Full Description
Making Meaning is a developmental reading text that balances teaching phonics and whole language skills for students who read below the 6th grade level. The text is designed to be visually appealing through the use of numerous photographs and other graphics, and provides the tools needed to acquire the reading, writing, thinking, and reasoning skills that will enable students to effectively process, analyze, and learn information on their own. Its recursive structure gives students the opportunity in each chapter to practice and integrate skills learned from previous lessons, and apply those reading strategies to many kinds of texts.
Contents
PrefaceIntroduction: Making Meaning from What You Read1. Preparing to ReadChapter PreviewMaking MeaningIntroductionSTRUCTURED INSTRUCTION AND EXERCISESPre-reading Reading: Choosing a Job in a Nursing HomeTitle, Headings, Bullets, and VisualsConnecting to Prior KnowledgePredicting What a Reading is AboutReader Response 1-1Reader Response 1-2Everyday Pre-readingPre-reading and Visual InformationHow to Preview (or Pre-read) a TextbookReading a Textbook ChapterPRACTICING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNEDPractice 1-1 through 1-4: The Struggle for Civil RightsPractice 1-5: Reading a Chart, African-American Voter Registration in The South, 1960-1970Practice 1-6 through 1-9: Pre-reading a Play Hamlet, by William ShakespeareSummaryMASTERY TESTSMastery Test 1-1: American History: The Struggle for Civil RightsMastery Test 1-2: Reading a Map, USA Time ZonesMastery Test 1-3: Reading a Chart, Stages of Human DevelopmentMastery Test 1-4: Reading a Graph, "From the Bottom to the Top"Reader Response 1-3Mastery Test 1-5:Reading a Webpage, RecyclingReader Response 1-4Progress Chart2. Recognizing Consonants and VowelsChapter PreviewMaking MeaningIntroductionStructured Instruction and ExercisesConsonantsVowelsReading: A Long Night Ahead, M. C. Dore Practicing What You Have LearnedPractice 2-1: Consonants, The Search Goes On, M. C. DoreReader Response 2-1Practice 2-2: Consonants, The Evening Dress, Tina PagePractice 2-3: Comprehension The Evening Dress, Tina PagePractice 2-4: Consonants, You Entered Me in What??? M. C. DorePractice 2-5: Comprehension, You Entered Me in What??? M. C. DoreReader Response 2-2Practice 2-6: Vowels, At Nighttime, Aileen FisherPractice 2-7: Vowels, Marathon DancingSummaryMastery TestsMastery Test 2-1: Consonants, Directions to the PartyMastery Test 2-2: ConsonantsMastery 2-3: Consonants and Comprehension, Ending Up at the Wrong Hotel in the Wrong Country, Christina PageMastery 2-4: Vowels: Miss AmericaLooking BackLooking Back 2-1: Prereading, Vowels, and Comprehension, Purring Predators: Housecats and Their Prey, David KroughLooking Back 2-2: Outline, Purring PredatorsLooking Back 2-3: Asking Questions, When I Was Left Behind, M. C. Dore Looking Back 2-4: Comprehension, Body Art? Fashion Statement? Tattoos! Reader Response 2-3Looking Back 2-5: Comprehension, In Her Footsteps, Courtney Angela BrkicProgress Chart3. Recognizing Syllables and Word PartsChapter PreviewMaking MeaningIntroductionStructured Instruction and ExercisesWord Parts SyllablesSyllabicationPracticing What You Have LearnedPractice 3-1: Word Parts Practice 3-2: SyllabicationPractice 3-3: Syllabication, Word Parts, and Comprehension, Medicine, Palmira Brimmett, et alSummaryMastery TestsMastery Test 3-1: Using Words in SentencesMastery Test 3-2: Dividing Words into SyllablesMastery Test 3-3: SuffixesMastery test 3-4: Comprehension, Word Parts, and Syllabication, In Pain, Gorilla Puts in a Call to the DentistLooking BackLooking Back 3-1: Comprehension and Vowels, William Shakespeare, Palmira Brimmett, et alLooking Back 3-2: Comprehension, Vowels, Consonants, and Vocabulary, The Guardian: Enoch Kelly Haney, Rick J. MooreReader Response 3-1Progress Chart4. Using a Dictionary Chapter PreviewMaking MeaningIntroductionStructured Instruction and ExercisesPre-reading a dictionarySpellingSyllablesSyllabicationPronunciationMeaningParts of SpeechWord OriginsPracticing What You Have LearnedPractice 4-1 through 4-9: Dictionary skillsPractice 4-10: Dictionary Skills, Beauty from a DistancePractice 4-11: Parts of Speech, MarlyPractice 4-12: Language of Origin, My nephew AndreSummaryMastery TestsMastery Test 4-1: SpellingReader Response 4-1Mastery Test 4-2: SyllablesReader Response 4-2Mastery Test 4-3: Pronunciation, ObesityMastery Test 4-4: Vocabulary, Job HuntingReader Response 4-3Mastery Test 4-5: Comprehension, Appointment in Samarra, W. Somerset MaughamMastery Test 4-6: Parts of SpeechMastery Test 4-7: Origin of WordsReader Response 4-4Mastery Test 4-8: Comprehension and Word Parts, Big Mac Attack, James M. RubensteinReader Response 4-5 Looking BackLooking Back 4-1: Pre-reading, After the SuspectLooking Back 4-2: Parts of Speech and Root WordsLooking Back 4-3: ConsonantsLooking Back 4-4: Vowel SoundsReader Response 4-6Progress Chart5. Discovering Context CluesChapter PreviewMaking MeaningIntroductionReader