Reading and All That Jazz, an introductory-to-intermediate reading text, motivates and engages readers with contemporary and relevant readings while building the essential reading skills and vocabulary needed for literal and critical comprehension. With multiple practice opportunities and an adaptive learning plan via Connect Reading, Reading and All That Jazz provides for genuine thinking, assessment, and interpretation.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
NOTE: This TOC is Final and Edited Through Chapter 13. Chapter 14 and Appendices not yet edited.
Mather/McCarthy Reading and All That Jazz 5/e
Preface
Walkthrough
Part 1 Getting a Handle on College
Introduction: Your First Week in Class
ASSIGNMENT SHEETS
YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT
Study Technique 1: Skimming
READING: Excerpt from Power Learning by Robert S. Feldman � �Motivation�
READING: Excerpt from Step Out on Nothing by Byron Pitts - �Keep Your Head Up�
Vocabulary: Introduction
Study Technique 2: Scanning
READING Warren Buffet Offers Advice to Students
Chapter Summary and Review
Chapter 1 Becoming an Effective Learner: Finding Out About Ourselves
HOW YOU LEARN
READING: Excerpt from Interpersonal Communication by Kory Floyd � �Naming Defines and Differentiates Us�
Study Technique 3: Marking Written Material: Underlining, Highlighting, and Annotating
AUDITORY, VISUAL, AND KINESTHETIC LEARNING STYLES
WHAT IS YOUR LEARNING STYLE?
Vocabulary: Words in Context
DAY VERSUS NIGHT PEOPLE
ARE YOU MORE OF A MORNING LARK OR NIGHT OWL?
READING: �The Two Most Dangerous Hours of Your Day� by Lowell Ponte
LEFT-BRAIN AND RIGHT-BRAIN ORIENTATION
WHICH ONE ARE YOU?
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS?
READING: �What Is Intelligence, Anyway?� by Isaac Asimov
STRESS INVENTORY
HOW MUCH STRESS IS THERE IN YOUR LIFE?
READING: Excerpt from Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush
STUDY SCHEDULES
Study Technique 4: SQ3R A Classic Way to Study
READING: Excerpt from Internet Literacy by Fred T. Hofstetter �Internet Etiquette (Netiquette)�
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary Unit 1: Homonyms and Other Confusing Words
Part 2 Discovering Meaning Through Structure
Chapter 2 Topics, Main Ideas, and Details
DESCRIPTION OF TOPICS, MAIN IDEAS, AND DETAILS
DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN GENERAL AND SPECIFIC
VARYING POSITIONS FOR MAIN IDEAS
PARAGRAPH DIAGRAMS
REVIEW TEST 1: Topics, Main Ideas, and Details
REVIEW TEST 2: Topics, Main Ideas, and Details
REVIEW TEST 3: Topics, Main Ideas, and Details
PARAPHRASING
IMPLIED MAIN IDEAS
READING: �Neither Man Nor Rat Can Properly Fold Laundry� by Dave Barry
READING: Excerpt from Psychology by Dennis Coon � �Communication at Work�Getting the Message Across� Chapter Summary and Review
Chapter 3 Determining an Author�s Purpose
ENTERTAIN, INFORM, OR PERSUADE?
