CHAPTER 1 THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE: SUCCESS IN COLLEGE

READING 1: Skills and Strategies -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity1 Agree or Disagree -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 2 Survey and Predict -- Reading 1 What is Thinking? -- Summarizing -- Activity 3 Share What You Read -- Activity 4 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 5 Scan and Define -- Activity 6 Vocabulary Challenge -- The Stated Main Idea -- Activity 7 Find the Stated Main Idea -- The Implied Main Idea -- Activity 8 Find the Implied Main Idea -- Identifying Text Structure - Definition -- Key Words - Definition -- Activity 9 Use Key Words -- Punctuation - Definition -- Activity 10 Use Punctuation

READING 2: On Your Own -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 11 Agree or Disagree -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 12 Survey and Predict -- Reading 2 What is Critical Reading? -- Summarizing -- Activity 13 Share What You Read -- Activity 14 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic World List -- Activity 15 Scan and Define -- Activity 16 Vocabulary Challenge -- Using Context to Guess Meaning - Definition -- Activity 17 Recognize Clues to Meaning -- Activity 18 Guess Meaning From Context

WRITING 1A: Skills and Strategies -- The Grammar of Gerunds -- Activity 19 Use Gerunds in Sentences -- Sentence Essentials -- Complete and Incomplete Sentences -- Activity 20 Complete the Sentences -- Sentences with Compound Subjects or Verbs -- Activity 21 Write Sentences with Compound Subjects and Verbs -- Problems with Fragments -- Activity 22 Correct the Fragments -- Making the Connection

WRITING 1B: The Process -- Get Ready to Write -- Steps in the Writing Process -- Activity 23 List the Steps -- Structure of a Paragraph -- How Did They Do That? -- Brainstorming -- Activity 24 Identify the Writer's Idea -- Narrowing the Topic -- Activity 25 Identify the Topic -- Brainstorming and Narrowing Details -- Activity 26 Identify the Details -- Choosing Text Structure -- Activity 27 Find the Sentences -- The Topic Sentence -- Activity 28 Choose the Best Topic Sentence -- Activity 29 Write Topic Sentences -- The Concluding Sentence -- Activity 30 Compare and Write -- Outlining -- Activity 31 Compare and Write

WRITING 2: On Your Own -- Paragraph Definition -- Activity 32 Write Your Paragraph -- Revising -- Activity 33 Follow the Steps -- Editing and Proofreading -- Activity 34 The Final Steps

CHAPTER 2 FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: PSYCHOLOGY

READING 1: Skills and Strategies -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 1 Social Influence and You -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 2 Survey and Predict -- Reading 1 The Psychology of Compliance -- Summarizing -- Activity 3 Share What You Read -- Activity 4 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 5 Scan and Define -- Activity 6 Vocabulary Challenge -- Types of Supporting Details -- Activity 7 Find Supporting Details -- Identifying Text Structure - Classification and Discussion -- Key Words - Classification/Dividing -- Activity 8 Recognize Key Words -- Activity 9 Practice Classifying and Dividing

READING 2: On Your Own -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 10 Agree or Disagree -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 11 Survey and Predict -- Reading 2 The Trait Approach to Personality -- 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 - Examples -- Activity 16 Guess Meaning from Context

WRITING 1A: Skills and Strategies -- The Grammar of the Count and Non-count Nouns -- Activity 17 Sort of Nouns -- Sentence Essentials -- Compound Sentences: Sentence Combining -- Activity 18 Using Coordinating Conjunctions -- Making the Connection --

WRITING 1B: The Process -- Get Ready to Write -- Paragraph Format -- Activity 19 Identify Formatting Errors -- Identifying Supporting Details -- Activity 20 Identify Main Idea vs Supporting Details -- The Paragraph Body: Major and Minor Supporting Sentences -- Activity 21 Identify Major and Minor Support Sentences -- Writing Details from Graphics -- Activity 22 Use Graphics for Details -- How Did They Do That? -- Activity 23 Review the Steps

WRITING 2: On Your Own -- Paragraph of Classification or Division -- Activity 24 Write Your Paragraph -- Revising -- Activity 25 Follow the Steps -- Editing and Proofreading -- Activity 26 The Final Steps

CHAPTER 3 FROM BUSINESS: INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND MARKETING

READING 1: Skills and Strategies -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 1 Business Decisions -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 2 Survey and Predict -- Reading 1 Protectionism and Trade Restrictions -- Summarizing -- Activity 3 Share What Your Read -- Activity 4 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 5 Scan and Define -- Activity 6 Vocabulary Challenge -- Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions -- Activity 7 Identity the Method -- Activity 8 Make Inferences -- Identifying Text Structure - Problem/Solution -- Key Words - Problem/Solution -- Activity 9 Use Key Words

READING 2: On Your Own -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 11 Survey and Predict -- Reading 2 Ethics and Social Responsibility in International Management -- Summarizing -- Activity 12 Share What Your Read -- Activity 13 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 14 Scan and Define -- Activity 15 Vocabulary Challenge -- Using Context to Guess Meaning - Inference -- Activity 16 Guess Meaning in Context

WRITING 1A: Skills and Strategies -- The Grammar of Articles -- Activity 17 Use Articles -- Sentence Essentials -- Compound Sentences with Conjunctive Adverbs -- Activity 18 Use Conjunctive Adverbs in Sentences -- Compound Sentences with Semicolons -- Activity 19 Use Semicolons in Compound Sentences -- Punctuation: Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices -- Activity 20 Correct Sentence Errors -- Making the Connection

WRITING 1B: The Progress -- Get Ready to Write -- Conclusions -- Activity 21 Write Conclusions -- How Did They Do That? -- Activity 22 Follow the Steps

