Product Description
Based on a cognitive skills approach, these student-centered reading skills texts help students go beyond rote learning to develop the solid reading skills good readers take for granted. Skill development areas include: *Reading for Pleasure Encourages students to master new reading strategies and broaden their vocabularies by helping them select books appropriate to their level and enjoy them on their own. *Reading Comprehension Skills Emphasizes strategic reading skills such as skimming, scanning, recognizing topics and main ideas, understanding sentences, and making inferences. *Thinking Skills Provides targeted practice in inference and analytical skills. *Reading Faster Uses high-interest short fiction and nonfiction passages to help students develop speed and flexibility in their reading.The four skill sections are intended to be usedconcurrently.*Test booklets for Reading Power and More Reading Power contain reproducible black line masters to be used as additional practice or to test reading skills presented in the student books.Reading Power: The second edition of Reading Power is a thoroughly updated version of the successful first edition. Among the many items updated are the book list, the nonfiction articles, and the "Reading Faster" story line.
From the Back Cover
Reading Power, Third Edition, by Beatrice S. Mikulecky and Linda Jeffries, is a student-centered reading skills textbook with a process approach to reading improvement. Its innovative design allows intermediate-level students to use four key sections concurrently to become better readers in school, college, or business.
- Reading for Pleasure encourages students to master new reading strategies and broaden their vocabulary.
- Comprehension Skills emphasizes strategic reading skills, such as skimming, scanning, and recognizing topics and main ideas.
- Thinking Skills provides targeted practice in inference and analytical skills.
- Reading Faster features high-interest, nonfiction selections that help students build speed and flexibility in their reading.
New to the Third Edition:
- A two-color design and user-friendly format
- Updated content, additional readings, and an expanded list of suggested books for pleasure reading
- Expanded Teacher's Guide with sample syllabus
- Separate Answer Key
Test booklets contain reproducible black line masters to be used as additional practice or to test reading skills presented in the student books.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
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