TO ENTERTAIN
TO INFORM
TO PERSUADE
GENERAL AND SPECIFIC PURPOSES
MULTIPLE PURPOSES
AUTHOR�S PURPOSE: TO ENTERTAIN
READING: �The Shepherd�s Daughter� by William Saroyan
AUTHOR�S PURPOSE: TO INFORM
READING: �From a Melted Candy Bar to Microwaves� by Ira Flatow
AUTHOR�S PURPOSE: TO PERSUADE
READING: �Students Who Push Burgers� by Walter Minot
Study Technique 5: Writing Summaries
READING TO DETERMINE THE AUTHOR�S PURPOSE
READING: �A Letter to Olivia� by Mel Allen Study Technique 6: Time Lines
REVIEW TEST 4: Topics, Main Ideas,
Details, and Purpose
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary Unit 2: Word Parts dealing with Numbers
Chapter 4 Transition Words and Patterns of Organization
INTRODUCTION TO TRANSITION WORDS AND PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION
CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION
CAUSE AND EFFECT
COMPARISON-CONTRAST
STEPS IN A PROCESS
EXAMPLES
DEFINITION
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LISTING
SPATIAL ORDER
ADDITION
READING: Excerpt from Criminal Justice by Freda Adler, et. al., -- �Road Rage�
REVIEW TEST 5: Main Ideas, Details, Purpose, Transitions, and Patterns of Organization
Chapter Summary and Review
Part 3 Interpreting What We Read
Chapter 5 Inference
INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING INFERENCES
READING: Excerpt from Wouldn�t Take Nothing For My Journey Now by Maya Angelou � �Complaining�
READING: Excerpt from Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
REVIEW TEST 6: Drawing Inferences: �Too Much of a Good Thing�
READING: Excerpt from Core Concepts in Health by Paul Insel and Walton T. Roth � �El Dia de los Muertos�
READING: Excerpt from America Past and Present by Robert Divine - �Inside the Vicious Heart�
REVIEW TEST 7: Main Ideas, Details, Purpose, Transitions, Patterns of Organization, and Inference
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary Unit 3: Word Parts dealing with Number and Amount
Chapter 6 Figurative Language
FIGURES OF SPEECH--SIMILES, METAPHORS, AND PERSONIFICATION
READING: Excerpt from The Best of Ann Landers by Ann Landers � �The Love of My Life�
THE USE OF SYMBOLS
READING: Excerpt from Living with Art by Rita Gilbert��Guernica�
READING: �The Yellow Ribbon� by Pete Hamill
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
CULTURAL LITERARY ASSIGNMENT
IMAGERY
READING: �The Black Widow� by Gordon Grice
READING: Excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard� �The Fixed�
Chapter Summary and Review
Chapter 7 Tone
INFERRING TONE
READING: Excerpt from Farmworker�s Daughter- Growing Up Mexican in America by Rosa Castillo Guilbault-- �The Conveyor Belt Ladies�
IDENTIFYING IRONY
READING: �A Letter to God� by Gregorio Lopez y Fuentes
RECOGNIZING SATIRE
CARICATURE
HYPERBOLE/OVERSTATEMENT
UNDERSTATEMENT
READING: �Hurts Rent-A-Gun� by Art Buchwald
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary Unit 4: Word Parts dealing with Senses, Size, and Writing
Part 4 Modes of Writing and of Organization
Chapter 8 Four Primary Modes of Writing
AN INTRODUCTION TO MODES OF WRITING (RHETORICAL MODES)
NARRATIVE MODE
DESCRIPTIVE MODE
EXPOSITORY MODE
PERSUASIVE MODE
READINGS THAT ILLUSTRATE THE MODES OF WRITING
NARRATIVE
READING: �Thank You, Ma�m� by Langston Hughes
DESCRIPTIVE
READING: �A Son�s Memoir� by John Daniel
EXPOSITORY
READING: Excerpt from Child Development by John Santrock � �Sibling Relationships and Birth Order�
PERSUASIVE
READING: Excerpt from The Shelter of Each Other by Mary Pipher � �TV�
Study Technique 7: Venn Diagrams
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary Unit 5: Word Parts Dealing with Direction and Position
Chapter 9 Modes of Organization
INTRODUCTION TO MODES OF ORGANIZATION
READINGS ABOUT HAPPINESS THAT ILLUSTRATE THE MODES OF ORGANIZATION
Study Technique: More Practice with SQ3R
CATEGORIES, COMPARISON-CONTRAST, AND LISTING
READING: Excerpt from Psychology Applied to Modern Life by Wayne Weiten and Margaret A. Lloyd ��The Roots of Happiness: An Empirical Analysis�
EXAMPLES
READING: Excerpt from Essentials of Sociology by James M. Henslin � �The Big Win: Life After the Lottery
Study Technique 8: Mapping
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
READING: �The Jacket� by Gary Soto
Study Technique: More Practice with Time Lines
CATEGORIES AND STEPS IN A PROCESS
READING: Excerpt from Looking Out, Looking In by Ronald B. Adler et. al. � �Developmental Stages in Intimate Relationships�
Study Technique 9: Outlining
CAUSE AND EFFECT
READING: �The Chaser� by John Collier
Study Technique 10: Summarizing Longer Articles
Chapter Summary and Review
Part 5 Reading Critically
Chapter 10 Fact and Opinion
INTRODUCTION TO FACT AND OPINION
FACT
OPINION
READING: Excerpt from The American Democracy by Thomas Patterson - �The Nature of Public Opinion�
READING: �Ties That Bind� by Alanna Nash
READING: Excerpt from The Secret House by David Bodanis � �What�s in Your Toothpaste?�
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary Unit 6: Word Parts Dealing with Opposite Meanings
Chapter 11 Bias
INTRODUCTION TO BIAS
DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION
READING: Excerpt from Social Psychology by David G. Myers � �The Defendant�s Characteristics�
EUPHEMISMS
READING: �The Dinner Party� by Mona Gardner
READING: Excerpt from The Police in America: an Introduction by Samuel Walker and Samuel Katz - �Beyond Stereotypes of Cops �
READING: �A Hanging� by George Orwell
REVIEW TEST 8: Identifying Author Bias
Chapter Summary and Review
Chapter 12 Propaganda Techniques, Logical Fallacies, and Argument
WHAT ARE PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES AND LOGICAL FALLACIES AND HOW ARE THEY USED?
ORIGINAL SEVEN PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES
MORE PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES AND LOGICAL FALLACIES
REVIEW TEST 9: Propaganda Techniques and Logical Fallacies
READING: Excerpt from Introduction to Mass Communication by Stanley J. Baran -- �Boosting Smoking Among Women and Children�
READING: Excerpt from Understanding Psychology by Robert S. Feldman -- �Violence in Television and Video Games: Does the Media�s Message Matter?�
THE STRUCTURE OF AN ARGUMENT
THE PARTS OF AN ARGUMENT
VALID OR INVALID ARGUMENTS
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary Unit 7: Word Parts Dealing with More Opposite Meanings
Chapter 13 Evaluating the Evidence
INTRODUCTION TO PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES
DRAWING CONCLUSIONS: INDUCTIVE AND DEDUCTIVE REASONING
INDUCTIVE REASONING
DEDUCTIVE REASONING
EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE IN PERSUASIVE WRITING
MARIJUANA BACKGROUND INFORMATION
EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE: EDITORIALS
TIPS FOR EVALUATING EDITORIALS
ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST LEGALIZING THE USE OF MARIJUANA
FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES
EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE: ADVERTISEMENTS
EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE: POLITICAL CARTOONS
Chapter Summary and Review
Part 6 Becoming Ready for Content-Area Classes
Chapter 14 Rehearsing Study Techniques and Visual Aids
SCANNING
READING: Excerpt from American History: A Survey by Alan Brinkley -- �The American Environment: Silent Spring�
OUTLINING
SKIMMING
READING: Excerpt from Human Biology by Sylvia Mader ��Pesticides: an Asset and a Liability�
MAPPING
READING: Excerpt from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson -- �A Fable for Tomorrow�
Study Skills Technique 11 � Creating a Comparison- Contrast Chart
VISUAL AIDS: HOW TO USE AND INTERPRET TABLES, DIAGRAMS, CHARTS AND GRAPHS
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary Unit 8: Word Parts and Review
Appendices
Timed Reading Rate information, Questions, and Answers
Using the Dictionary
Test-Taking Techniques
Sample Summaries
Sample Sheets
