Includes bibliographical references.

Key Concepts 2 Skills Overview -- Introduction

CHAPTER 1 THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE: SUCCESS IN COLLEGE READING 1 Skills and Strategies -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 1 Effective or Ineffective -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 2 Survey and Predict -- Reading 1 Taking Objective Tests -- Summarizing -- Activity 3 Share What You Read -- Activity 4 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 5 Scan and Define -- Activity 6 Vocabulary Challenge -- Reading and Understanding Test Questions -- Activity 7 Did the Student Follow the Directions? -- Other Types of Tet Questions -- Activity 8 Did the Student Follow the Instructions? -- Identifying Text Structure - Introduction to Outlining -- Activity 9 Text Structure and Outlining
READING 2: On Your Own -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 10 My Test-taking Strategies -- Activity 11 Survey and Predict -- Reading 2 Taking Subjective Tests -- Summarizing -- Activity 12 Share What You Read -- Activity 13 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 14 Scan and Define -- Activity 15 Vocabulary Challenge -- Using Context to Guess Meaning - Contrast -- Activity 16 Guess Meaning from Context


WRITING 1A: Skills and Strategies -- The Grammar of Conditionals -- Activity 17 Recognize Conditionals -- Activity 18 Use Conditionals -- Sentence Essentials -- Dependent and Independent Clauses -- Activity 19 Identify Dependent and Independent Clauses -- Simple Sentences and Compound Sentences -- Activity 20 Identify Sentence Type -- Activity 21 Complete the Sentence -- Activity 22 Choose the Conjunction -- Activity 23 Rewrite the Sentence -- Making the Connection


WRITING 1B: The Process -- Get Ready to Write -- Timed Writing -- Activity 24 Define Key Words -- Activity 25 Identify the Key Words -- Activity 26 Plan Written Responses -- How Did They Do That? -- Activity 27 Follow the Steps

WRITING 2: On Your Own -- Timed Writing -- Activity 28 Respond to Short Answer Questions -- Activity 29 Respond to Essay Questions -- Final Check -- Activity 30 Follow the Steps

CHAPTER 2 FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY READING 1: Skills and Strategies -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 1 True or False -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 2 Survey and Predict -- Reading 1 The Essence of Anthropology -- Summarizing Activity 3 Share What You Read Activity 4 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List Activity 5 Scan and Define Activity 6 Vocabulary Challenge -- Stated Main Idea Activity 7 Find the Stated Main Idea -- Activity 8 Choose the Main Idea -- Identifying Text Structure - Summary -- Key Words - Summary Activity 9 -- Recognize Key Words Activity 10 Use Key Words Activity 11 Summarize Main Ideas READING 2: On Your Own -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 12 Agree or Disagree -- Activity 13 Survey and Predict -- Reading 2 Ethnographic Research: Its History, Methods, and Theories -- Summarizing Activity 14 Share What You Read Activity 15 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List Activity 16 Scan and Define Activity 17 Vocabulary Challenge -- Using Context to Guess Meaning - Definition Activity 18 Guess Meaning from Context WRITING 1A: Skills and Strategies -- The Grammar of Noun Clauses -- Activity 19 Recognize Noun Clauses Activity -- 20 Use Noun Clauses -- Sentence Essentials -- Complex Sentences -- Activity 21 Identify Dependent Clauses -- Joining Clauses with Subordinators and Punctuation -- Activity 22 Combine Clauses and Punctuate the Sentences -- Activity 23 Create Complex Sentences -- Compound-Complex Sentences -- Activity -- 24 Identify the Parts of a Compound-Complex Sentence -- Joining Clauses with Conjunctive Adverbs -- Activity 25 Use Conjunctive Adverbs -- Punctuation -- Activity 26 Punctuate Compound-Complex Sentences Activity 27 Combine and Punctuate the Sentences -- Activity 28 Create Compound-Complex Sentences -- Making the Connection WRITING 1B: The Process -- Get Ready to Write -- Structure of a Paragraph Activity 29 Identify the Parts of a Paragraph -- Characteristics of Paragraph Elements Activity 30 Organize the Paragraph -- Paraphrasing and Summarizing -- Paraphrasing Text -- Activity 31 Paraphrase Quotes -- Activity 32 Paraphrase Paragraphs -- Summarizing -- Activity 33 Summarize Paragraphs -- Synthesizing Activity -- 34 Practice Synthesizing -- How Did They Do That? -- Writing a Summary Paragraph -- Activity 35 Follow the Steps
WRITING 2: On Your Own -- Paragraph of Summary -- Activity 36 Write Your Paragraph -- Revising -- Activity 37 Follow the Steps -- Editing and Proofreading -- Activity 38 The Final Steps

