TY - BOOK AU - Blass,Laurie AU - Whalley,Elizabeth TI - Reading for a Reason 2: Expanding Reading Skills SN - 0072942118 (v.1) AV - LB1050.455 .B517 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - McGraw Hill KW - Content area reading KW - Reading comprehension KW - Problems, exercises, etc N1 - Includes indexes; ''Reading for a Reason 2 is the second in a three-level reading series that leads students to develop the critical reading and vocabulary skills they need to become confident, academic readers.; Features; Explore cross-curricular content in the following theme-based units: Student Success, History, Business, Physical Science, and Fine Arts; Encourages students to increase their reading speed through Timed Reading exercises and self-monitoring charts.; Teaches comprehensively recycles reading skills such as using title and headings to preview, summarizing, and taking notes as you read; Builds effective comprehensions skills by leading students through a purposeful series of Before You Read, As You Read, and After You Read questions in each reading sequence.; Promotes academic vocabulary building with a strong focus on teaching collocations; Develops Internet researching skills such as finding images on the Internet, limiting search results, and reading a Web page.; SCOPE AND SEQUENCE; Unit 1: Student Success; Chapter 1: How to Read a Textbook; Text Type/ Content; Email exchange: ''I Can't Believe How Much Reading I Have to Do!''; Textbook Excerpt: ''Active Reading''; Reading Skills; Getting Ready to Read; Identifying the Main Idea; Vocabulary Skills; Using words and expressions to talk about college reading and reading techniques; Using expressions to describe learning styles and techniques; Writing Skills; Explaining why a textbook is easy or difficult to read; Writing about a favourite type of reading material; Research Skills; Learning to read a webpage; Interviewing people about their favourite type of reading; Chapter 2: Test-Taking Skills; Text Type/ Content; Textbook excerpt: ''Type of Tests''; Textbook excerpt: ''How to Prepare for a Test''; Reading Skills; Connecting with the Topics; Identifying Details; Vocabulary Skills; Using words and expressions to talk about type of tests and test-taking strategies; Using two-word verbs to discuss tests and test-taking; Writing Skills; Explaining how to prepare for a test; Comparing types of tests; Unit 2: History; Chapter 3: World History: 1000-1500 A.D; History; Original source (Medieval journal): ''Ibn Battuta: Long-Distance Traveler''; Textbook excerpt: ''Cross Cultural Exchange: 1000-1500 A.D.''; Reading Skills; Using the Title and Headings to Preview; Identifying Examples; Vocabulary Skills; Using words and expressions to talk about trade and travel in the past; Using expressions with ''travel'' to talk about traveling over time and places; Writing Skills; Writing about cross-cultural exchange in the past; Writing about your favourite time in history; Research Skills; Find biographies on the Internet; Asking people about their favourite person in history; Chapter 4: The History of Flight; Text Type/ Content; Original source (1908 magazine article) ''On Flight'' by Orville and Wilbur Wright; Textbook excerpt: ''Flight Firsts''; Reading Skills; Using the introduction to preview; Getting the ''gist''; Vocabulary Skills; Using words and expressions to talk about airplanes and flying; Using expression for movement; Writing Skills; Describing a memory of flying; Describing an image that depicts a moment in aviation history; Research Skills; Finding images on the Internet; Researching and presenting your ideas on improving at air travel; Unit 3: Business; Chapter 5: Jobs; Business; Personal inventory quiz: ''Personality and Job Choice''; Textbook excerpt: ''What U.S. Employers Want''; Reading Skills:; Previewing by looking at the conclusion; Paraphrasing; Vocabulary Skills; Using words and expressions to talk about personality and jobs; Using words and expressions to talk about job skills; Writing Skills; Describing your skills and personal qualities; Writing about your ideal jobs; Research Skills; Finding and reading job descriptions on the Internet; Asking and answering job interview questions; Chapter 6: International Marketing; Text Type/ Content; ''An Interview with a Branding Consultant''; Textbook Excerpt: ''International Marketing: Strategies for Success''; Reading Skills; Review: Using the strategies together; Taking Notes as You Read; Vocabulary Skills; Using words and expressions to talk about marketing and culture; Using verb + infinitive combinations to discuss international marketing; Writing Skills; Explaining what international marketers do in order to sell products overseas; Describing a successful company, product, product name, or ad; Research Skills; Limiting search results; Designing and presenting an ad; Unit 4: Physical Science; Chapter 7: Mars; Text Type/ Content; Article: ''Mars and the Human Imagination''; Textbook excerpt: ''The Geology of Mars''; Reading Skills; Using pictures and captions to Preview; Guessing meanings using Latin and Greek Roots; Vocabulary Skills; Using words and expressions to discuss the influence of Mars on everyday life, space exploration, and the geography of Mars; Using expressions to make comparisons; Writing Skills; Describing a favourite book, movie, or TV about space, space exploration, aliens, or Mars.; Expressing and supporting your opinion of space exploration; Internet and Research Skills; Focusing on an Internet search; Conducting a survey on the value of space exploration; Chapter 8: Meterology; Physical Science; Article: ''Weather-Related Emergencies''; Textbook excerpt: ''How Weather Prediction Works''; Reading Skills; Review: Combining Strategies; Locating Keywords; Vocabulary Skills; Using words and expressions to describe weather and weather predictions; Using verb phrases to talk about the weather and weather emergencies; Writing Skills; Describing the weather in two places on the same date; Describing your favourite type of weather and explaining why you like it; Internet and Research Skills; Using the Internet to find climate and weather information; Collecting and presenting information on the weather in 7 international cities; Unit 5: The Arts; Chapter 9: Jazz; Physical Science; Profile: ''A Jazz Great - Duke Ellington ''; Textbook excerpt: ''About Jazz''; Reading Skills; Using Topic Sentence to Preview a Reading Passage; Outlining; Vocabulary Skills; Using words and expressions to talk about the life of a jazz musician and the development of jazz; Using prepositions with time expressions; Writing Skills; Describing a favourite type of music; Discussing the types of music that contributed to jazz; Internet and Research Skills; Using an online music dictionary; Preparing a presentation on a favourite piece of music; Chapter 10: Art History: Asian Influences on Western Art; Physical Science; Website: ''Current Exhibitions: The Freer and Sackler Galleries''; Textbook excerpt: ''Crossing Cultures: Japonism and Western Art''; Vocabulary Skills; Using words and expressions to talk about art and artists; Using expressions to discuss artistic influences; Writing Skills; Writing about a favourite work of art and explaining why it's your favourite; Analyzing characteristics of Japonism in a work of art; Internet and Research Skills; Finding a specific word or phrase on a webpage; Researching and giving a presentation on an artist or a work of art ER -