Table of Contents
Scope and Sequence
Chapter 1 GET THE PICTURE: IDENTIFYING TOPICS AND MAIN IDEAS
Sharpen Your Reading Skills: Identifying Topics, Identifying Main Ideas
Be an Active Reader: It Happened by Accident
Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Using a Dictionary–Guidewords
Chapter 2 TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: IDENTIFYING SUPPORTING DETAILS
Sharpen Your Reading Skills: Identifying Supporting Details
Be an Active Reader: Unusual Fads of the 1920s
Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Using a Dictionary–Parts of Speech
Chapter 3 MAKE GUESSES: PREVIEWING AND PREDICTING
Sharpen Your Reading Skills: Previewing and Predicting
Be an Active Reader: Funny Business
Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Word Parts–Prefixes
Chapter 4 READ QUICKLY: SKIMMING AND SCANNING
Sharpen Your Reading Skills: Skimming and Scanning
Be an Active Reader: Bear Necessities
Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Synonyms and Antonyms
Chapter 5 FIGURE IT OUT: USING CONTEXT CLUES
Sharpen Your Reading Skills: Using Context Clues to Guess Meaning
Be an Active Reader: Idioms and Proverbs
Chapter 6 PUT THINGS IN ORDER: RECOGNIZING SEQUENCE
Sharpen Your Reading Skills: Recognizing Sequence
Be an Active Reader: The Story of the Two Brothers
Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Word Parts–Suffixes
Chapter 7 BELIEVE IT OR NOT: FACTS VS. OPINION
Sharpen Your Reading Skills: Distinguishing Facts from Opinions
Be an Active Reader: The Godfather: A Movie Classic
Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Using Word Maps
Chapter 8 READ BETWEEN THE LINES: MAKING INFERENCES
Sharpen Your Reading Skills: Making Inferences
Be an Active Reader: Swimming Buddies
Sharpen Your Vocabulary Skills: Compound Words
BECOME A BETTER READER
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