CHAPTER 3 FROM BUSINESS: BUSINESS ETHICS READING 1: Skills and Strategies -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 1 Agree or Disagree -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 2 Survey and Predict -- Reading 1 Organizations Can Influence Employees' Ethical Conduct -- Summarizing Activity 3 Share What You Read -- Activity 4 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 5 Scan and Define -- Activity 6 Vocabulary Challenge -- Implied Main Idea -- Activity 7 Identify the Implied Main Idea -- Identifying Text Structure — Cause/Effect -- Key Words — Cause/Effect Activity 8 Recognize Key Words Activity 9 Use Key Words READING 2: On Your Own -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 10 Socially Responsible Activities -- Activity 11 Survey and Predict -- Reading 2 Managing a Socially Responsible Business -- Summarizing -- Activity 12 Share What You Read -- Activity 13 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 14 Scan and Define -- Activity 15 Vocabulary Challenge -- Using Context to Guess Meaning — Synonyms/Antonyms -- Activity 16 Guess Meaning from Context WRITING 1A: Skills and Strategies -- The Grammar of Parallelism -- Activity 17 Recognize Parallelism -- Sentence Essentials -- Clause Relationships -- Activity 18 Are the Ideas Related? -- Activity 19 Are the Ideas Equal in Importance? -- Activity 20 Join Ideas Equal in Importance Activity -- 21 Join Ideas Unequal in Importance -- Making Sentences Parallel -- Activity 22 Make Sentence Elements Parallel -- Making the Connection
WRITING 1B: The Process -- Get Ready to Write -- Structure of an Essay -- Activity 23 Identify the Parts of an Essay -- Characteristics of Essay Elements -- Introduction -- Activity 24 Organize the Introduction -- Activity 25 Write an Introduction -- Thesis Statement -- Activity 26 Evaluate Thesis Statements -- Activity 27 Develop Thesis Statements -- How Did They Do That? -- Overview of the Writing Process -- Essays of Cause/Effect -- Activity 28 Follow the Writer's Steps
WRITING 2: On Your Own -- Essay of Cause/Effect -- Activity 29 Write Your Essay -- Revising -- Activity 30 Follow the Steps -- Editing and Proofreading -- Activity 31 The Final Steps

CHAPTER 4 FROM LANGUAGE ARTS: ENGLISH LITERATURE READING 1: Skills and Strategies -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 1 Agree or Disagree -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 2 Survey and Predict -- Reading 1 The Story of an Hour -- Summarizing -- Activity 3 Share What You Read -- Activity 4 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 5 Scan and Define -- Activity 6 Vocabulary Challenge -- Making Inferences: Tone -- Activity 7 Infer the Tone -- Making Inferences: Figurative Language -- Activity 8 Metaphor, Simile, or Symbol -- Identifying Text Structure — Literature -- Key Words — Literature -- Activity 9 Recognize Key Words -- Activity 10 Use Key Words READING 2: On Your Own -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 11 Agree or Disagree -- Activity 12 Survey and Predict -- Reading 2a Ballad of Birmingham -- Summarizing -- Activity 13 Share What You Read -- Activity 14 Check Your Comprehension -- Activity 15 Survey and Predict -- Reading 2b Six Dead After Church Bombing -- Summarizing -- Activity 16 Share What You Read -- Activity 17 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 18 Scan and Define -- Activity 19 Vocabulary Challenge -- Using Context to Guess Meaning — Inference -- Activity 20 Guess Meaning from Context
WRITING 1A: Skills and Strategies -- The Grammar of Participial Adjectives -- Activity 21 Recognize Participial Adjectives -- Activity 22 Use Participial Adjectives -- Sentence Essentials -- Sentences Errors: Fragments, Run-on Sentences, Comma Splices -- Activity 23 Correct Fragments -- Activity 24 Correct Run-on Sentences -- Activity 25 Correct Comma Splices -- Activity 26 Identify and Correct Sentence Errors -- Combining and Separating Sentences -- Activity 27 Combine or Separate Sentences -- Other Types of Sentence Errors: Subject-Verb Agreement, Word Placement, Punctuation -- Activity 28 Correct the Error Activity 29 -- Spot the Error -- Making the Connection
WRITING 1B: The Process -- Get Ready to Write -- Body and Support Sentences -- Activity 30 Determine the Number and Topic of Body Paragraphs -- Topic Sentences for Body Paragraphs -- Activity 31 Write Topic Sentences -- General Support for the Topic Sentence -- Activity 32 Choose General Support -- Specific Support for the Topic Sentence -- Activity 33 Choose Specific Support -- Quotations as Support -- Activity 34 Quote Outside Sources -- Citations -- Activity 35 Rewrite Citations -- References -- Activity 36 Write References -- Synthesizing -- Activity 37 Practice Synthesizing -- Essays of Reaction/Response -- Activity 38 Follow the Writer's Steps
WRITING 2: On Your Own -- Essay of Reaction/Response -- Activity 39 Write Your Essay -- Revising -- Activity 40 Follow the Steps -- Editing and Proofreading -- Activity 41 The Final Steps

