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Discourse Focus:Reading for Different Goals1

Nonprose Reading:Airline Terminal Maps6

Word Study:Context Clues9

ContentsTo Students:Read This First11

TotheTeacher13

Word Study:Stems and Affixes13

Sentence Study:Introduction18

Sentence Study:Comprehension21

Paragraph Reading:Main Idea24

2 Reading selection 1:Newspaper Article30

Composition Foci:Arguing a Position/Comparison and Contrast Is McDonald s Fair?30

Reading Selection 2:Technical Prose34

Composition Focus:Arguing a Position Language Mirrors Immigration,Provides Key to Nation s Past,Present34

Reading Selections 3A-3C:Popular Social Science38

Composition Foci:Arguing a Position/Comparison and Contrast/Writing a Review or Response3A Introduction40

3B Jaime42

Elliott44

Eve46

Jennifer48

3C Postscript49

Reading Selection 4:Technical Prose52

Composition Foci:Arguing a Position/Comparison and Contrast Marriage Taking a Back Seat,Says Census52

Reading Selection 5:Literature55

Composition Focus:FictionExcerpt from Silas Marner55

3 Nonprose Reading:Campus Map60

Word Study:Stems and Affixes65

Word Study:Dictionary Use69

Sentence Study:Comprehension74

Paragraph Reading:Restatement and Inference77

Discourse Focus:Careful Reading/Drawing Inferences(Mysteries)82

4 Reading Selection 1:Newspaper Article87

Composition Focus:Arguing a Position Farmer Calls Hole His Home87

Reading Selection 2:Popular Social Science91

Composition Foci:Definition/Exemplification/Comparison and Contrast Lies Are So Commonplace,They AImost Seem Like the Truth92

Reading Selections 3A-3C:Popular Press97

Composition Foci:Comparison and Contrast/Arguing a Position/SummaryWriting from Data3A Who s Doing the Work around the House?97

3B Sally Forth104

3C The New Father :No Real Role Reversal107

Composition Focus:Arguing a Position Summit to Save the Earth:The World s Next Trouble Spots112

Reading Selection 4:Magazine Graphic112

5 Nonprose Reading:College Application and Tuition Chart123

Word Study:Context Clues129

Word Study:Stems and Affixes131

Sentence Study:Restatement and lnference135

Paragraph Reading:Main Idea(Fables)138

Discourse Focus:Careful Reading/Drawing Inferences(Mysteries)143

6 Reading Selection 1:Advice Column147

Composition Focus:Letter Writing Adamant Smoker Says Stop Nagging147

Ann Landers s Response148

Reading Selection 2:Newspaper Article153

Bugs Make Skin Crawl in Midwest154

Reading Selections 3A-3C:Popular Science157

Composition Fo？Writing a Quiz Deseription3A What We Don t Know158

3B Tornado in the Drain160

3C Making Water Wetter164

Reading Selection 4:Children s Literature171

Composition Foci:Fiction Presenting an Opinion The Meeting from The Rescuers171

Nonprose Reading:Maps180

Word Study:Context Clues186

Word Study:Stems and Affixes188

Sentence Study:Restatement and Inference192

Paragraph Reading:Main Idea195

Paragraph Reading:Reading for Full Understanding199

Discourse Focus:Prediction207

8 Reading selections 1A-1B:Popular Press210

Composition Foci:Presenting an Opinion/Comparison and Contrast1A Are You a Procrastinator?211

1B Procrastination:What You Can Do about it....When You Get aroundto it213

Reading Selections 2A-2D:Feature Articles221

Composition Foci:Description/Arguing a Position/Fiction/Writing an Ad/Comparison and Contrast2A What s the Attraction?221

2B Looking for a Mate in India223

2C Japanese Marriage228

2D The New Mating Game235

Reading Selections 3A-3D:Questionnaire,Newspaper Articles,Proseand Poetry237

Composition Foci:Supporting an Opinion/Comparison and Contrast/Letter Writing3A The Meaning of Success237

3B Graduation Speech Protested244

3C High School Honors Not Always Key to Life Success247

3D Choices250

The Road Not Taken250

Appendix255

Answer Key257