Reading for Thinking: Additional Materials

Suggestions for teaching

More suggestions to follow in the weeks to come.

Chapter 1:

Getting a Head Start on Academic Success

Chapter 2:

Power Tools for Learning

Chapter 3:

Reviewing Paragraph Essentials

Chapter 4:

Understanding and Outlining Longer Readings

Chapter 5:

Summarizing and Synthesizing

Chapter 6:

Reading Between the Lines

Chapter 7:

Defining the Terms Fact and Opinion

Quizzes

Quiz 1: Reviewing Comprehension Skills
Quiz 2: Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion
Quiz 3: Drawing Conclusions ← New
Quiz 4: Determining Purpose
Quiz 5: Recognizing Purpose
Quiz 6: Identifying Tone
Quiz 7: Identifying Tone
Quiz 8: Purpose, Tone and Figurative Language
Quiz 9: Analyzing Arguments
Quiz 10: Looking for Errors in Reasoning

Links to useful reading sites

Syllabi and Exams

5th edition: Syllabus (.pdf file)
Suggestions and Explanations

6th edition:

Syllabus (.pdf file) ← New
Suggestions and Explanations ← New

Exercises for specific skills

1. 

Drawing conclusions

 

Exercise

2. 

Recognizing patterns

 

Exercise

3. 

Drawing the appropriate inference

 

Exercise

4. 

Fact Versus Opinion in Textbooks

 

Exercise

5. 

Understanding Allusions

 

Exercise

Tutorials

Fact and Opinion

Handouts

Ten Allusions Common to Writers


Contributing writer: Ann Marie Radaskiewicz

Last change made to this page: 05/09/08

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