WRITING 2: On Your Own -- Paragraph of Problem/Solution -- Activity 23 Write Your Paragraph -- Revising -- Activity 24 Follow the Steps -- Editing and Proofreading -- Activity 25 The Final Steps

CHAPTER 4 FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

READING 1: Skills and Strategies -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 1 Liberal or Conservative -- Surveying and Predict -- Activity 2 Survey and Predict -- Reading 1 What Do Liberalism and Conservatism Mean? -- 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 and Drawing Conclusions -- Activity 7 Making Inferences -- Identifying Text Structure - Comparison/Contrast -- Key Words-Comparison/Contrast -- Activity 8 Use Key Words

READING 2: On Your Own -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 9 Criminal or Civil -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 10 Survey Predict -- Reading 2 Criminal vs. Civil Law -- Summarizing -- Activity 11 Share What You Read -- Activity 12 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 13 Scan and Define -- Activity 14 Vocabulary Challenge -- Using Context to Guess Meaning - Synonyms and Antonyms -- Activity 15 Guess Meaning from Context

WRITING 1A: Skills and Strategies -- The Grammar of Adjective Clauses -- Activity 16 Identify Adjective Clauses -- Activity 17 Identify Restrictive and Non-restrictive Adjective Clauses -- Sentence Essentials -- Introduction to Complex Sentences -- Activity 18 Identify Dependent and Independent Clauses -- More Practice with Adjective Clauses -- Activity 19 Use Adjective Clauses -- Activity 20 Create Complex Sentences with Adjective Clauses -- Making the Connection

WRITING 1B: The Process

WRITING 2: On Your Own -- Paragraph of Comparison/Contrast -- Activity 27 Write Your Paragraph -- Revising -- Activity 28 Follow the Steps -- Editing and Proofreading -- Activity 29 The Final Steps

CHAPTER 5 FROM THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: BIOLOGY

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 Respiratory Process -- Summarizing -- Activity 3 Share What You Read -- Activity 4 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 5 Scan and Define -- Activity 6 Vocabulary Challenge -- Tools for Interactive Reading -- Marking a Text: Highlighting, Underlining, Commenting -- Activity 7 Marking Text -- 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 Energy and the Ecosystem -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 11 Survey and Predict -- Reading 2 How Energy Flows through Ecosystems -- 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 Identify Adverb Clauses -- Activity 18 Use Adverb Clauses -- Sentence Essentials -- Complex Sentences with Adverb Clauses -- Activity 19 Choose the Correct Subordinating Conjunction -- Activity 20 Add a Clause to Complete the Sentence -- Activity 21 Create Complex Sentences with Adverb Clauses -- Activity 22 Correct the Sentence Errors -- Making the Connection

WRITING 1B: The Process -- Get Ready to Write -- Use Unity and Coherence in Writing -- Activity 23 Recognize Unity -- Activity 24 Recognize Coherence -- How Did They Do That? -- Activity 25 Follow the Steps

WRITING 2: On Your Own -- Paragraph of Process -- Activity 26 Write Your Paragraph -- Revising -- Activity 27 Follow the Steps -- Editing and Proofreading -- Activity 28 The Final Steps

CHAPTER 6 FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: PHILOSOPHY

READING 1: Skills and Strategies -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 1 Agree or Disagree -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 2 Survey and Predict -- Reading 1 Eastern Religion and Philosophy -- Summarizing -- Activity 3 Share What You Read -- Activity 4 Check Your Comprehension -- Academic Word List -- Activity 5 Scan and Define -- Activity 6 Vocabulary Challenge -- Tools for Interactive Reading -- Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Outlining -- Activity 7 Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Outlining -- Identifying Text Structure - Summary -- Key Words - Summary -- Activity 8 Recognize Key Words -- Activity 9 Use Key Words

READING 2: On Your Own -- Get Ready to Read -- Activity 10 True or False -- Surveying and Predicting -- Activity 11 Survey and Predict -- Reading 2 An Eastern Philosopher -- 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 Guess Meaning from Context

WRITING 1A: Skills and Strategies -- The Grammar of Noun Clauses -- Activity 17 Identify Noun Clauses -- Activity 18 Use Noun Clauses -- The Grammar of Noun Clauses -- Activity 17 Identify Noun Clauses -- Activity 18 Use Noun Clauses -- Sentence Essentials -- Sentence Review -- Activity 19 Identify the Sentence Type -- Activity 20 Complete the Sentences -- Activity 21 Identify the Subordinate Clause -- Activity 22 Write Sentences of Your Own -- Use Sentence Variation in Writing -- Activity 23 Rewrite the Paragraphs -- Make the Connection

WRITING 1B: The Process -- Get Ready to Write -- Avoid Plagiarism -- Use Quotations: Activity 24 Identify and Punctuate Quotations -- Activity 25 Writing Direct and Indirect Quotes -- Activity 26 Use Your Own Words -- Citing Sources -- Placement of Citations - Activity 27 Write References -- How Did They Do That? - Activity 28 Follow the Steps

WRITING 2: On Your Own -- Paragraph of Summary: Activity 29 - Write Your Paragraph -- Revising: Activity 30 - Follow the Steps -- Editing and Paragraphs: Activity 31 - The Final Steps

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 MLA Style

"Authentic readings from real college textbooks help students build on their knowledge of academic subjects. Academic Word List and discipline-specific vocabulary is introduced and practiced to build students' academic vocabulary knowledge. Vocabulary building exercises help students discern differences in meaning by focusing on word forms, context, and usage. Reading passages act as models for the rhetorical styles students produce in their writing assignments. Practice of each step in the writing process guides students in perfecting their writing. Integrated grammar activities improve students' writing at the sentence level." (Publisher's Website)

Intended for Intermediate to High-Intermediate Students.