"Now in its Sixth Edition, Ten Steps to Building College Reading Skills continues to do what has made it part of the best-selling reading series on the market: clearly explain and teach, in a step-by-step way, the ten skills most needed for logical thinking and effective reading comprehension. The skills taught are exactly the skills that students need to become better readers and to improve their scores on standardized tests.
Among the new features of the book:
- Six new readings
- A freshening of illustrations and practice materials throughout.
- A new set of relationships tests and two added combined-skills tests.
- Expanded online support.
Among the ongoing features of the book:
- Online Materials, including PowerPoints, exercises, and mastery tests, are available for this book in our Learning Center at www.townsendpress.net.
- Exceptional Clarity in the form of step-by-step explanations for each skill, an easy-to-follow sequence to the materials, and activities that feature carefully written questions and answer choices.
- Friendliness of tone, with a helpful voice that never condescends to students.
- A uniquely helpful Annotated Instructor's Edition that contains answers as well as detailed explanations of both correct and incorrect answers." (Book Cover).

Preface: To the Instructor
Introduction
1 Getting Off to a Strong Start
2 One Reader's Story
3. How to Become a Better Reader and Thinker
Part One: Ten Steps to Building College Reading Skills
1. Dictionary Use
Reading: Responsibility / M. Scott Peck
Mastery Tests
2. Vocabulary in Context
Reading: All the Good Things / Sister Helen P. Mrosla
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3 Main Ideas
Reading: Group Pressure / Rodney Stark
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4. Supporting Details
Reading: A Door Swings Open / Roxanne Black
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5 Locations of Main Ideas
Reading: Body Language / Beth Johnson
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6 Relationships I
Reading: Behind Closed Doors: Violence in the Family / Michael S. Bassis, Richard J. Gelles, and Ann Levine
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7. Relationships II
Reading: Conversing in Real Life / Sarah Rice
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8. Inferences
Reading: A Path to Marriage / Jean Sutton
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9. Implied main Ideas
Reading: Lighting a Match / Regina Ruiz
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10 The Basics of Argument
Reading: Do It Better! / Ben Carson, M.D., with Cecil Murphey
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Part Two: Ten Reading Sections
1. Winners, Losers, or Just Kids? / Dan Wightman
2. The Right Words at the Right Time / Jeff Bezos
3. Eye Contact / Ron Clark
4. Judge Judy Speaks / Judge Judy Sheindlin
5. Read All About It / Fran DeBlasio
6. Erika Hilario / Beth Johnson
7 How to Make It in College, Now That You're Here / Brian O'Keeney
8. Cooling Down Our Brains / Jason Peters
9. Dealing with Feelings / Rudolph F. Verderber
10. Not So Sweet / Alessa Staley
Part Three: Active Reading, Relationships and Combined-Skills
1. An Introduction to Active Reading
2. Practice in Active Reading I: Relationship Tests
3. Practice in Active Reading II: Combined-Skills Tests
Appendixes:
- Separating Fact from Opinion
- Identifying an Author's Purpose and Tone
- Writing Assignments
- Limited Answer Key

Intermediate.

Reading level 6-9.