Improving Reading Skills : Contemporary Readings for College Students by Deanne Milan Spears (2003, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMcGraw-Hill Higher Education

ISBN-100072830700

ISBN-139780072830705

eBay Product ID (ePID)2367158

Product Key Features

Number of Pages544 Pages

Publication NameImproving Reading Skills : Contemporary Readings for College Students

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

SubjectVocabulary, Reading Skills, Readers

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

AuthorDeanne Milan Spears

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight1.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number5

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2003-051313

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal428.4/071/1

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Table Of Content* - indicates material new to this edition Improving Your Vocabulary Four Techniques for Acquiring Words Using Context Clues * Using Print and Online Dictionaries * Practice Selection: Dave Barry "Tips for Women: How to Have a Relationship with a Guy" Critical Reading Worksheet Identifying the Main Idea and the Writer's Purpose Part 1. Getting Started: Practicing the Basics * Josh Sens, The Truth Is Out There Somewhere * Pamlea Grim, Care in Midair * Lori Hope, Did I Save Lives or Engage in Racial Profiling? Luis J. Rodriguez, La Vida Loca ("The Crazy Life"): Two Generations of Gang Members Rose Del Castillo Guibault, The Conveyor-Belt Ladies Eddy L. Harris, Mississippi Solo *Andres Dubus, Digging Annotating, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Part 2. Refining the Basics Sheldon Campbell, Games Elephants Play Charles Finney, The Life and Death of a Western Gladiator Geoffrey Cowley, The Language Explosion Richard Wolkomir, Making Up for Lost Time: The Rewards of Reading at Last * Paco Underhill, Shop Like a Man * Martha Fay, Sedated by Stuff * Lawrence Shames, The Hunger for More Making Inferences Part 3. Tackling More Challenging Prose * Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: Behind the Counter * Val Plumwood, Being Prey: Surviving A Crocodile Attack Elliot West, Wagon Train Children Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom * Anwar Accawi, The Telephone Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy, New Jersey v. T.L.O.: The School Search Cases David Ferrell, Badwater: The Ultra Marathon Persuasive Writing and Evaluating Evidence Part 4. Reading About Issues * Bill McKibben, The Environmental Issue from Hell * Jay Weiner, Sports Centered * Maggie Gallagher, Fatherless Boys Grow Up into Dangerous Men * Alex Raksin and Bob Sipchen, Lost, Then Found: Helping People Off the Streets * Nicholas Thompson, Hero Inflation * Rick Weiss, A Uniquely Human Debate Patterns of Development and Transitions Part5. Mastering Difficult Prose * Scott Anderson, In Country * Jon Katz, What Hath Goth Wrought? Arthur Zich, Japanese Americans: Home at Last Jared Diamond, Easter's End * Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel-and-Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America Index of Authors and Readings Index of Vocabulary Preview Words Reading Comprehension Chart

SynopsisPopular source selections that challenge and engage make Improving Reading Skills an ideal text for introductory developmental reading students.

LC Classification NumberLB2395.3.M56 2003