(eBook PDF) A Community of Readers: A Thematic Approach to Reading 8th Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0357136624
- ISBN-13 : 978-0357136621
- Author: Roberta Alexander (Author), Jan Jarrell (Author)
Taking your skills to the next level, Alexander/Jarrell’s A COMMUNITY OF READERS: A THEMATIC APPROACH TO READING, Eighth Edition, helps you engage in all steps of the reading and learning process: reading, discussing and reflecting, writing and critical thinking. The unique PRO system — Prepare to Read, Read Actively and Reflect, and Organize to Learn — provides a concrete learning process that helps you examine fact and opinion, understand bias, identify main and supporting ideas, write effectively and much more. Each chapter also introduces a key reading skill, such as analyzing vocabulary or inferences, while focusing on a single theme to help you dig more deeply into the subject. Themes include college success, food, the environment and technology. An e-book version includes the MindTap digital learning solution, giving you a wealth of anywhere, anytime learning resources.
Table contents:
Chapter 1: The Reading Process: Succeeding in College
1.1 The Reading Process: Pro
1.2 Preview and Use Your Text
1.3 Reading Visual Aids
Chapter Review
Chapter 2: Working with Words: Living with Technology
2.1 Working with Words
2.2 Context Clues
2.3 Word Parts
2.4 The Dictionary
Chapter Review
Chapter 3: Topics and Main Ideas: Our Food, Our Culture
3.1 Topics
3.2 Main Ideas
3.3 General and Specific Information
3.4 Implied Main Ideas
3.5 Restating Main Ideas
3.6 Main Ideas and Thesis Statements in Longer Passages
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