CHAPTER 5 FROM MATHEMATICS: APPLIED MATHEMATICS READING 1: Skills and Strategies -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 1 True or False -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 2 Survey and Predict -- Reading 1 Weighted Voting Systems -- Summarizing -- Activity 3 Share What You Read -- Activity 4 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 5 Scan and Define -- Activity 6 Vocabulary Challenge -- Reading Details: Tables, Charts, and Graphs -- Putting Visuals into Words -- Activity 7 Understanding Visuals -- Activity 8 Choose a Visual -- Identifying Text Structure — Exemplification -- Key Words — Exemplification -- Activity 9 Recognize Key Words -- Activity 10 Use Key Words
READING 2: On Your Own -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 11 Believe It or Not -- Activity 12 Survey and Predict -- Reading 2 Computing Probabilities in Simple Experiments -- Summarizing -- Activity 13 Share What You Read -- Activity 14 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 15 Scan and Define -- Activity 16 Vocabulary Challenge -- Using Context to Guess Meaning — Examples -- Activity 17 Guess Meaning from Context
WRITING 1A: Skills and Strategies -- The Grammar of Adjective Clauses -- Activity 18 Recognize Adjective Clauses -- Activity 19 Use Adjective Clauses -- Sentence Essentials -- Dependent Clauses: Adjective Clauses -- Activity 20 Connect Clauses -- Activity 21 Identify Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses -- Activity 22 Explain the Difference -- Activity 23 Punctuate Complex Sentences Containing Adjective Clauses -- Activity 24 Write Sentences Containing Adjective Clauses -- Activity 25 Spot the Error -- Making the Connection
WRITING 1B: The Process -- Get Ready to Write -- Body and Support Sentences -- Facts and Opinions -- Activity 26 Fact or Opinion -- Statistics and Details from Graphics -- Activity 27 Write General and Specific Details -- Synthesizing -- How Did They Do That? -- Essays of Exemplification/Illustration -- Activity 29 Follow the Writer's Steps
WRITING 2: On Your Own -- Essay of Exemplification/Illustration -- Activity 30 Write Your Essay -- Revising -- Activity 31 Follow the Steps -- Editing and Proofreading -- Activity 32 The Final Steps

CHAPTER 6 FROM HISTORY: AMERICAN HISTORY -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 2 Survey and Predict -- Reading 1 Guy Strait, "What Is a Hippie?" -- Summarizing -- Activity 3 Share What You Read -- Activity 4 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 5 Scan and Define -- Activity 6 Vocabulary Challenge -- Drawing Conclusions -- Activity 7 Recognize Logical Fallacies -- Identifying Text Structure — Argument/Persuasion -- Key Words — Argument/Persuasion -- Activity 8 Recognize Key Words -- Activity 9 Use Key Words
-- Reading 2 The Counterculture -- Summarizing -- Activity 12 Share What You Read -- Activity 13 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 14 Scan and Define -- Activity 15 Vocabulary Challenge -- Using Context to Guess Meaning — Surrounding Sentences -- Activity 16 Guess Meaning from Context
WRITING 1A Skills and Strategies -- The Grammar of Adverb Clauses -- Activity 17 Recognize Adverb Clauses -- Activity 18 Use Adverb Clauses -- Sentence Essentials -- Dependent Clauses: Adverb Clauses -- Activity 19 Connect Clauses -- Activity 20 Choose the Subordinating Conjunction -- Activity 21 Write Sentences Containing Adverb Clauses -- Sentence Errors -- Activity 22 Spot the Error -- Making the Connection
WRITING 1B: The Process -- Get Ready to Write -- Body and Support Sentences -- Examples as Support -- Activity 23 Relevant and Sufficient Examples -- Activity 24 Provide Examples -- Conclusions -- Activity 25 Writing a Conclusion -- Synthesizing -- Activity 26 Practice Synthesizing -- How Did They Do That? -- Essays of Argument/Persuasion -- Activity 28 Write Your Essay -- Revising -- Activity 29 Follow the Steps -- Editing and Proofreading -- Activity 30 The Final Steps
WRITING 2: On Your Own -- Essay of Argument/Persuasion -- Activity 28 Write Your Essay -- Revising -- Activity 29 Follow the Steps -- Editing and Proofreading -- Activity 30 The Final Steps

