Making Reading Relevant

Description

Teri Quick retired in 2014 after a 40-year career in education. She started out as a first grade teacher, then became a reading specialist, then spent the last 30 years of her career at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska teaching reading and serving as the Coordinator of Faculty Development. Reading has always been her passion, and she co-authored Making Reading Relevant in order to provide a textbook that would help students become better readers. She loved using the textbook with her students because she could see how well the premise of the book worked–teach the basic reading skills, and then have students practice using them by providing interesting and relevant reading materials. When students are excited about what they’re reading they become better readers!

Teri was a long-time member of the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) and served as the President of her local chapter. She also belonged to the National Association for Developmental Education (NADE), and has presented numerous times at conferences for both organizations.

She now resides in Florida with her husband, and she enjoys many activities, but she still loves helping people learn how to read better by being a volunteer reading tutor.

For courses in Introductory Reading, Intermediate Reading, and Developmental Reading.

A flexible reading text that helps you become better, more efficient readers by applying skills to real sources

Now in its 4th Edition, Making Reading Relevant is a brief, intermediate-level reading text that manages to address all of the topics and issues needed to conduct productive and meaningful courses in developmental reading. The authors designed Making Reading Relevant to be flexible: it may be used as the primary textbook for a course, or as a reference tool to supplement the use of outside reading materials and primary sources. Overall, the authors stress the application of reading strategies, using primary reading sources as the basis of the content, so that you learn to become a better, more efficient reader–not by just reading about how to read, but by applying skills to reading real sources. The 4th Edition includes chapter updates, along with new examples, readings, and updated vocabulary resources.

Also available with MyLab Reading
MyLab™ Reading is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to engage students and improve results. In an ideal world, an instructor would work with each student to help improve writing skills with consistent challenges and rewards. Without that luxury, MyLab Reading offers a way to keep students focused and accelerate their progress using comprehensive pre-assignments and a powerful, adaptive study plan.

NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab Reading does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab Reading, search for:

0134308530 / 9780134308531    Making Reading Relevant: The Art of Connecting Plus MyLab Reading with eText — Access Card Package, 4/e

Package consists of:

• 0133995011 / 9780133995015 MyLab Reading with eText — Access Card
• 0134179218 / 9780134179216 Making Reading Relevant: The Art of Connecting, 4/e 

About the Book

• More academic-oriented examples and readings were added throughout the text.
• Updated vocabulary resources were added to Chapter 1, “Vocabulary Strategies,” to incorporate the use of personal electronic devices.
• Chapter 3, “Textbook Strategies,” was expanded to include illustrations for Cornell note-taking and textbook annotating.
• Chapter 4, “Critical Reading Strategies,” was slightly condensed for clarity, and updated with more current excerpts. A short section on idioms was added near the end of Chapter 5, “Figurative Language Strategies,” and simpler examples and practices were added to the section on personification.
• In Chapter 6, “Patterns of Organization Strategies,” new academic readings were added to provide pattern awareness, understanding, and practice across the content areas. This chapter is designed to help link a reading course as a corequisite or paired course to any other college-level or developmental-level writing course.
• In Chapter 7, “Visual Literacy Strategies,” academic readings were added to provide relevant examples and practice. The KWL Chart was added as an additional visual literacy chart. This powerful reading tool is appropriate for reading at any level.
• Chapter 8, “Information Literacy Strategies,” was updated to align with current terms and methods of accessing and evaluating information via the Internet.

For courses in Introductory Reading, Intermediate Reading, and Developmental Reading.

A flexible reading text that helps students become better, more efficient readers by applying skills to real sources

Now in its 4th Edition, Making Reading Relevant is a brief, intermediate-level reading text that manages to address all of the topics and issues needed to conduct productive and meaningful courses in developmental reading. The authors designed Making Reading Relevant to be flexible: it may be used as the primary textbook for a course, or as a reference tool to supplement the use of outside reading materials and primary sources. Overall, the authors stress the application of reading strategies, using primary reading sources as the basis of the content, so that students learn to become better, more efficient readers—not by just reading about how to read, but by applying skills to reading real sources. The 4th Edition includes chapter updates, along with new examples, readings, and updated vocabulary resources.

Also available with MyLab Reading
MyLab™ Reading is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to engage students and improve results. In an ideal world, an instructor would work with each student to help improve writing skills with consistent challenges and rewards. Without that luxury, MyLab Reading offers a way to keep students focused and accelerate their progress using comprehensive pre-assignments and a powerful, adaptive study plan. Students have access to the eText for Making Reading Relevant while working through various exercises and activities within MyLab Reading.

Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab Reading, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

1. Vocabulary Strategies

2. Basic Comprehension Strategies

3. Textbook Strategies

4. Critical Reading Strategies

5. Figurative Language Strategies

6. Patterns of Organization Strategies

7. Visual Literacy Strategies

8. Information Literacy Strategies

• Each chapter includes the following:
  • Stated Learning Objectives are followed by a readiness quiz. The readiness quiz isn’t meant to be a true pretest; its purpose is to help gauge the prior knowledge of the students and to serve as a bridge to the chapter.
  • Learning strategies with featured QUICK Tips highlight important strategies.
  • Practices incorporate a variety of concise real-life content within the text.
  • Writing Like a Reader and Check Your Learning features are also included.
  • Suggested learning activities appear throughout the text.
• NEW! More academic-oriented examples and readings were added throughout the text.
• UPDATED! Updated vocabulary resources were added to Chapter 1, “Vocabulary Strategies,” to incorporate the use of personal electronic devices.
• EXPANDED! Chapter 3, “Textbook Strategies,” was expanded to include illustrations for Cornell note-taking and textbook annotating.
• UPDATED! Chapter 4, “Critical Reading Strategies,” was slightly condensed for clarity, and updated with more current excerpts. A short section on idioms was added near the end of Chapter 5, “Figurative Language Strategies,” and simpler examples and practices were added to the section on personification.
• UPDATED! In Chapter 6, “Patterns of Organisation Strategies,” new academic readings were added to provide pattern awareness, understanding, and practice across the content areas. This chapter is designed to help link a reading course as a co-requisite or paired course to any other college-level or developmental-level writing course.
• UPDATED! In Chapter 7, “Visual Literacy Strategies,” academic readings were added to provide relevant examples and practice. The KWL Chart was added as an additional visual literacy chart. This powerful reading tool is appropriate for reading at any level.
• UPDATED! Chapter 8, “Information Literacy Strategies,” was updated to align with current terms and methods of accessing and evaluating information via the Internet.