The Reading-Writing Connection /
John Langan.
- 1st ed.
- West Berlin, NJ : Townsend Press, 2013.
- viii, 472 p. : ill., ; 24 cm.
- TP Reading .
"TEN STEPS TO IMPROVING COLLEGE READING SKILLS, Sixth Edition, will help you become a better reader and a stronger thinker. The book carefully explains and illustrates ten key reading skills that are widely recognized to be essential for literal and critical comprehension. It then provides numerous high-quality activities and high-interest reading selections to help you practice and master those skills." (Book Cover). CONTENTS Part One: Reading and Writing Skills 1. Vocabulary development for reading and writing Mastery Tests 2. Main ideas in reading Mastery Tests 3. Supporting details in reading Mastery Tests 4. Main ideas and supporting details in writing Mastery Tests 5. Understanding the writing process Mastery Tests 6. Relationships in reading Mastery Tests 7. Relationships in writing Mastery Tests 8. More relationships in reading Mastery Tests 9. More relationships in writing Mastery Tests 10. Inferences in reading and writing Mastery Tests 11. Longer selections in reading and writing Mastery Tests Part Two: Fifteen Selections for Readers and Writers 1. The Yellow Ribbon / Pete Hamill 2. Adult Children at Home / Marilyn Mack 3. Rowing the Bus / Paul Logan 4. All Washed Up? / Sara Hansen 5. The Scholarship Jacket / Marta Salinas 6. Taming the Anger Monster / Anne Davidson 7. All the Good Things / Sister Helen Mrosla 8. Shame / Dick Gregory 9. "Extra Large, Please" / Alice M. Davies 10. A Change of Attitude / Grant Berry 11. Abusive Relationships Among the Young / Miriam Hill 12. A door Swings Open / Roxanne Black 13. A Drunken Ride, a Tragic Aftermath / Theresa Conroy and Christine M. Johnson 14. Migrant Child to College Woman / Maria Cardenas 15. Students in Shock / John Kellmayer and Alina Wyden