CHAPTER 7 FROM THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES: PHYSICS READING 1: Skills and Strategies -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 1 True or False -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 2 Survey and Predict -- Reading 1 Scientific Method -- Summarizing -- Activity 3 Share What You Read -- Activity 4 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 5 Scan and Define -- Activity 6 Vocabulary Challenge -- Understanding Referents -- Activity 7 Identify Referents --Identifying Text Structure — Process -- Key Words — Process -- Activity 8 Recognize Key Words -- Activity 9 Use Key Words
READING 2: On Your Own -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 10 Show What You Know -- Activity 11 Survey and Predict -- Reading 2 The Science of Lab Reports -- Summarizing -- Activity 12 Share What You Read -- Activity 13 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 14 Scan and Define -- Activity 15 Vocabulary Challenge -- Using Context to Guess Meaning — Review -- Activity 16 Strategy Review -- Activity 17 Guess Meaning from Context
WRITING 1A: Skills and Strategies -- The Grammar of Modals -- Activity 18 Recognize Modal Meaning -- Activity 19 Use Modal Auxiliaries -- Sentence Essentials -- Dependent Clauses: Noun Clauses -- Activity 20 Identify Noun Clauses -- Activity 21 Complete Noun Clauses -- Indirect or Reported Speech -- Activity 22 Change Statements to Indirect Speech -- Direct Speech -- Activity 23 Punctuate Direct Speech -- Making the Connection
WRITING 1B: The Process -- Get Ready to Write -- Unity -- Activity 24 Evaluate Unity in Paragraphs -- Coherence -- Activity 25 Identify Cohesive Elements -- Activity 26 Identify Text Structure -- Activity 27 Place Ideas in Logical Order -- Cohesive Devices: Key Words, Synonyms, and Pronouns -- Activity 28 Recognize Cohesive Devices -- Activity 29 Use Cohesive Devices -- Use Transitions -- Activity 30 Recognize Transitions and Connectors -- Activity 31 Use Transitions -- Consistency: Verb Tense and Point of View -- Activity 32 Consistent Verb Tense -- Activity 33 Consistent Point of View -- How Did They Do That? -- Essays with Combined Text Structure -- Essays of Process Activity -- 34 Follow the Writer's Steps
WRITING 2: On Your Own -- Essay of Process -- Activity 35 Write Your Essay -- Revising -- Activity 36 Follow the Steps -- Editing and Proofreading -- Activity 37 The Final Steps

APPENDICES Appendix 1 Academic Word List -- Appendix 2 Brainstorming Methods -- Appendix 3 Conjunctions, Transitions, and Key Words -- Appendix 4 Additional Writing Topics -- Appendix 5 Glossary of Reading and Writing Terms -- Appendix 6 Terms for Essay Exams -- Appendix 7 APA Style

"Key Concepts helps students master the academic content, academic vocabulary, and academic reading and writing skills they need to succeed at college. Authentic readings from real college textbooks help students build on their knowledge of academic subjects; Reading passages model the rhetorical styles students will produce in their writing assignments; Practice of each step in the writing process guides students to perfect their writing; Academic Word List and discipline-specific vocabulary are introduced and practiced; Vocabulary building exercises help students discern differences in meaning by focusing on word forms, context, and usage; Integrated grammar activities improve students' writing at the sentence level." (Book Cover) -- "Key Concepts 2 simulates the university experience by offering high-intermediate-level students reading and writing activities with similar academic content. The experience of interacting with academic texts can provide students a better sense of what to expect in a college or university course." (Introduction, p. xv)