Essential Reading Skills (with MyReadingLab) (3rd Edition) (McWhorter Developmental Reading (Concise)) (Paperback)

~ Kathleen T. McWhorter (Author)

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Essential Reading Skills focuses on the four essential skill areas for college-reading success (active reading and thinking, vocabulary development, literal and critical comprehension, and organizational emphasis) and improves students' reading through concise instruction, and extensive practice and testing. Each of the eleven chapters focuses on a specific reading and thinking skill, and contains exercises that get students applying the learned skill to textbooks and ends with a vocabulary enrichment exercise.

 

Concise instruction on the essential reading skills needed for college with extensive practice.

 

6^th — 9^th grade reading levels

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Essential Reading Skills is designed to improve one's reading and thinking skills through concise skill instruction, extensive guided practice, skill application, assessment, and feedback. The book is organized into ten chapters, each focusing on a specific reading and thinking skill. Each chapter includes skill instruction, practice exercises, quizzes, and mastery tests. Because the book is brief and concise, readers can focus on the most essential reading skills. For those interested in developing their reading skills at the 6-9 grade reading level. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Longman; 3 edition (October 19, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 020554004X
• ISBN-13: 978-0205540044
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,048,684 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars i got this item and it had missing pages and messed up my whole class coz i really needed this book, October 8, 2009

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This review is from: Essential Reading Skills (book alone) (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

i ordered this used book and i got it on time but it had missing pages so that no one coule read... think before u buy and don't mess with u'r studies..but the seller is very nice he helped me and returned my money back to me...