Reading Skills for Success: A Guide to Academic Texts Book

Pt. 1	World-Level Clues to Meaning
Ch. 1	Vocabulary Development Strategies: Using Context Clues	3
Ch. 2	Recognizing Technical Terms Defined in Context	13
Ch. 3	Pronouns and Restatements: Identifying Continuing Ideas	19
Pt. 2	Understanding Expository Text Structures
Ch. 4	Logical Connectors: Recognizing Development of Ideas	25
Ch. 5	Determining Main Ideas	34
Ch. 6	Enumeration and Classification Organization	41
Ch. 7	Comparison-Contrast Organization	46
Ch. 8	Time Order and Cause-and-Effect Organization	52
Pt. 3	Reading to Study
Ch. 9	Improving Study Skills: Introduction to Reading Strategies	63
Ch. 10	Study-Reading Strategies: SQ3R	71
Ch. 11	Taking Notes: The Cornell Method	78
App. 1	Sample Textbook Chapter: Ecosystems: How They Work	87
App. 2	Sample Textbook Chapter: The Diffusion of Languages	119
Supplement A	Reading for Pleasure	135
Supplement B	Vocabulary Development Strategies: Using Word Parts	138
Supplement C	Additional Vocabulary Identification Practice	146
Supplement D	Additional List of Common Academic Vocabulary	148
Supplement E	Additional Main Ideas and Organizational Structure Practice	152
	References	157
	Answer Key	159