing and Matching Organizational Patterns 9. Analyzing Arguments. Combining Your Skills.