Response 5-1 Structured Instruction and ExercisesTypes of Context Clues Definition Clues Example CluesAntonyms (opposites) CluesSynonyms (similar to) Clues General Sense of the PassagePracticing What You Have LearnedPractice 5-1: Context Clues, How Cold Is It? (Part One), Han RueReader Response 5-2Practice 5-2: Comprehension, How Cold Is It? (Part Two), Han RueReader Response 5-3Practice 5-3: Comprehension, How Cold Is It? (Part Three), Han RueReader Response 5-4Practice 5-4 through 5-7: Context Clues, excerpts from Small Steps, Peg KehretReader Response 5-5SummaryMastery TestsMastery Test 5-1 and 5-2: Context Clues in SentencesMastery Test 5-3: Comprehension, Unplanned, Laura ReamMastery Test 5-4: Context Clues, Trapping the Tsetse FlyMastery Test 5-5: Comprehension and Context Clues, University Days, James ThurberReader Response 5-6Looking BackLooking Back: 5-1 Word StudyProgress Chart6. Finding the Main IdeaChapter PreviewMaking MeaningIntroductionStructured Instruction and ExercisesTopicsMain Ideas in ParagraphsMain Ideas in Longer ReadingsReading: What is Ethnic Cleansing? James M. RubensteinReading: MarijuanaPracticing What You Have LearnedPractice 6-1 through 6-3: General and Specific IdeasPractice 6-4: Alike and DifferentPractice 6-5: Topic, Run for Cover!Practice 6-6: Comprehension, Sports in Popular Culture, James M. RubensteinReader Response 6-1Practice 6-7: Organization and Comprehension, Out of the Way!Practice 6-8: Organization and Comprehension, The Hoover DamPractice 6-9: Thesis, Main Ideas, and Details, Special AthletesSummaryMastery TestsMastery Test 6-1: Main Idea and Details, StingersReader Response 6-2Mastery Test 6-2: Topic, Main Idea, and Details, River Drivers - On a Roll!Reader Response 6-3Mastery Test 6-3: Topic, Main Ideas, and Details, Cars That Think?Mastery Test 6-4: Topics, Main Ideas, and Details, A Modern PlagueLooking BackLooking Back 6-1: Context Clues, It's Not Funny!Looking Back 6-2: Word Skills, Dream CatcherLooking Back 6-3 Pre-reading & Predicting, American MonumentLooking Back 6-4: Pre-reading & Predicting, Gardner Rules!Reader Response 6-4Progress Chart7. Finding Supporting DetailsChapter PreviewMaking MeaningIntroductionStructured Instruction and ExercisesParagraph Organization and Supporting DetailsReading: Easy GardeningReading: Easy TravelingVisual Supporting DetailsTransitional Words and PhrasesPracticing What You Have LearnedPractice 7-1: Supporting Details Practice 7-2: Topic and Details, Scamming the ShopperPractice 7-3: Main Ideas and Details, Storms (graphic organizer)Reader Response 7-1Practice 7-4 Topic, Main Idea, and Details, What Goes Down...? Don K. ScottPractice 7-5: Main Idea and Details, Travel Destinations by Distance from Oklahoma City (bar graph)Practice 7-6: Create a ChartPractice 7-7: Transitional Words, Friends ForeverPractice 7-8 Write Paragraph with TransitionsSummaryMastery TestsMastery Test 7-1: Main Idea and Details, Miami Here We ComeMastery Test 7-2: Main Idea and Details, Lady of the WoodsMastery Test 7-3: Main Idea and Details, Babysitting Terrible ToddMastery Test 7-4: Supporting DetailsMastery Test 7-5: Main Idea and Details, Travel Destinations by Distance and Driving Time from Oklahoma City, MapMastery Test 7-6: Main Idea and Details, Of Horrors and Heroes, Charles RamsdenMastery Test 7-7: The Magic of PoetryLooking BackLooking Back 7-1: Main IdeasLooking Back 7-2: Context Clues and Charts, Jenny's Science ProjectLooking Back 7-3: Pre-reading and Charts, College Student Living ArrangementsLooking Back 7-4: Consonant and Vowel Sounds, Main Idea, and Supporting Details, Spring, William BlakeLooking Back 7-5: Write about a photographProgress Chart8. Additional ReadingsChapter PreviewMaking MeaningReadingsReading 8-1: Omaha's First Water Company, Harold WhippleReading 8-2: Sawmill Revenge, Harold WhippleReading 8-3: Social Studies Problem Solving and Data Interpretation Reading 8-4: Two WolvesReader Response 8-1 Reading 8-5: Santa Clause Did Visit, Christina PageReading 8-6: Symbols of Christmas, Alice DorayReader Response 8-2 Reading 8-7: Mars!Reading 8-8: Wedding Charm, Deborah Cummings Doray (poem)Reading 8-9: The Flower-fed Buffaloes, Vachel Lindsy (poem)Reader Response 8-3 Reading 8-10: Excerpt from Internet college journal, Laura EskridgeReader Response 8-4 Reading 8-11: Excerpt from A Painted House, John Grisham Reading 8-12: Language - A Code to Sail Dreams, Debby Dobbs (poem)Reader Response 8-5Reading 8-13: A Vacation with Ghosts, Ruth OzekiReader Response 8-6Reading 8-14: Hurricane KatrinaReading 8-15: As Town for Deaf Takes Shape, Debate on Isolation Re-emerges, Monica DaveyReader Response 8-7Reading 8-16: Next to the Express Checkout, Express Medical Care, Michelle AndrewsReader Response 8-8Reading 8-17: Was It a Dream?, Guy De Maupassant (short story)Reader Response 8-9Reading 8-18: The Tornado of the Century, Pat RichardsonReader Response 8-10Appendix A: WORDNOTES and Student Vocabulary LogAppendix B: Glossary of Technical TermsSubject Index
